Sustainability
In-depth reporting on sustainability and its impact on investments for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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AnalysisAsset owner September insights: equity shifts, sustainability battles and pension reform
August brought equity allocation shifts, sustainability disputes, German pension scandals and fresh momentum for workplace pension reform across Europe
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NewsInvestment industry calls for clarity on EU due diligence rules
Norges Bank Investment Management and Principles for Responsible Investment urge EU to align due diligence guidance globally
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InterviewsChurch of England Pensions Board: Rising portfolio emissions
Church of England Pensions Board’s SaraTaaffe explains why falling portfolio emissions alone cannot show whether pension funds are driving real-world climate progress
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AnalysisThe fight over transition finance in SFDR
EU lawmakers remain divided over how SFDR should define transition finance, with investors seeking clarity on eligible assets
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NewsAsset owner-manager link a ‘critical choke point’ for climate action – LSE
CA100+ shows scale alone cannot drive corporate decarbonisation when asset-owner mandates still prioritise short-term returns, new LSE research concludes
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NewsAcademics push Publica to reinforce responsible investment policy
AVETH is asking Publica to define a ‘firm, non-negotiable requirement’ for its climate-efficient equity index
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AnalysisNature finance frameworks bring clarity but struggle to unlock institutional allocations
Nature finance frameworks and guidance, from IIGCC, ISSB and TNFD, improve disclosure and risk management
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AnalysisEuropean pension funds bolster ESG in private markets portfolios
Asset owners across Europe are focusing more on private equity, seeking climate solutions and greater sustainability
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NewsTNFD calls for stronger due diligence on environmental crime
TNFD is encouraging investors to treat environmental crime as a financial risk requiring better data, due diligence and stewardship
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NewsCambridge University launches long-awaited green index
The University of Cambridge and Bloomberg have unveiled what they claim to be “the first fixed-income index to exclude companies involved in, or financing the development of fossil fuels”. The ‘BCam’ index exclude companies in thermal coal, oil and gas value chains, as well as electric utilities that are expanding ...
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AnalysisAGM season 2026: how boards, ballots and regulators have reshaped shareholder rights
Shareholder rights have come under pressure as fewer US proposals reach ballots and European voting failures expose deeper systemic weaknesses
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Opinion PiecesTen years from the Paris Agreement – what have we learned?
‘Democratic reauthorisation’ is key to reigniting lost impetus behind global climate transition, as is a fair distribution of the burdens and opportunities this entails
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AnalysisWhy financed emissions are losing favour with long-term investors
Leading pension investors are questioning financed emissions, shifting towards forward-looking climate metrics better aligned with investment outcome
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AnalysisTCFD: Trustee ramps up reorientation campaign; FCA simplification proposal dissected
The UK government is being urged to replace TCFD reporting by pension schemes with transition planning, while an FCA reporting simplification proposal raises concerns
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AnalysisESG Briefing: PGGM warns against weakening EU Emissions Trading System
Plus: Chair of Trustee Sustainability Working Group ramps up campaign to replace pension fund TCFD and implementation reports with transition plans
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NewsLAPFF, Sarasin rebut academic criticism over banks’ climate accounting
LAPFF and Sarasin defend investor demands for banks to better recognise climate-related risks in financial accounts
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NewsEuropean Commission publishes updated sustainability reporting standards
Commission retains the regime’s double materiality principle, despite pressure to adopt the same approach as global sustainability standards
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NewsPGGM ‘dispirited’ by low ranking under SFDR but praises Commission proposal
Piet Klop says current SFDR legislative proposal makes ‘very helpful’ improvements on the previous version, ‘which, to be perfectly blunt, we all hated’
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Country Report
ESG critical for Inarcassa’s investment strategy
The Italian first-pillar fund for engineers and architects, one of the country’s largest institutional investors, is continuously developing and diversifying its portfolio of alternative investments, while maintaining a strong focus on sustainability
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NewsNZAOA launches AI tool to benchmark asset manager climate stewardship
The new framework, which will be published in full later this year, finds that no asset manager currently meets the highest climate stewardship standard
