Thomas Cox

NZAOA members 'red flagged' for not targeting engagement

An undisclosed number of Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) members have been red-flagged for not setting engagement targets in time and face heightened pressure to do so.

HSBC AM launches circular economy fund

Cbus leaves NZAOA

Australian fund Construction and Building Unions Superannuation (Cbus) has left the Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) voluntarily so it can focus its resources on its "internal activities"

AXA-backed firm launches 1,000-hectare forest programme

Carbon offset firm Shared Wood Company (SWC), which is supported by AXA Investment Managers (IM), has launched a 1,000-hectare tree-planting programme in France in its first deal.

Cost-of-living crisis spurs living wage engagement, says Hermes

The global cost-of-living crisis has spurred engagement with companies on the living wage by investment manager Federated Hermes, an executive at the firm's stewardship provider has said

Bond round-up: IDA, AfDB, FS Italiane, Enel, CDP, Belgium, Union Pacific ... and more

AXA launches forest restoration programme

Social issues among 'most material' ESG risks for alternative proteins

Factors ranging from climate to the 'just transition' were among the most material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks to the alternative proteins industry...

EU proposes that financials prove absence of links to deforestation

EU proposals to require financial institutions to demonstrate their activities have no links to deforestation have progressed, after overwhelming approval from parliament.

$39trn investor group urges governments to step up climate action

533 institutional investors managing a total of about $39 trillion in assets have urged governments to enact climate policies to leverage private finance.