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UK's Nest awards £200m climate tech mandate to IFM

'Transition finance itself is transitioning'

The rapidly evolving geopolitical and socioeconomic landscape is forcing transition finance to reinvent itself, but could also provide a tailwind for the investment theme.

Pension funds, insurers and regulators appointed to Canada taxonomy group

Representatives of Royal Bank of Canada, La Caisse and insurer Co-operators are among members of a newly appointed group to lead development of Canada's 'green and transition' sustainable finance taxonomy.

Unilever's food spin-out raises 'potentially material change in its sustainability profile'

Unilever's plans to spin off most of its food business and merge it with US firm McCormick raises "potentially material change in its sustainability profile", Rathbones has warned.

'An opportunity to learn from mistakes and build better foundations'

A gathering of UK pension funds heard that sustainability is adding to the reporting burden and can overwhelm some trustees, writes Rob Langston

Will MAGA politics trump sustainability at US AGMs?

The 'anti-ESG' movement threatens to further undermine support for shareholder proposals, Michael Hurley reports

Be realistic about the political environment for managers, says Nest CIO

From Rob Langston in Edinburgh

Nest threatens to vote against chair if companies scale back climate commitments

Nest has updated its voting policy to make clear that it "may vote against the chair of a company that has materially scaled back its climate strategy without adequate explanation".

Removing green finance roadblocks on the rocky road to net-zero

If we adjust financial incentives, green finance can turn today's rocky transition path into a more navigable road, writes Simone Varotto

UK's Nest on hunt for 'ethical' equity manager