All articles by Susanna Rust – Page 14
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Special ReportStrategy: The search for integrity and effectiveness
Investors are increasingly seeking real-world impact, but understanding of what that means and how it can best be achieved is still evolving.
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InterviewsOn the record: Impact through corporate engagement
Investors are aiming to maximise the impact of their investment strategies by engaging with investee companies
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Special ReportCorporate lobbying comes under the spotlight
Companies are starting to respond to investors’ demands for transparent and consistent lobbying.
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Special ReportDriving change as the debate on impact evolves
It’s hard to believe, but this is IPE’s fifth annual special report dedicated to investing for impact: our first impact investing report was in 2018. What has changed since then? In some ways not much. We still have a debate about the credibility of claiming impact in public markets, where the narrative is all about stewardship in the form of engagement and voting, and we discuss the effectiveness of engagement versus divestment.
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Research: UK fiduciary managers relied on strong equities for 2021 returns
More complex strategies not much of a return driver
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ESG roundup: Central bankers consult on climate data needs, sources directory
Plus: BlackRock signs up to asset owner SDG platform; ’Virtual CSO’ service launched; UK pension providers announce ESG moves
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NewsGeneva pension fund adopts net-zero goal in new RI charter
CPEG ‘raises its ambitions’ with regard to responsible investment
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NewsEIOPA proposes new pensions info-gathering to close ‘important’ data gaps
Regulator says its capacity to analyse emerging risks is currently limited
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NewsActiam, Cardano encourage TNFD to focus more on outcomes
Investment houses see greater focus on dependencies in Taskforce’s first beta release
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NewsFrench investors drop Total climate disclosure shareholder proposal
… as MN and 10 others pursue resolution focussed on company’s emission reduction targets
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NewsNEST, CEPB on board as UK transition plan taskforce launches
Taskforce to develop ‘the gold standard’ for climate transition plans as net-zero commitments abound
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‘Quality impact performance reports are transparent about lessons learned’
BlueMark proposes key elements of quality impact reports based on market analysis, consultation
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NewsIIGCC launches framework to ‘raise bar for investor climate stewardship’
Toolkit comes ahead of imminent AGMs and as NGOs criticise the Global Financial Alliance for Net-Zero
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Ircantec exits dozen companies as new climate policy kicks in
Divested companies include Anglo American, BP, Mitsubishi, and Repsol
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NewsOxford group launches sectoral ESG data quality initiative
New project aims to analyse and provide sector-specific insight into quality of sustainability datasets
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NewsNature Action 100 expected to launch summer 2022
Collaborative investor-led programme in the process of scoping governance structure
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EU institutions urged to mandate transition plans in final CSRD
Eurosif, PRI write to EU institutions as they negotiate over the corporate reporting directive
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PPF DB index funding level reaches highest level since June 2007
Increasing bond yields driving up scheme funding levels
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Suspension of Russian business disrupts Mothercare pension deficit payment
Trustees and Mothercare now in discussions about revised deficit recovery contribution schedule
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NewsNorthern Ireland LGPS shifts £2.8bn to low carbon fund
Transfer covers entirety of core passive equity holdings
