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  • A fifth of Barclays investors back fossil fuel financing phase out

    07 May 2020

    More than a fifth of investors in Barclays backed a shareholder resolution urging the FTSE 100-listed lender to outline a plan to phase out its financing for fossil fuel firms.

  • M&G and EOS support Barclays fossil fuel funding resolution

    01 May 2020

    M&G Investments and EOS have confirmed they will support a shareholder resolution calling on Barclays to phase out its funding for fossil fuel firms, but Norway's sovereign wealth fund will not be supporting it.

  • Barclays' new targets won't cause pension funds to drop climate resolution

    29 April 2020

    Two UK local government pension funds announced they will vote in favour of Barclays' proposed net-zero emissions ambition resolution, but will still back a climate resolution pressuring the lender to strengthen its commitments.

  • Major shareholder Jupiter supports Barclays fossil fuel funding resolution

    03 March 2020

    Jupiter Asset Management has joined the swelling ranks of investors supporting a shareholder resolution calling on Barclays to phase out its funding for fossil fuel firms.

  • Jupiter joins criticism of EU Ecolabel's focus on green bonds

    05 February 2020

    Jupiter Asset Management has joined Triodos Investment Management in voicing concerns about the EU's proposed Ecolabel for bond funds.

  • Marfrig's sustainable cattle bond attracts new ESG investors

    05 August 2019

    Beef producer Marfrig Global Foods was able to attract additional environmental, social and governance (ESG) investors for its $500 million Sustainable Transition Bond issued earlier this week.

  • Beef giant issues controversial Sustainable Transition Bond Framework

    31 July 2019

    The world's second largest beef producer, Marfrig Global Foods, has issued a controversial Sustainable Transition Bond Framework for the purchase of cattle.

  • Green bond comment, April: A return to form

    03 April 2019

    After pausing for breath in 2018, the market for green, social and sustainability bonds surged again in the first quarter of this year.

  • Why telco green bonds fail to connect with Jupiter's Ecology fund

    11 March 2019

    The recent benchmark-sized green bonds from telecommunications giants Verizon and Telefonica have been criticised by a fund manager as lacking 'additionality'.

  • People Moves: Lazard Asset Management, BlackRock, Pensions Infrastructure Platform, PGGM, Carbon Market Institute and St. James's Place

    01 February 2019