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  • Renewables funds can help meet huge emerging market infrastructure needs, says LSEG

    14 December 2017

    Renewable energy funds could be key to bridging the "colossal" green infrastructure financing needs of emerging market countries, according to David Harris.

  • BlackRock and Aviva Investors to speak at Green Equities 2017 conference

    25 August 2017

    Big hitters including Aviva Investors' Steve Waygood and John McKinley, director of the impact investing arm of the world's largest asset manager, BlackRock, have added their names to the stellar line-up of speakers at Environmental Finance's inaugural Green Equities 2017 conference.

  • Low-carbon fund doubles in size to £4bn

    18 August 2017

    HSBC's UK pension fund has doubled its allocations to the award-winning, low-carbon Future World Fund to nearly £4 billion ($5 billion), Environmental Finance has learned.

  • Water companies outperform other environmental stocks - FTSE Russell

    05 April 2017

    Water companies are the best performers in the FTSE Russell Environmental Opportunities Index Series, outperforming the FTSE All World by 22% over the last five years.

  • LSEG calls for ESG disclosures reports alongside financial reports

    09 February 2017

    The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has called on companies to report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in the same way as traditional financial disclosures.

  • LGIM launches green tilt fund with £1.85bn from HSBC

    07 November 2016

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched the Future World Fund, a multi-factor global equities index fund with a 'tilt' to address climate change investment risks.

  • People Moves

    27 April 2016

    The latest peoples moves, including changes at Pegasus Capital, TerraForm Power, LSE, Calvert and RobecoSAM

  • Volkswagen ejected from Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes

    29 September 2015

    Volkswagen (VW) has been ejected from the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) as the company continues to be hurt by the fall-out from its emissions scandal.

  • FTSE Russell and Johannesburg Stock Exchange to create new ESG indexes

    03 June 2015

    A new environmental, social and governance (ESG) index series will be created through a collaboration between London-based global index provider FTSE Russell and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE).

  • FTSE Group expands ESG team

    15 April 2015

    Index provider, FTSE Group, has made three new managerial appointments to boost its offerings for clients whose investment decisions are influenced by environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.