Elena K. Johansson

Articles by Elena K. Johansson

  • Project to harmonise reporting standards set for launch

    08 August 2018

    The Corporate Reporting Dialogue (CRD), a collaboration of major corporate reporting frameworks and standards, is planning to launch a harmonisation project.

  • Should non-financial reporting frameworks be harmonised?

    08 August 2018

    There is a baffling array of sustainability-focused reporting frameworks and standards. Would it be beneficial to bring them into alignment, asks Elena Johansson.

  • Integrated reporting database launched

    08 August 2018

    The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) has launched an academic database allowing access to research on integrated reporting.

  • Munich Re tightens coal divestment policy

    06 August 2018

    The CEO of Munich Re has announced a new climate and divestment policy for the German reinsurer, in a guest article for German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

  • People moves: Man Group, APG

    06 August 2018

    Jason Mitchell has been appointed as co-head of responsible investment at investment management firm Man Group. Across its investment managers, Man Group manages $ 113.7 billion for its global clients.

  • PGGM acquires half of a 332 MW renewables portfolio

    03 August 2018

    Dutch asset manager PGGM will buy a 50% interest of a US wind and a solar project by EDF Renewables North America.

  • Sustainable cities are APG's biggest responsible investment theme

    02 August 2018

    Dutch asset manager APG allocated €24.5 billion ($28.5 million) in 2017 in investments that it considers to contribute to the theme of sustainable cities and communities, one of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations

  • Daiwa launches solar fund

    01 August 2018

    Daiwa Securities Group has launched the Daiwa GI Green Fund, called the "Solar Fund", with a committed capital of totally ¥5 billion.

  • Carbon is 'most suitable metric for smart beta ESG'

    01 August 2018

    Investors deemed carbon as the most suitable environmental, social, governance (ESG) metric for inclusion in a smart beta investment strategy, according to a study. Seventy-four percent of investors selected carbon as being suitable for inclusion into smart beta, followed by other ESG metrics like water (21%), waste (20%) and gender diversity (18%).

  • Japan's Sparx attracts ¥47bn for renewables fund

    30 July 2018

    Japanese fund manager Sparx Asset Trust & Management, which oversees some ¥1,122 trillion ($10 billion), has announced the final close of its renewable energy brownfield fund, 'Sparx Renewable Energy Brown Fund No. 1'.