Archive

  • SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust buys US portfolio stake for $110m

    30 December 2019

    Energy efficiency investment fund SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) has agreed to buy a 50% stake in a US industrial portfolio for $110 million in cash.

  • Carney: Financial sector moving too slowly on climate

    30 December 2019

    The global financial sector is moving too slowly to curb the negative impacts of climate change, the governor of the Bank of England has said.

  • Towards a sustainable EU through regulatory and social change

    27 December 2019

    Europe has many companies that are leaders when viewed through an ESG lens, says Sandra Crowl

  • One fifth of CalPERS portfolio is highly exposed to climate risk

    27 December 2019

    The largest public pension fund in the US has reported that a fifth of its portfolio is among those sectors most exposed to climate change risks.

  • People moves, 27 December: AIIB, J O Hambro, LuxSE

    27 December 2019

    The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has appointed Andrew Cross as its chief financial officer.

  • £40bn pension pool joins Just Transition collaborative engagement

    27 December 2019

    Engagement on the social impacts of the transition to a low-carbon economy has been identified as a "rapidly-moving" area of focus by the £40 billion ($52 billion) Northern pool of UK pension schemes.

  • What does 2020 hold for sustainable investing?

    24 December 2019

    Seb Beloe shares his thoughts on the latest trends in politics and technology.

  • EU carbon market update, 23 December

    24 December 2019

    EU Allowances look set to surge in the absence of auctions, says Tom Lord*

  • The Hartford announces coal divestment policy

    24 December 2019

    US insurer The Hartford will no longer invest in companies that generate more than 25% of their revenue from fossil fuels, whether it be the mining of, or energy production from coal, or extraction of oil from tar sands, according to its new policy.

  • Investors welcome strengthened Anglo American climate lobbying policy

    23 December 2019

    Major investment firms have welcomed the mining giant Anglo American agreeing to align its lobbying activity to the goals of the Paris Agreement.