Sophie Robinson-Tillett
Sophie is IPE's ESG contributing editor.
She is the founder of Real Economy Progress and a senior associate at the University of Oxford.
Sophie's journalistic experience includes being editor of Responsible Investor and Environmental Finance.
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TNFD kicks-off development of data lake for nature
Investors are set to gain access to much more information about companies’ nature-related risks and opportunities with the creation of a new data lake.
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Net-zero asset owners have successfully decarbonised in line with 1.5°C
Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance acknowledges that portfolio emission reductions are generally a result of investment reallocations
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Investors ask EU to harmonise voting rights in SRD overhaul
ICGN letter also calls for more clarity around collaborative engagement and acting in concert
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EU’s incoming finance Commissioner mulls new ‘sustainability-related categorisation system’
Maria Luís Albuquerque has been nominated as the next commissioner for financial services, financial stability and the Capital Markets Union
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Asset owners unable to show effectiveness of bondholder engagement
Study highlighting confusion over role of fixed income climate benchmarks comes as GFANZ drafts guidelines
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Pensioenfonds Detailhandel updates investment policy to incorporate member preferences
The €30bn scheme for the Dutch retail sector will collaborate with other pension funds on labour rights
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MSCI axes the terms ‘ESG’ and ‘Impact’ from index names
The index giant will cut the reference to ESG from four index families: ESG Leaders, ESG Screened, ESG Universal and ESG Focus
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Roundup: Activity picks up on EU sustainable finance
CSRD, taxonomy and the European Commission’s people and priorities
- Analysis
New EU green agenda: what investors ordered?
If you ask most investors what they think of the EU’s sustainable finance agenda, they will tell you it’s well-intentioned, but a total mess.
- Special Report
The case for custom indices to meet sustainability goals
Asset owners are increasingly seeking more bespoke solutions to meet their sustainability goals
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Portfolio managers rank green, social issues at bottom of performance drivers
Study offers ‘reality check’ and guidance for asset owners wanting to boost sustainability performance
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Managers’ net-zero commitments ‘not relevant’, says chair of asset owner climate alliance
Net zero is very much an asset owner story, believes Gunther Thallinger, in latest sign that expectations for managers are shifting
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Only 11% of asset owners see ESG regulation as hindrance to sustainability
Investors happiest with jurisdictions that take a double materiality approach, according to FTSE survey
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Al Gore slams financial institutions for ‘wriggling out’ of their climate promises
Generation Investment Management predicts financial industry ‘is about to face a reckoning’
- News
AP4 to integrate Scope 3 emissions into investment decisions
The fund is tackling the controversial area as part of its commitment to halve the emissions of its investments by the end of the decade
- Analysis
Investment strategy: how one Dutch pension fund democratised its ESG process
Pensioenfonds Detailhandel’s groundbreaking attempt to democratise its investment process is just one development in this growing trend
- News
The tug-of-war continues over the EU’s green taxonomy
ESMA wants the framework to be a reference for all sustainable finance regulation, but insurers and government advisers are fighting to pare it down
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ESG innovation, AI use among top index-related investor demands, finds survey
Index Industry Association’s research shines light on challenges being faced by asset managers and their index providers
- Analysis
What does the climate transition plan craze mean for pension funds?
Will the move to include net-zero strategies in disclosure rules help assess portfolio companies, and will pension funds be captured themselves?
- News
Will sovereign SLBs help investors ‘contractualise the climate transition’?
Bond investors are engaging with governments on upcoming revisions to their NDCs, but can SLBs hold them accountable?