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Nomura AM expects to file first climate resolution

Nomura Asset Management expects to file an ESG-related shareholder resolution for the first time ever next year.

Investors target food sector climate lethargy in engagement guide

A "continued lack of progress" by US food companies to set climate targets has led to the publication of an investor guide to ramp up engagement with the high-emitting sector.

Standard Chartered CEO: 'VCMs exist because governments have failed'

Standard Chartered has hailed the voluntary carbon market (VCM) as the best route for wealth to flow from developed nations to emerging markets.

74% of UK pension schemes have net zero plans

America's first state conservation law for private finance

A new law in Maryland may be a model to encourage private capital to expand its role in environmental conservation, writes Timothy Male

BoE climate test estimates potential £350bn loss

ESMA: ESG funds cheaper and outperform conventional peers

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds outperformed their conventional non-ESG peers while also being cheaper, according to a European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) study.

Climate AM begins $150m African farmland investment

TNFD reveals pilot tests as it readies second edition

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has revealed plans to pilot test its framework, as it prepares to publish a second iteration next month.

Family office launches biodiversity 'accelerator'