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  • FCA raises concerns of 'greenwashing' in sustainability-linked loans

    30 June 2023

    The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned that the sustainability-linked loan (SLL) market is "not achieving its potential," and faces growing accusations of 'greenwashing' amid concerns of weak incentives, conflicts of interest, and misalignment with public climate goals.

  • NBIM warns London listing change would curb investor influence

    30 June 2023

    The manager of the world's largest sovereign wealth fund has added its voice to warnings that the UK's plans to reform its listing rules could "decrease" the influence of investor engagement with companies.

  • Pension funds and insurers propel impact AuM growth

    30 June 2023

    Pension funds were the biggest driver of growth in impact funds over the last five years, according to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN).

  • Manulife pilots natural capital accounting framework

    29 June 2023

    Manulife Investment Management is piloting a method of measuring the value of nature for its timber and agriculture assets, in preparation for applying it to "the entire portfolio", an executive has said.

  • Allianz: ECB talks up sustainable bond greenium

    29 June 2023

    Climate-related policies and pronouncements from the European Central Bank (ECB) has generated a "persistent positive effect" on the 'greenium' for European sustainable bonds, according to research from Allianz.

  • Loan round-up: CreditAccess Grameen, social loan spotlight, FIBRA Macquarie ... and more

    29 June 2023
  • Fidelity: Biodiversity 'largest investment trend in our lifetime'

    29 June 2023

    Investing in solutions to biodiversity loss will be a "megatrend", a portfolio manager at Fidelity International has said, while revealing 12 best-in-class firms.

  • Axa sets decarbonisation targets for P&C portfolios

    29 June 2023

    Axa has announced new decarbonisation targets for both its insurance and investment portfolios, as well as publishing its 2023 climate and biodiversity report.

  • Vancity leaves NA100 launch investor group

    29 June 2023

    Vancity Investment Management (VCIM) has stepped back from its role in the leading investor group of Nature Action 100 (NA100), as the biodiversity engagement initiative shifts towards its development phase.

  • Managing risk amid the 'third wave' of climate litigation

    29 June 2023

    As climate litigation risk gathers momentum, Nadine Coudel and Robert Gardner look at what steps energy companies can take to identify and reduce these risks