More ESG news – Page 119
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NewsAP1 external manager chief: ‘I’d be very hesitant to rely just on Zoom’
Swedish buffer fund wants managers to do own ESG analysis – not use third-party providers
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New think tank to scrutinise impact, efficacy of investor engagement
Universal Owner has been set up by former co-founder of InfluenceMap, an NGO
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NewsAMX, DWS ‘shift paradigm’ with pooled funds stewardship solution
New service ‘to begin transition of voting power’ from managers to institutional asset owners
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Climate roundup: APG dumps KEPCO and eight others over coal pursuit
Plus: Aviva Investors announces escalation programme; Smart Pension makes net-zero pledge
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NewsESMA calls for legislative action on ESG ratings, assessment tools
Watchdog says there are high risks of capital misallocation, mis-selling and greenwashing, but not the tools to combat this
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NewsInvestment consultants offer guide to assessing their climate competency
‘Trustees need to know their advisers are on the front foot’
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UK asset management body launches ‘next generation’ investment group
New committee to provide ‘creative challenge’ to industry thinking about investment, capital markets
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NewsUK government presents pension fund climate risk governance, reporting regs
Requirements largely in line with August 2020 proposals but some helpful tweaks seen
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North Rhine-Westphalia Pensionsfonds faces criticism over ESG policies
The Ministry of Finance claims the extraction of fossil fuels had never been used as exclusion criteria for ESG policies in North Rhine-Westphalia
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NewsBlackRock sets out 2021 net-zero support commitments
World’s largest asset manager to disclose temperature alignment metric, adopt ‘heightened scrutiny model’
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Investors set 2030 deadline for mining reforms
An investor group, led by CEPB and the Council on Ethics of the Swedish National Pension Funds, has committed to further interventions to drive change, including on tailings dams
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NewsPLSA policy board identifies six priorities for 2021 as new members join
DC decumulation, investment and stewardship, pensions tax relief, small pots, pension dashboards and DB funding are top priorities for the PLSA
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Major UK pension funds ask prime minister for net-zero meeting
PRI and investors are paying more attention to ‘real economy policy’ in bid to help drive climate change mitigation
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ECB sets up climate change centre, to invest in new BIS green bond fund
ECB also reveals it is exploring a low carbon benchmark move for fixed income investments in the staff pension fund
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Folksam LO funds go fossil free in ‘milestone’ for pension provider
Four Swedbank Robur funds shed gas, coal and oil stocks
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NewsAustrian Pensionskassen bounce back to positive returns in 2020
Austrian Pensionskassen increased the amount of sustainable investments to €20.5bn last year, up 25.8% compared to €16.3bn in 2019
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ESG roundup: Ontario Teachers announces 2050 net-zero goal
Plus: Northern Trust launches ‘climate aware’ EM index strategy; Aegon UK to drive £1.7bn into new default allocation; $500bn in energy transition investment; and more
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NewsVarma pumps €198m into Nordea’s ESG EM equities fund
Finnish pension provider uses own fund selection screening to award mandate
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Lyxor discloses ‘temperature’ of more than 150 ETFs
Implied temperature rise metric is catching on, although underlying methodologies vary
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Denmark’s €1.3bn crisis fund ready to invest; Möger Pedersen chairs
Former ATP chief Stendevad appointed as board member
