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The 'environmental-related mandates' of the $1.3 trillion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund helped drive outperformance last year, contributing 20 basis points to the fund's relative return.

Companies reporting in line with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) should be asked to disclose their net impact on society and the environment, according to one of the world's largest asset managers.

The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has published guidance on how investors can "shape the real-world outcomes" of their investments by using the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as it prepares to introduce mandatory outcomes-based reporting from next year.

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has criticised the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) for making impact reporting "a de facto seventh principle".

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has warned the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) that it is in danger of ‘drifting away from its founding principles’ if it mandates signatories to complete reporting based on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Norway’s Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund with $1 trillion of assets, has divested from four major agricultural companies to combat deforestation.

Columbia Threadneedle boosts responsible investment team

The European Commission's bold proposals to reform benchmark regulation are designed to increase the flow of green finance and reduce the risk of 'greenwashing'. Michael Hurley asks why change is required