Natural Capital 2019

Investor hesitation to back climate proposals leads shareholders to shelve resolutions

Shareholder group Follow This has, for the first time since 2016, abandoned plans to file a climate-related resolution with oil and gas majors, as it blamed "investor hesitation" to back such proposals on US attacks on shareholder democracy.

'Unjustifiably expensive' fees discouraging allocations to water, says Morningstar

Expensive fees are likely preventing investors from allocating more capital to water-focused funds, Morningstar has claimed.

UKSIF pitches taskforce to study how ISSB can reduce pensions reporting burden

Regulators should sponsor an industry group to study how the sustainability-related "reporting burden" on UK pension schemes can be reduced in the transition to International Sustainability Board Standards (ISSB) reporting, an investor group said.

Revent closes $100m second fund

ResponsAbility loans $20m to construct Maldives solar projects