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  • Asia Sustainable Finance Initiative launched with Singapore focus

    21 January 2019

    An initiative to increase the supply of sustainable finance from Asian financial institutions will use Singapore as a hub to catalyse regional development.

  • Investor Agenda finds $32trn of backing

    13 September 2018

    Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have signed up to an initiative to step up action on climate change.

  • Australia and New Zealand to develop sustainable finance roadmap

    27 July 2018

    More than 300 organisations with a combined $10 trillion in assets have agreed to produce a roadmap to grow sustainable finance in Australia and New Zealand.

  • Australia faces mounting climate policy challenge

    16 May 2018

    Climate policy has long been the subject of bitter political feuds in Australia, leaving the country grappling with policy change every electoral cycle. What does climate action in Australia look like this year? Katie Kouchakji reports

  • Investors wake up to collective engagement clout

    26 March 2018

    Climate-related resolutions at Exxon and Shell garnered the support of the world's largest investors. Now asset managers and owners are massing together to move entire sectors, writes Michael Hurley.

  • $3trn of investors launch pilot group on TCFD

    15 March 2018

    Nine investors representing around $3 trillion of assets have joined forces to promote climate transparency.

  • 50 names to be added to Climate Action 100+ engagement hit list

    21 February 2018

    50 more corporates are to be added to the $28 trillion Climate Action 100+ initiative's list of targets for climate-related engagement.

  • Major investor initiative to tackle climate change on four fronts announced

    01 February 2018

    A landmark initiative to spur investors to attack climate change on the four fronts of engagement, disclosure, low-carbon investing and policy advocacy has been launched.

  • NZ Super moves $10bn passive equities to low-carbon

    16 August 2017

    New Zealand Super Fund has shifted its NZ$14 billion ($10 billion) global passive equity portfolio into a low-carbon strategy.

  • Oil companies beginning to act on climate change, says report

    15 May 2017

    Some of the largest global oil and gas companies such as Statoil, Eni and Total are beginning to act on climate change. However, laggards like ExxonMobil are considerably behind these companies, according to a report from major investors.