Archive

  • People Moves: Transition Pathway Initiative, GRI, Credit Suisse, IETA, CalPERS, Hermes EOS, CGC, Robeco and DZ Bank

    25 January 2019

  • People moves: CalPERS, FCLTGlobal, NNIP, Lightsource BP, ALLCOT Colombia

    18 January 2019

    Elisabeth Bourqui has resigned as chief operating investment officer at public pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), after less than eight months in office.

  • People Moves: CalPERS, Sustainable Development Capital, IIRC, MSCI and Innergex

    05 October 2018

    Jason Perez has joined California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) board of administration, ousting ESG advocate Priya Mathur.

  • People Moves: Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre, CalPERS and E3G

    28 September 2018

    Magnus Billing, CEO of Sweden's pension fund Alecta, has been appointed as chair of Stockholm Sustainable Finance Centre's advisory board.

  • Investor Agenda finds $32trn of backing

    13 September 2018

    Investors with a combined $32 trillion in assets have signed up to an initiative to step up action on climate change.

  • People Moves: CISL, RCG, ATP, CalPERS, Global Wind Service and Earth Capital Partners

    31 August 2018

    Martin Porter and Ursula Woodburn have been appointed to senior roles in Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership's (CISL) policy team, to strengthen its European presence in the Brussels office.

  • Investors call for tougher sustainability standards for palm oil

    16 August 2018

    Global investors managing about $6.7 trillion have called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to adopt a more robust and effective standard for production of the widely-used vegetable oil.

  • Actis readies open-source SDG assessment tool

    02 August 2018

    Emerging markets investor Actis plans to introduce an open-source framework for assessing the contribution of its portfolio companies with the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • Investors round on Rio Tinto's funding of fossil fuel lobby groups

    27 April 2018

    Rio Tinto will face mounting pressure at its annual general meeting (AGM) as investors with a combined £1.8 trillion ($2.5 trillion) take aim at its policy on funding lobby groups that obstruct action to combat climate change.

  • People moves: Carbon Tracker Initiative, CalPERS, PGGM and BMO Global Asset Management

    06 April 2018

    Mark Lewis has left Barclays to become the new head of research and managing director of Carbon Tracker Initiative.