In-depth reporting on ESG investing for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
Danish mutual pension provider redesigns ideas behind VækstPension Aftryk, defines four categories of sustainable investment targets, adds asset classes
WWF publishes report with own recommendations for corporate nature target setting
Swedish national pension fund said reducing methane leaks from oil and gas industry is ‘one of cheapest ways to reduce GHG emissions quickly’
Foundation calls on government to extend scope of corporate sustainability reporting law to all companies of public interest, regardless of size, total assets or turnover
The 16th annual PRI in Person conference, held in Toronto last week, covered a range of issues, including climate resilience, biodiversity and the limits of policy makers
Plus: Global taskforce launched focused on financial risks posed by social issues; Dutch regulator proposes amendments to ESG reporting templates
While perhaps the same cannot be said about climate change, there seems to be a consensus about artificial intelligence (AI) in the United Nations General Assembly.
Jonathan Bailey highlights the importance of financial materiality in standard setting, particularly for topics like biodiversity and human capital
Banks are uniquely placed to tackle deforestation via their financing decisions and engagements, says IIGCC CEO Stephanie Pfeifer
Will the move to include net-zero strategies in disclosure rules help assess portfolio companies, and will pension funds be captured themselves?
It is more useful to think of climate change and decarbonisation as a ‘hyperobject’, says Iancu Daramus
The rhetoric around ‘tipping points’ is often misunderstood, says Iancu Daramus
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.
Stella Giovannoli, CIO and CFO at Italy’s Cassa Nazionale del Notariato, talks to Carlo Svaluto Moreolo about the efforts to modernise the fund
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) is often mentioned as one of the examples of the European Commission’s excessive zeal when working to implement the Green Deal. It is singled out as an example of overregulation that negatively impacts the competitiveness of European corporations, creates barriers to accessing the EU market and is costly to implement.
Caspar Vlaar and Jaap van Dam of KPN Pensioenfonds talk to Tjibbe Hoekstra about the Dutch fund’s belief in active investing, its venture into private markets and its impact strategy
Factors have inspired indices, spin-offs and a variety of investment strategies but it has become hard to argue that they will offer investors a persistent future premium
In the second article on a new survey, Vincent Mortier, Monica Defend and Amin Rajan argue that greater granularity in ESG investing is set to boost impact investing
Simply aligning an investment with one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) does not always convince individuals about the impact of an investment. Communicating about change can help.
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