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Impact: areas to watch in 2022

Big-name players demonstrate the growing appeal of impact strategies - but calls for more credible evidence of impact continue to grow, Michael Hurley writes

NZAMI attracts criticism for interim targets

The Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative (NZAMI) has come in for criticism after it emerged that one of its early signatories has only set 2030 targets for a fraction of its assets.

Canada's six largest banks join Net-Zero Banking Alliance

Six of Canada's largest banks have joined the global Net-Zero Banking Alliance...

Promises, promises ... asset managers and net zero commitments

Signing up to the Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative brings a plethora of challenges, but also a sketch of a pathway to a sustainable business model, writes Thomas Cox

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

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'.

BMO REIT for care housing to list in London

A company managed by Bank of Montreal (BMO) Real Estate Partners that plans to rent out housing for the vulnerable is aiming to raise £250 million...

News round-up: AIGCC and Candriam

People moves, 4 June: NGFS, BoE, SEB, Redington ... and more

BMO launches Energy Transition Group, headed by Engen and Hackett

Bitcoin 'net negative' ESG investment, says BMO

Bitcoin is a "net negative" investment from an environmental, social and governance (ESG) standpoint, according to BMO in a statement in response to electric vehicle maker Tesla saying it would stop accepting Bitcoin for car purchases.