By Gurpreet Gujral, managing director, and Francisca Wiggins, director, of Atrato Onsite Energy plc (ROOF) While governmental collaboration is undoubtedly important in the fight against climate change, particularly as global leaders converge on the UK for...
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Pensions industry enables more CO2 emissions than entire UK carbon footprint.
Schemes fund an estimated 330 million tonnes of carbon emissions every year. If the UK pensions industry was a country, it would find itself in the top 20 carbon emitters globally. To offset its emissions, the industry would need to reforest 50 percent of the UK’s...
BNY Mellon IM launches Responsible Horizons Strategic Bond Fund managed by Insight Investment
BNY Mellon Investment Management today announced the launch of the Responsible Horizons Strategic Bond Fund (the Fund), managed by Insight Investment. Insight[1] is a £742bn global asset and risk manager and PRI A+ rated leader in fixed income[2], with £153.8bn under...
The cost of climate change: action versus inaction
The IPCC’s latest update on physical sciences stated that “it was more likely” than not that temperature increases would exceed the 1.5 degree limit targeted in COP 21 (Paris 2015). The upcoming COP 26 in Glasgow has been described as “the world’s best last chance to...
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Aberdeen Standard appoint ESG Manager to its Private Markets and Real Estate team
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) appoints Manuela Furmarola as ESG Manager to it s Private Markets and Real Estate team. Neil Slater,...
M&G and Baillie Gifford funds secure new AAA ratings from Square Mile
Two funds awarded AAA 3D Impact ratings Three funds awarded AA 3D Impact ratings Five funds awarded A 3D Impact ratings One new 3D Fund...
Invesco launch new ETF tracking FTSE All Share ESG Climate index
Today, Invesco announce two new ESG ETF’s to meet demand from investors integrating ESG ETFs into their core portfolio holdings. The first...
EFAMA Publishes Market Insights Report on ESG Investing in UCITS Market
The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has published its latest Market Insights report titled “ESG Investing in the...
Franklin Templeton brings 160 funds inline with EU ESG regulation
Franklin Templeton announced today they welcome the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) coming into effect today,...
European ESG ETF interest declines
European interest in ESG ETFs falls 6% over the last 12 months, while the Chinese and US rise 13% and 11% respectively. These figures come...
New research suggests ESG investment market set to double in 2021
Environmental, social and governance-based investment market set to double in 2021 with over one in 10 (12%) investors planning to...
Analysis: why action linking ESG to executive pay is taking centre stage
The forces focusing the business world on Environmental, Social, Corporate and Governance (ESG) issues continue to amass – and with them...
BMO GAM: 16 Funds Classified Article 8 / 9 Under New EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
BMO GAM has categorised its suite of 16 Responsible and Sustainable strategies, accounting for €7.8 billion[1] in assets under management,...
Refinitiv Lipper research shows record high for UK ethical fund investing in 2020
2020 was a record-breaking year for ethical fund flows in the UK, with these funds netting £27.3bn – up from £11.1bn in 2019,...
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