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  • Vanguard pledges to bring cost savings to impact market

    20 January 2022

    US asset management giant Vanguard is to enter the impact fund market by rebranding an existing fund, in a move it said would bring cost benefits to investors.

  • Investors 'increasingly' at risk from methane regulation

    20 January 2022

    Companies and their investors are increasingly likely to be exposed to regulation changes as high emitters of methane become easier to identify because of improved data collection, UK think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative has said.

  • Anne Simpson joins Franklin Templeton as sustainability head - Update

    20 January 2022

    US investment manager Franklin Templeton has appointed Anne Simpson as its first global head of sustainability.

  • Citi lays out initial net zero plan

    20 January 2022

    US banking giant Citigroup has laid out its initial net zero plan, including 2030 emissions targets for its energy and power loan portfolios.

  • Investors significantly impact global environmental reporting

    20 January 2022

    Companies are more than twice as likely to disclose their environmental impact if investors directly call on them to do so, says new research from CDP.

  • Loan round-up: Turkey, Lightsource BP, Burberry, EDP Renewables ... and more

    20 January 2022
  • Dow Jones launches news-driven ESG data tool

    20 January 2022

    US media giant Dow Jones has launched a sustainability data tool that incorporates news as well as corporate disclosures to score more than 6,000 public companies...

  • Biomass data from satellites 'can benefit voluntary carbon market'

    20 January 2022

    Satellite imagery has been used to build a global map the amount of carbon sequestered by trees and plants, in a development that could help add transparency to forestry carbon...

  • Exxon's net zero goal 'underwhelming, but sign of change'

    20 January 2022

    ExxonMobil's newly-minted net zero 'ambition' will underwhelm many investors - but could be a sign that new board members are bringing positive change, according to commentators.

  • Asian market growth for ICE sustainability indices

    20 January 2022

    Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking environment-related and other thematic Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) indices saw strong growth in Asian markets last year.