More ESG news – Page 118
-
News
Net-zero asset owner group seeks asset manager blended finance action
De-risking needed to allow investors to ramp up investments in climate mitigation, in both OECD and non-OECD markets
-
News
LD picks Federated Hermes for EM equities; launches ABS tender
Danish pension fund manager completed equities procurement round, and has two credit mandates yet to tender
-
NewsEC’s sustainable governance play: Asset owners wary of potential snags
A good EU legal framework would help to institutionalise the process of just climate transition, says UK’s LAPFF
-
News
New UK centre aims to ‘transform availability of climate data in finance’
Asset owners lent their backing to the Centre for Greening Finance and Investment
-
News
Belgium’s Ogeo pension fund fires management committee
Move appears to be linked to a corruption scandal
-
NewsAP2: Value strategy hit 2020 return, but makes long-term sense
Swedish national pension fund posts 3.5% return — less than half of its long-term average
-
News
Velliv invests $550m in Nordea’s ESG emerging markets debt strategy
CIO of Danish pension fund praises asset manager’s thorough ESG risk analysis process
-
NewsATP’s investment portfolio return slips in 2020
Overall, ATP made a 10.8% return before pension returns tax, down from 16.2% in 2019
-
NewsShell sets out net-zero plan details, to grant regular shareholder vote
Climate Acton 100+ investors hail announcement and engagement effect; campaign group sees response to shareholder resolution votes
-
News
Denmark’s P+ divests 12 stocks where influence attempts are ‘hopeless’
Global mining companies Freeport-McMoran and Barrick Gold account for most of sell-off
-
News
Asset owners advised to demand ESG engagement escalation policies
Charity investor calls for ESG market to plug ‘serious gaps or risk credibility’
-
NewsNBIM warns EC against dogmatic rules on ESG skills for boards
Norway’s SWF manager calls for more EU harmonisation of shareholder voting and due diligence
-
NewsPIRC tackles IAASB over audit expectation gap
‘Auditors have substantial obligations in relation to detecting fraud in an audit, regardless of the expectation gap’
-
NewsNorway enlists experts to probe climate opportunities for SWF
More knowledge needed on how the green transition will affect oil fund, says Finance Minister
-
News
OECD Blended Finance: BlackRock chief says governments must play their part in decarbonisation
Investors face key challenges to drive capital towards sustainable goals
-
News
IORP II review an opportunity for ‘paradigm shift’, says EIOPA’s Bernardino
Outgoing chair says more needs to be done at national and EU level to incentivise funded private pension provision
-
News
Danica almost triples green investments in 2020 to €3.5bn
Danske Bank subsidiary saw domestic business grow by 3.1% last year
-
NewsESAs deliver adjusted SFDR requirements, say ‘careful balance’ struck
Changes include a reduction in mandatory “adverse impact indicators”
-
NewsPossible IFRS sustainability standards board announcement at COP26
IFRS Foundation trustees flag possible definitive proposal by end of September 2021
-
News
France’s Af2i adopts ‘raison d’être’ embracing long-termism
Long-term perspective needs to be at heart of public debate, economic and political decision-making, says French institutional investor association
