Archive

  • Van Lanschot Kempen appoints Dijkstra as chief sustainability officer

    09 July 2021

  • High carbon prices 'could lead to 40% fall in global equity prices'

    30 June 2021

    An increase in global carbon prices could cause a 40% fall in global equity valuations, analysis has shown.

  • Impact investing for a just transition

    24 June 2021

    The 'absence of people' is a rare weakness of the TCFD framework - but investor engagement to ensure a socially just low-carbon transition could be set for a major boost, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports

  • Kempen, PostNL pension fund launch SDG farmland fund

    07 April 2021

    The Netherlands' Kempen Capital Management and PostNL pension fund have launched an 'SDG farmland fund' to invest for positive environmental impact in farmland in OECD countries.

  • Australian, Canadian asset owners join SDG data platform

    07 July 2020

    AustralianSuper and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation have thrown their support behind a "globally consistent measurement framework" to assess their portfolio investments' contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • ESG data providers taking impact data seriously - ISS ESG

    02 June 2020

    Specialist sustainability data providers including ISS ESG are aware of the "enormous demand" for products that focus on assessing positive and negative impact of investments, according to the company.

  • Asset owners showing ESG data firms the way on impact - PGGM

    22 May 2020

    A forthcoming impact-focused data platform pioneered by Dutch asset owners APG and PGGM could demonstrate to specialist data providers the appeal of covering the impact investing space, according to PGGM's Piet Klop.

  • Impact investment fund of funds passes 'milestone' assets level

    03 February 2020

    An impact investment fund of funds has passed €100 million ($110 million) in assets under management (AUM), shortly after completing a new investment based around financial inclusion.

  • People Moves: BNP Paribas Asset Management, Calvert, AllianzGI, Aberdeen Standard Investments, Kempen and EY

    17 May 2019

    BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has announced Rob Gambi as global head of investments.

  • Aegon supports Follow This climate resolutions

    13 May 2019

    Dutch insurer Aegon has announced its support for nine climate resolutions at four major oil firms' annual general meetings (AGMs).