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  • Snam secures inaugural Moody's net-zero plan score

    12 February 2024

    Snam has been awarded the inaugural Moody's 'Net Zero Assessment' (NZA) score, with the Italian energy infrastructure firm praised for its "clear" Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction plan but was warned of challenging Scope 3 "hurdles".

  • PAI looks to embed carbon pricing throughout its portfolio

    12 February 2024

    PAI Partners is to encourage its portfolio companies this year to use internal carbon pricing, in a bid to better manage transition risks within its funds.

  • HanETF to close two clean energy ETFs

    08 February 2024

    HanETF plans to shut down a solar-focused and a clean energy exchange-traded fund (ETF), citing a "failure to gather assets".

  • Direct lending - the next frontier for SLLs?

    31 January 2024

    There could be more bilateral sustainability-linked loans, but Alcentra tells Ahren Lester that uncertainty over the structure and market fragmentation remain headwinds

  • S&P DJI to create carbon budget-focused index for PenSam

    30 January 2024
  • Wheb introduces climate adaptation theme following hottest year on record

    25 January 2024

    Impact investor Wheb Asset Management has introduced a climate adaptation sub-theme, as global warming pushed temperatures to another record year in 2023.

  • Sustainable infrastructure: going beyond renewables

    16 January 2024

    There are four such sectors that are particularly promising for 2024, write Sean McLachlan and Michael Blake

  • Flows to European ESG ETFs continued to fall in 2023

    15 January 2024

    The amount of capital flowing into environmental, social and governance (ESG) exchange-traded-funds (ETFs) in Europe declined in 2023, data from Morningstar has shown.

  • ESG resolution support among US asset managers slumps in 2023

    11 January 2024

    Key environmental, social and governance (ESG) shareholder resolutions at US firms in 2023 were backed by just half of major US asset managers, according to Morningstar - significantly falling behind their European peers.

  • Dedicated transition funds 'needed to drive change'

    09 January 2024

    Dedicated "transition" strategies can help "preserve clarity" in the sustainable investment sector and drive real change in the economy, said Altius Asset Management (Altius AM),...