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Mirova, BPCE invest €77m in renewable energy producer

Engagement is the 'measure of success' on biodiversity, says UBP

It is more valuable to engage on biodiversity-related themes, rather than try to manage 'arbitrary' data points, Union Bank Privée (UBP) has argued.

BP is not green - it's olive

APG invests €250m in electric vehicle charging company

APG has invested €250 million ($273 million) in French electric vehicle charging company Driveco.

BP suffers 'significant' shareholder rebellion over climate plans

BP's shareholders voted to show their increasing discontent over the oil and gas firm's climate plans at its annual meeting.

BP faces shareholder rebellion over climate action climbdown

BP is to face a growing shareholder backlash at its AGM today over concerns the oil giant is scaling back its climate ambition.

Bond investors 'now pricing in' oil and gas firm climate strategies

Fixed income investors have increasingly been pricing in the climate strategies of oil and gas firms following the energy crisis sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to ABN Amro.

Biodiversity fund assets triple in 2022 to nearly $1bn

Assets in biodiversity funds passed $984 million at the end of 2022, with a flurry of strategy launches despite macroeconomic woes, Thomas Cox reports

UBP optimistic despite biodiversity fund halving in size

After a difficult year that saw its biodiversity-themed listed equities fund halve in size, demand for nature financing will grow due to policy changes and the effects of the COP15 agreement,...

UBP on the hunt for profitable social investments

Social investments, particularly in developed markets, are constrained by the lack of profitability in some sectors, Union Bancaire Privée has said.