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  • TCFD 'implementation gaps' mar PRI reporting

    17 March 2023

    Investment managers need to more robustly implement the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has said.

  • COP out: how the promise of Glasgow has faded

    15 March 2023

    Investors should be ready to push UK policymakers to change course on climate, Eliette Riera writes

  • Four years after Brumadinho - investor mining commission launches

    25 January 2023

    Investors have launched a commission to raise sustainability standards in the mining sector, four years after the Brumadinho mining disaster, which killed 270 people.

  • Nordea warns on gap between portfolio emissions reduction and 'real world impact'

    18 November 2022

    There is a widening disconnect between emissions reductions in investors' portfolios and the decarbonisation of the real economy, the head of sustainability at Nordea Life & Pensions has warned.

  • Credit-focused harmonised ESG reporting tool launched

    08 November 2022

    A harmonised environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting tool for the private credit market has been launched which is intended to give private creditors a "bigger voice" during the investment process by improving data availability.

  • $42trn investor group tells governments to act on methane pledge

    02 November 2022

    602 investors representing about $42 trillion in assets under management have called on governments ahead of COP27 to implement five policy actions, including committing to implement the Global Methane Pledge.

  • Credit-focused harmonised ESG reporting tool launch imminent

    10 October 2022

    The launch of a harmonised environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting tool for the credit market being developed by the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and two trade associations is expected in the next few weeks.

  • Circular economy: the missing link between climate and nature

    06 October 2022

    Beyond reducing waste and pollution, a circular economy can mitigate the damaging effects of climate change and biodiversity loss, argues Rebecca Chapman