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  • Exxon seeks to block shareholder proposal

    25 February 2019

    ExxonMobil is trying to block a shareholder proposal in which investors call on the oil giant to account for emission reduction targets.

  • Green Climate Fund names Glemarec new executive director

    25 February 2019

    The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has named France’s Yannick Glemarec as its new executive director, seven months after his predecessor quit.

  • US consumer goods sector must up its low-carbon game, CDP says

    25 February 2019

    Major US companies in the fast-moving consumer goods sector, including Kraft Heinz, Estée Lauder and P&G, must up their game or risk falling foul of changing consumer demands and increased environmental regulation.

  • People Moves: UN Environment, Northern Trust Asset Management, Liontrust and United Nations-led Climate Technology Centre and Network

    22 February 2019

    Inger Andersen has been elected as executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to replace Erik Solheim.

  • ClimateWise launches practical guides to scenario analysis

    22 February 2019

    New and updated tools have been launched to help Investors use scenario analysis to understand how climate risks could affect their investment portfolios.

  • UNEP FI calls for impact investors to join legal working group

    22 February 2019

    Investors have been invited to join a working group to develop a ‘legal framework’ for impact investing by the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).

  • Green bond funds struggle in tough 2018

    22 February 2019

    In a tough year for fixed income markets, most green bond funds lagged their benchmarks. Peter Cripps and Elena K. Johansson report

  • FRR tightens coal exclusion criteria

    22 February 2019

    France’s Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) has tightened the criteria it uses to exclude coal from its investments.

  • Sharia-compliant energy transition investment fund launched

    21 February 2019

    The first Sharia-compliant investment fund looking to benefit from the energy transition has been launched.

  • Land remediation impact fund in £100m fundraise

    21 February 2019

    A private equity fund that will invest in regenerating contaminated urban land in the UK has started a £100 million ($130 million) fundraising round, Environmental Finance has learned.