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  • GPIF adopts S&P carbon efficient indexes for ESG strategy

    25 September 2018

    Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) has selected two new indexes from S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) as benchmarks for JPY1.2 trillion ($10 billion) of equity investments managed according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria.

  • TPI plans new index to accelerate low-carbon transition

    03 July 2018

    The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) – an asset-owner led initiative backed by more than $9.3 trillion in assets – plans to create a new, global, low-carbon equity index.

  • FTSE Russell launches indexes tracking 'green revenue' of constituents

    06 June 2016

    FTSE Russell has launched 10 new indexes based on its new LCE data model that tracks the 'green revenue' of 13,400 public companies.

  • The green opportunity is 'almost as big as emerging markets'

    09 May 2016

    The value of companies' 'green revenues' is almost as big as the value of emerging markets, according to responsible investment pioneer Mark Makepeace, CEO of FTSE Russell.

  • Index innovator

    09 May 2016

    FTSE Russell's innovative new low-carbon index could be a taste of things to come, as the company gears up to launch a new data platform based on the transition to a low-carbon economy. Mark Makepeace talks to Peter Cripps

  • London Stock Exchange signs up to promote sustainability

    02 June 2014

    The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has joined the UN Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) initiative, bringing the total number of partner exchanges to 10.