Impact investing – Page 21
-
Special ReportInvestors: Making money matter
How are asset owners looking to scale up impact as their portfolios and experience grow?
-
Special ReportImpact Investing Institute: The way forward
Sarah Gordon, CEO of the Impact Investing Institute, is building awareness of SDG-related opportunities
-
Special ReportImpact integrity in private equity
Robust and credible reporting standards will be essential to avoid any suspicion of impact washing
-
Special ReportPhenix Capital: Measuring the market
A new report by Amsterdam-based Phenix Capital runs the rule over the growing marketplace for impact funds
-
Special ReportBribery and corruption: Sustainability’s nemesis
SDG 16.5, covering bribery and corruption, is central to other SDGs but hard to tackle in practice
-
Special ReportImpact investing: Build back better
It is a common observation – supported by the likes of the World Bank and the United Nations – that incorporating resilience into communities after a natural disaster helps prepare them for future catastrophes. This is known in the jargon as ‘building back better’.
-
Special ReportUpright Project: Applying tech to impact
Nordic institutions are backing an AI approach to assessing individual businesses and their impacts
-
Special ReportZurich Insurance Group: Zurich’s ambition to measure and manage
With ambitious impact targets, Zurich Insurance Group needed to develop a robust framework to measure progress
-
Special ReportImpact principles: Held to account
How will the IFC’s impact investment principles help investors seeking transparency and clarity about their investments?
-
News
SEC blocks Church climate proposal for Exxon AGM again
The proposal requested Exxon to issue a report describing its plans to reduce its total contribution to climate change
-
News
Asset owner long-term value creation statement gains traction
ABP, FRR, HESTA join after CalSTRS, GPIF, USS got the ball rolling
-
NewsSwedish trio stows €271m into social bonds to support Corona-hit firms [Updated]
Swedish pensions and insurance groups buy debt issued by the International Finance Corporation
-
NewsThink tank invites investors to support ‘evidence of impact’ work
2° Investing Initiative exits Science-Based Targets initiative project
-
NewsNearly half of Nordic institutional investors now invest in impact
Research by NN IP and Kirstein shows impact allocations still limited to 5% of portfolios
-
News
LGPS pool puts investment system fix at heart of new climate policy
Brunel lays down challenge for asset managers, service providers, companies
-
News
PKA combines ‘important values’ with new €44m microfinance investment
Fund, run by Maj Invest, targets DKK1.3bn in investor capital over next 12 months
-
News
Charities publicise RFP for impact-focused ESG mandate
Charities go public in attempt to communicate, drive higher bar
-
News
‘Substantial shift’ seen as BlackRock embraces climate risk
Suite of initiatives announced as CEO flags near-term capital reallocation over climate risk
-
Opinion PiecesTime for a positive impact on investing
The focus on sustainability and impact investing is expected to continue to grow, with potential regulatory and policy responses having wide-ranging investment implications
-
NewsImpact Investing Institute to launch programme to woo pension funds
Pension savers show strong desire for sustainable investments
