Christopher Marchant

News Round Up: MSCI, Vanguard, Mirae Asset, and more

CA100+ ups pressure on corporates to align lobbying with Paris Agreement

Institutional investors with a combined $6.5 trillion in AUM have issued "urgent" demands to 47 of the largest US-based corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to disclose their climate lobbying practices.

Moody's to retire green bond assessment in favour of Vigeo Eiris' opinions

Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has scrapped its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) service, instead focusing on the second party opinion (SPO) provided by its subsidiary VE.

People Moves 23 October: Clim8 Invest; CofE Pensions Board; SEKSL; AllianceBernstein; Earth Capital; Christian Super

Sustainability investment platform recruits Hiscox CIO

F4B develops framework for combating biodiversity 'destruction'

Financial institutions should disclose their impacts on biodiversity and be made legally liable for them, according to a new blueprint for a financial system that doesn't harm nature.

News Round Up: HSBC, BlackRock, Principles for Responsible Banking, and more

News Round Up: Carbon offsets, Lyxor, Nippon Life, and more

FactSet to acquire TruValue Labs

Financial data provider FactSet is to acquire alternative ESG data firm TruValue Labs, as the wave of consolidation in the sector continues.

News Round Up: Refinitiv, Ceres, Manulife, and more

Aegon Asset Management: Impact investing marred by 'poor measurement standards'

The asset management arm of Netherlands-based financial services firm Aegon has criticised the impact investing sector for 'sub-par measurement and reporting', which can lead to greenwashing and a difficulty in assessing investors' claims.