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  • Five principles for building effective green taxonomies

    09 February 2021

    Ian Simm shares some of his learnings from 20 years' experience of creating taxonomies.

  • BlackRock, Vanguard climate and social voting records continue to disappoint

    01 December 2020

    Asset managers' proxy voting record on shareholder resolutions for climate and social issues continued to disappoint in 2020, according to a report by ShareAction, with US giants BlackRock, Vanguard and Capital Group among the worst performers.

  • The Future of ESG Data conference: Don't separate impact from sustainability data

    15 September 2020

    Third-party data providers should make impact a part of their core sustainability data offering to help investors assess the net impact of their investments, UBS's Christopher Greenwald has said.

  • Impax wins Canadian impact fund advisor mandate

    07 May 2020

    Impax Asset Management has been appointed as sub-advisor for Northwest & Ethical Investments' CAD115 million ($79 million) impact fund.

  • People Moves, 9 December 2019: Goldman, Impax, Mission Possible

    09 December 2019
  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Report claiming fossil fuel divestment would cost pension funds billions branded 'misleading'

    09 August 2018

    A report commissioned by the petroleum industry that claims US pension funds would stand to lose billions of dollars in returns if they fully divested fossil fuel stocks has been branded “particularly misleading”.

  • Impax attracts £286m from UK wealth manager

    01 August 2018

    Impax Asset Management has been selected by UK wealth manager St James's Place to manage its £286 million ($376 million) Sustainable and Responsible Equity fund.