Thomas Cox

LGIM, VBDO: Dutch insurer climate action lags behind pensions

Insurance companies are lagging behind pension funds in terms of climate action, a report by Dutch investor association VBDO supported by UK-based asset manager Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has said.

Eurazeo Smart City II fund raises €150m at second close

Venture capital firm Eurazeo has confirmed the second close of its Smart City II Venture fund raised €70 million ($79 million).

Investors 'increasingly' at risk from methane regulation

Companies and their investors are increasingly likely to be exposed to regulation changes as high emitters of methane become easier to identify because of improved data collection, UK think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative has said.

Dow Jones launches news-driven ESG data tool

US media giant Dow Jones has launched a sustainability data tool that incorporates news as well as corporate disclosures to score more than 6,000 public companies...

NBIM: CDSB reporting 'unlikely to be comparable'

Bond round-up: Cades, Snam, EIB, CaixaBank, CBC, L&Q ... and more

MSCI: Food firms can avoid losses by shifting to plant-based proteins

Shifting towards plant-based proteins could save food-related companies 7% of their market capitalisation in avoided losses from climate-related policy changes...

ISO to exclude nuclear and unabated gas from taxonomy

Nuclear will be excluded from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)'s taxonomy of green activities,...

Climate-washing net-zero lawsuits 'likely to increase'

Legal claims around 'climate-washing' are likely to increase against companies for misleading net-zero pledges if they are not followed by meaningful action,...

ISS: Nuclear, gas have no positive sustainability impact

Nuclear and gas energy generation - which the EU has proposed including in its taxonomy of sustainable activities - have "no net positive" sustainability impact, ISS ESG has said.