More ESG news – Page 114
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UK’s trustee association launches climate change committee
Chaired by Tegs Harding, director at Independent Trustee Services (ITS), the committee will include Nigel Hill of Pi Pension Trustees, Marcus Hurd of ndapt, and Andrew Cole of BESTrustees
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NewsMercer commits to 2050 net-zero target for UK, European and Asian clients
Mercer plans to reduce portfolio relative carbon emissions by at least 45% from 2019 baseline levels by 2030
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NewsAP Funds need same definition of illiquid assets, McKinsey tells Sweden
Swedish pensions buffer funds cut fossils exposure by between 51% and 100% in five years
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NewsLGIM DC business sets out interim targets for net-zero by 2050 goal
2025 and 2030 carbon emissions intensity reduction targets set for auto-enrolment default funds
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NewsSweden cuts capital requirements for pension funds’ green infra assets
FSA publishes proposals for range of new rules for pension and insurance firms
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APG, BlackRock and 41 others boost Net Zero Asset Managers initiative
Signatories have to set out interim targets within a year of joining
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Skandia invests SEK1bn in Latin American social bond via placement
BlackRock also invests in 50-year issue from Inter-American Development Bank
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US carbon price scheme announced by 2025 in new IPR-for-PRI forecast
‘Inevitable Policy Response’ forecasters increase their expectations of the level of ambition in policymaking
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Allianz Global Investors: looking at social impact investing post COVID
‘Exclusion is an issue that has evolved over time. It continues to be raised bringing challenges for investors’
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UK asset manager body sets out key asks for government’s green bonds
’Government may wish to consider application of EU taxonomy’s ‘do no significant harm’ principle,’ IA says
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Danica toughens stance on coal, tar sands and bans peat
CEO “convinced the future belongs to companies that can adapt to a green future”
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NewsIlmarinen fails to reach its five-year goal of Paris alignment
Finnish pension insurer boasts it was the most solvent pension insurer last year
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Swiss pension fund posts $500m decarbonisation mandate on IPE Quest
Investor is looking for solution aligned with EU climate transition benchmark requirements
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DWP consults on pension schemes’ approach to ‘social factors’
Pensions minister turns his attention from climate change to the ‘S’ in ESG
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NewsIFRS Foundation urged to address materiality in sustainability reporting
IFRSs focus on financial materiality and treat information as material if leaving out of an entity’s financial statements would influence investors’ decisions
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ESG roundup: Investors challenge EC agriculture policy reform plans
Plus: SEC clears emissions reduction targets proposal for vote at ConocoPhilipps; Insurer AXA to drop energy company RWE
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NBIM suggests ‘continuity venues’ for bourses after cyberattacks
Norwegian SWF responds to ESMA’s algorithmic trading consultation
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CA100+ net-zero company analysis shows ‘distance to be travelled’
Capex results show ‘huge gap in corporate reporting on climate risk management’
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Danish pensions lobby insists competition in sector ‘increasingly fierce’
IPD CEO hopes new report stops politicians taking ‘a booming pension industry’ for granted
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NewsSwiss roundup: PKBS excludes fossil fuels from investments
Plus: 2020 annual returns for Solothurn and Vaud cantons; Reform for the first pillar system approved
