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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.

  • Barsky joins Growth for Good SPAC

    04 January 2022

    Credit Suisse's global head of sustainable finance, Dana Barsky, has become president of special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) The Growth for Good Acquisition Corporation.

  • Impact: areas to watch in 2022

    24 December 2021

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

  • 'Game-changing' parametric insurance deal for Belize blue bond

    21 December 2021

    Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has designed the first sovereign debt insurance 'catastrophe wrapper' for the recent 'blue' bond issued by Belize, describing the parametric insurance deal as a "game changer" for coastal nations for building economic and environmental resilience.

  • Swiss initiative targets $1bn in impact investments

    03 December 2021

    The Swiss government, UBS, Credit Suisse and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation have launched an initiative to 'mobilise' up to CHF1 billion ($1.1 billion) in impact investments in developing countries.

  • $250m 'sustainable nutrition' fund launched by Credit Suisse, JP Morgan

    18 November 2021

    Credit Suisse and JP Morgan Asset Management (JP Morgan AM) have launched a $250 million 'sustainable nutrition' fund which will focus investment on companies that make food systems less carbon intensive.

  • Credit Suisse and BlackRock launch PE Impact Fund

    21 October 2021

  • BHP criticised as confirms oil and gas exit with Woodside deal

    17 August 2021

    Pressure has been building on BHP to exit its fossil fuel assets, but its proposed deal to shift its oil and gas assets to Woodside has been criticised - and considered 'disastrous' for Woodside shareholders and the environment. Ahren Lester reports

  • BHP could benefit from ESG boost as the miner mulls oil and gas exit

    16 August 2021

    Anglo-Australian mining giant BHP has announced it is considering exiting its oil and gas business, in a move that analysts believe could result in an environmental, social and governance (ESG) re-rating and rising interest from investors.

  • People Moves 16 July: Schroders, Fitch, Bridges, Finance for Tomorrow and more

    16 July 2021