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  • Investor group demands Credit Suisse cuts fossil fuel exposure

    09 March 2022

    A group of 11 investors including Amundi and several European pension funds has filed a shareholder resolution demanding that Credit Suisse publish targets to reduce its exposure to fossil fuel assets.

  • Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

    17 January 2022

    A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity hopes for "more tangible progress" in 2022...

  • Amundi plans to double sustainable ETFs following Lyxor acquisition

    05 January 2022

    Amundi has pledged to double the proportion of 'responsible exchange-traded funds (ETFs)' available to investors, to reach 40% of its total ETF range by 2025,...

  • Amundi to exclude oil and gas companies

    09 December 2021

    Europe's largest asset manager Amundi will expand its exclusion policy to encompass companies extracting oil and gas from next year.

  • SLBs without 1.5֯ C targets 'don't hold water'

    24 November 2021

    Investors and underwriters disagree about what makes a good sustainability-linked bond, writes Madeleine Jenkins

  • Amundi and IFC launch $2bn emerging market sustainable bond strategy

    03 November 2021

    Amundi and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) will launch a fund to invest in Emerging Market sustainable bonds in 2022 which intends to mobilise up to $2 billion in private investment.

  • $9trn PRI-led investor group demands extending scope of EU's CSRD

    24 September 2021

    A $9 trillion group of 54 investors led by the Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI) has asked legislators to extend the scope of the EU Commission's proposed Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) to include non-listed small and medium-sized enterprises from 'high risk sectors'.

  • BlackRock, Temasek and Amundi among G7 Impact Taskforce members

    17 August 2021

    Investment managers including BlackRock, Temasek and Amundi are among dozens of members of a global Impact Taskforce to promote financing that creates positive social and environmental impact.

  • ESG in Fixed Income Global Series - Sustainability-Linked Products and Social Bonds roundup

    22 June 2021

    Environmental Finance's Sustainability-Linked Products and Social Bonds day - the third of six events in the ESG in Fixed Income Global Series of conferences - ended after two days of panels, presentations and speed networking sessions.

  • Amundi: 'Hot' SLB market set for growth

    21 June 2021

    The sustainability-linked bond (SLB) market is set for strong growth and diversification of issuer types, Amundi has said.