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  • Include proxy voting in Morningstar sustainability ratings, Pax urges

    18 July 2019

    Morningstar should include in its sustainability ratings information on how funds vote their shares in line with advice from proxy voting firms, Pax World Funds has said.

  • Will the taxonomy deliver?

    12 July 2019

    Will the EU's taxonomy succeed in boosting the flow of finance to a low-carbon economy, asks Elena K Johansson

  • Pension funds back Impax, as AUM hits £13.7bn

    06 June 2019

    Allocations from pension funds helped push Impax Asset Management's assets to a fresh peak, with an expected mandate from California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) set to provide a further boost.

  • Why did environmental funds have such a horrid time in 2018?

    30 January 2019

    Many environmental funds underperformed their benchmarks last year, says Peter Cripps

  • Impax doubles profits amid sea change in attitude to environmental markets

    07 December 2018

    Impax Asset Management has doubled its profits in a "landmark year" boosted by "a sea change in investors' attitude to environmental markets".

  • Fidelity launches sustainable water and waste fund

    29 November 2018

    A fund to invest in sustainable water and waste management products has been launched by $411 billion investment manager Fidelity International.

  • Leave taxonomies to the private sector, says Impax

    18 October 2018

    The task of writing taxonomies for sustainable finance is best left to the private sector, according to Impax Asset Management.

  • Should the TCFD be mandatory? Not yet, say investors

    17 October 2018

    A panel at Environmental Finance's Green Equities conference was asked whether reporting in line with the recommendations of the Task Force of Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) should be made mandatory.

  • BP CEO sparks row as he attacks scenario planning and divestment

    12 October 2018

    BP chief executive Bob Dudley attacked scenario analysis as "increasingly unhelpful" and "confusing for investors", while also criticising the fossil fuel divestment movement.

  • Impax reports 72% rise in AUM for year ended 30 September

    08 October 2018

    Impax Asset Management has celebrated its 20th anniversary by posting a 72% increase in assets under management (AUM) for the 12 months to 30 September.