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  • Sustainable forestry 2016: New Forests and Sampoerna Agro

    23 March 2016

    It is hoped that New Forests' joint venture in a sustainable rubber plantation in Indonesia will pave the way for further institutional investment in large-scale, sustainable forestry in the country.

  • JP Morgan Chase to stop project finance for new coal projects

    08 March 2016

    JP Morgan Chase will no longer provide project finance for new coal-fired power plants in "high income OECD countries" or for any new 'greenfield' coal mines.

  • Mats Andersson to step down as AP4 CEO

    02 March 2016

    Mats Andersson is to step down as the CEO of Sweden's AP4 pension fund, meaning the pension sector will lose one of its leading advocates for sustainability.

  • EF BRIEFS: Aquila, NRW, Equitix, GIB, New York, Rhode Island, Indiana

    02 March 2016

    Aquila Capital has launched an infrastructure strategy with a focus on shorter-term investments.

  • Zevin plans T Rowe Price proxy after Franklin Templeton setback

    26 February 2016

    Zevin Asset Management is calling on T Rowe Price to update its proxy voting policy to give more consideration to climate risk.

  • Divesting 'more effective than engagement', says Sainsbury's Family Charitable Trusts

    02 February 2016

    Divesting from fossil fuels and investing in climate solutions is a more effective tool than engagement when it comes to changing companies' business models, according the Sainsbury's Family Charitable Trusts (SFCT).

  • Research backed by Norges Bank reveals most environmentally-risky coal firms

    29 January 2016

    Fossil-fuel companies with the greatest vulnerability to environmental risks have been named in new analysis, which urges firms to report at asset level to enable investors to better judge portfolio risks.

  • California insurance chief urges insurers to divest from coal

    26 January 2016

    Asset class risks rapid decline in value

  • EF BRIEFS: Iberdrola, Munich Re, CoPower, Haringey Council Pension Fund, Swiss Re

    25 January 2016

    MEAG, the asset management arm of Munich Re, has bought a 27MW solar farm in the UK from BayWa r.e.

  • Axa predicts divestment argument to heat up in 2016

    22 January 2016

    More investors are likely to divest their holdings in fossil fuel companies as the movement "accelerates" in 2016, predicts Axa Investment Managers (IM).