All ESG articles
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NewsIntesa Sanpaolo issues €1bn in equity, bond mandates
The scheme is seeking managers for US and euro corporate bonds, global high yield corporate bonds, among others
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Publica to increase stake in firms with renewable energy ‘high-quality patents’
It has excluded investments in the coal sector, preferring renewable energies, wind farms or photovoltaic systems
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WTW: Passive managers ‘disappoint’ as stewards of fixed income
Stewardship in fixed income is a position of significant influence, says consultancy
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: Returns to ESG investing - looking for the light
A fundamental question for investors is whether ESG investment involves a tradeoff, a combination of environmental philanthropy and reduced financial returns, or whether ESG investment will simply deliver the best returns to investors.
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PKA drops 20 coal stocks but keeps talking to those ready to change
Danish labour-market pension fund excludes firms with more than 20% of business in coal
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Velliv buys into fintech Grandhood to crack self-employed market
New digital pensions firm links up with long-standing Danish pensions provider to launch new product
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EIOPA floats IORP II change to require impact on ESG consideration
Supervisor suggests change within the Article 19 prudent person rule may improve ESG integration by pension funds
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ESG investors urged to actively pick companies with impact
Investors are uniquely positioned to address the societal component of ESG policies
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Opinion Pieces
Viewpoint: The best things in life aren’t things
Peter Kraneveld argues that ESG and SDG investments are held up to a false standard, underestimating their real revenue and hindering solutions.
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BTPS keen for big voice in ESG/fixed income debate, says CEO
Credit rating agencies should step up their game on ESG, Nilsson says
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LGPS Central’s Segars extols resilience after lockdown fund launch
Asset managers with poor diversity won’t make it onto our books, UK pensions pool tells IPE event
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EU green pensions regulation is moving too fast, says Leppäla
Lobby group would like to see how new IORP II ESG measures work before moving to next rules
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MP Pension hails investor power after 2nd Brazil lawmaker meeting
‘If we threaten to pull our investments out of the country, they will have to listen,’ says Schelde
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NBIM calls for harmonised EU supply chain due diligence approach
Norwegian SWF manager responds to EC consultation on renewed sustainable finance strategy
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Brazil ministers meet investors to discuss deforestation fears
Meeting follows open letter backed by many heavyweight investors
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BT Pension Scheme names head of sustainable investment
Victoria Barron joins from Newton Investment Management
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Scope claims ‘disruption’ with new corporate ESG impact model
Assessment process focusses not on risk but on a company’s environmental and social externalities
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PenSam hands €2.6bn equities to Amundi, keeps Nordea for rest [updated]
French asset manager wins Danish pension fund’s climate change index mandate
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Australian and Canadian pension funds join Dutch SDI platform
Three additional asset owners are to join the platform
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Companies behaving badly will be post-crisis losers, say USS, BTPS
Universities’ scheme shifts to UK bonds after US debt soars
