Archive

  • Moody's: Plastics manufacturers face 'moderate' risk to credit ratings

    01 May 2020

    Increased regulation poses a risk to the credit quality of plastic packaging manufacturers in the next five years, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.

  • Mutual trusts 'lack engagement policies'

    18 December 2019

    Pension scheme master trusts are reported to be giving attention to environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues in their asset allocations, but remain lacking when it comes to the stewardship of their investments.

  • Science-Based Targets initiative sees uptake double

    05 December 2019

    The Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has seen uptake from corporates double over the past year-and-a-half.

  • Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever 'have plastics-risk exposure'

    20 November 2019

    Nestlé, Coca-Cola and Unilever are the developed market companies most exposed to plastics-related risk, according to environmental, social and governance (ESG) data specialists RepRisk.

  • Heathrow Airport, Pension Protection Fund, DEFRA, Danone, Swedfund, UN PRI confirmed to speak at Green Equities + Natural Capital Investment conferences

    05 November 2019

    Key investment industry participants will gather in London on 25 November for Environmental Finance's Green Equities and Natural Capital conferences.

  • BNP Paribas Asset Management appointed by Nest to manage private credit portfolio

    18 October 2019

    BNP Paribas Asset Management (BNPP AM) has been appointed to manage a diversified private credit portfolio on behalf of Nest, a UK-based workplace pension scheme.

  • Meat, fish and dairy producers not addressing sustainability risks, says FAIRR

    04 September 2019

    The vast majority of meat, fish and dairy producers have not meaningfully addressed basic sustainability risks, according to a report by investor network FAIRR.

  • US consumer goods sector must up its low-carbon game, CDP says

    25 February 2019

    Major US companies in the fast-moving consumer goods sector, including Kraft Heinz, Estée Lauder and P&G, must up their game or risk falling foul of changing consumer demands and increased environmental regulation.

  • CDP unveils Johnson & Johnson, Gap and Kao in green leaders list

    22 January 2019

    Johnson & Johnson, Gap and KAO have reached the top 2% of firms covered by CDP's annual environmental ranking.

  • ERM snaps up SustainAbility as industry consolidation continues

    14 January 2019

    Environmental Resources Management (ERM), a specialist consultancy with 160 offices worldwide, has acquired SustainAbility, the pioneering think tank and advisory firm set up by John Elkington and Julia Hailes in 1987.