Archive

  • UBS increases SRI investments, tightens CO2 target

    09 April 2013

    Swiss banking giant UBS had SFr 253.73 billion ($271.49 billion) – 11.38% of its total assets under management – invested according to 'socially responsible' principles, as of 31 December 2012.

  • Investors, Nasdaq propose sustainability listing standard

    08 April 2013

    Nasdaq OMX and a group of investors have joined forces in proposing sustainability disclosure standards for stock exchanges.

  • Clean-tech VC drops 29% in first quarter

    08 April 2013

    Venture capital (VC) investment in clean technology slumped in the first quarter of 2013 despite a higher number of deals than the previous quarter, as investors continue to favour capital-light transactions, according to the Cleantech Group.

  • Animal welfare raises ESG issues

    02 April 2013

    Rory Sullivan and Nicky Amos consider the lessons that a recent benchmarking of farm animal welfare standards can teach responsible investors

  • Investors, PE firms back new ESG disclosure framework

    28 March 2013

    More than 40 leading investors have backed a new framework for the disclosure of environmental, social and governance (ESG) information by private equity funds, in an effort to bring the two sides of the industry together on the issue.

  • F&C to launch report into water risk to power sector

    28 March 2013

    Asset manager F&C Investments is to release its first ever report into water risk in the utilities sector, it has revealed.

  • UK government mulling markets for water abstraction

    22 March 2013

    The UK government is to consult later this year on options for reform of the water abstraction regime, including the possibility of introducing water markets.

  • UK selects final two in £1bn CCS competition

    21 March 2013

    The UK government has selected two preferred bidders in its £1 billion ($1.5 billion) carbon capture and storage (CCS) competition, in a "watershed" move for the technology in Europe.

  • Investors urge Bank of America to quit coal funding

    20 March 2013

    Bank of America has been urged to phase out its coal financing in an open letter signed by 50 investors, NGOs and legal experts.

  • NYSE Euronext and Vigeo launch ESG indexes

    20 March 2013

    The world's largest exchange group, NYSE Euronext, has launched a range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes using methodology developed by responsible performance expert Vigeo.