Archive

  • Phenix sees growth in affordable housing impact funds

    15 July 2020

    Phenix Capital has observed a significant increase in the number of impact funds being raised to invest in affordable housing in recent months - and predicted that the trend is set to gather pace post-pandemic.

  • 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.

  • Glennmont acquires 211MW Finnish wind project

    30 September 2019

    UK fund manager Glennmont Partners has acquired a 211.4MW wind farm in Finland for an undisclosed amount.

  • People Moves: Aviva, MN, WWF, Schroders

    20 September 2019

    Aviva Investors has recruited Ed Dixon for its newly created position of head of environmental, social and governance (ESG) real assets.

  • Integrate climate risk now, insurers told

    16 September 2019

    Insurers should start integrating climate risk into their management and business operations now, and not wait for the perfect tools, according to a report from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) and UK charity ShareAction.

  • People Moves: Goldman Sachs, GRI, Metzler

    12 July 2019

  • 'Varying understanding' of SDGs across the globe, says Hermes

    23 April 2019

    The need to be more socially conscious is on the rise across the globe, but driving forces vary between countries, according to Hermes Investment Management.

  • People Moves: BlackRock, Macquarie Infrastructure Debt Investment Solutions, AP4, ING, Lightsource BP, European Investment Bank, IIGCC, DNCA Finance and FRC

    29 June 2018

    BlackRock has lost one of the leaders of its push into impact investing, Environmental Finance has learned.