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UBP launches biodiversity listed equities fund

UBP has launched a listed equities fund targeting positive, measurable contribution to biodiversity, making it one of the first such funds targeting the theme and enabling the Swiss private bank to tap into a theme its manager predicts could support a strategy of up to $2 billion in size.

Activist: ABP divestment from fossil fuels will have global 'ripple effect'

Pension fund ABP's decision to divest of all fossil fuels will influence the policies of investors all over the world, activist group Fossielvrij has said.

ABP to sell €15bn of fossil fuel holdings on climate grounds

Dutch pension fund ABP will divest from all producers of oil, gas and coal, a segment of its portfolio valued at €15 billion ($17 billion)...

Oil majors to pilot net zero model that pits winding-down as 'legitimate' strategy

BP, Eni, Repsol, Shell and Total are the first oil companies to agree to pilot an investor-led standard that is designed to improve comparability of transition plans, and "acknowledges winding-down as a legitimate strategy".

The IPCC report - 'code red' for humanity

The latest IPCC report should shock the world into climate action - and for investors that means prioritising positive impact, writes Rupert Welchman

Impact investing for a just transition

The 'absence of people' is a rare weakness of the TCFD framework - but investor engagement to ensure a socially just low-carbon transition could be set for a major boost, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports

News round-up: BlackRock, The IA, Nasdaq and more...

BlackRock releases proxy votes, shows 'improvement'

News round-up: Sarasin, ABI, Green Finance Institute and PwC

Shell and BP not serious about net zero ambitions, says Sarasin & Partners