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  • AXA IM appoints head of listed impact equity

    25 September 2023
  • People moves, 8 September: Apollo, IFM Investors, Axa, Adenia Partners and PRI

    08 September 2023
  • Can COP28 turn the tide?

    22 August 2023

    With 100 days until COP28 in Dubai, can the summit reassure investors that the slide into climate catastrophe can be stopped, asks Peter Cripps

  • With a watered-down NZIA, where do insurers' climate commitments stand?

    21 August 2023

    After six of the eight founding members left the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance, Joshua Geer investigates if their ambitions stand

  • AXA IM Alts to invest $49m in Amazon rainforest reforestation

    19 July 2023
  • Axa: €1bn invested in one of our portfolios degrades biodiversity in area ¾ the size of Paris

    04 July 2023

    Investing €1 billion in one of Axa Group's portfolios had an impact on biodiversity equivalent to degrading a pristine area "three quarters the area of Paris", the insurer said, based on a modelling exercise.

  • Axa sets decarbonisation targets for P&C portfolios

    29 June 2023

    Axa has announced new decarbonisation targets for both its insurance and investment portfolios, as well as publishing its 2023 climate and biodiversity report.

  • Enel, DZ Bank join Principles ExCom as Fannie Mae exits

    23 June 2023

    Enel, DZ Bank and BNP Paribas Asset Management were among those elected to the executive committee (ExCom) which develop the influential sustainable bond principles, but Fannie Mae's exit marks a quick end to US issuer representation on the executive.

  • We won't reach a point where all investments are impact, says AXA IM Alts

    21 June 2023

    The market for investments that target positive social or environmental impact will always represent a relatively smaller portion than those that manage sustainability risks, according to the head of Axa IM Alts' impact investments strategy.

  • Biodiversity credits 'five years behind' carbon offsets

    21 June 2023

    Investors demanding opportunities to invest for positive impact on nature may have to wait between five and 10 years for a viable market for biodiversity credits, according to Axa IM Alts