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  • Gifford joins Credit Suisse as head of impact advisory

    03 September 2019

    Credit Suisse has hired James Gifford for its newly created role of head of impact advisory.

  • ESG data files - part 3, continued: ESG rating providers

    29 July 2019

    The second instalment of this analysis of ESG rating agencies finds that investors are increasingly drilling down into the data that underlies the ratings. Peter Cripps reports.

  • ESG data files - part 3: ESG rating providers

    25 July 2019

    As ESG ratings become embedded in mainstream investment decision making, they are attracting criticism. Is it justified, asks Peter Cripps.

  • Big data tool tracks finance sector's exposure to deforestation

    15 July 2019

    A 'big data' tool is being developed to help investors deal with rising reputational risks from commodity investments that accelerate deforestation.

  • FTSE Russell to launch climate government bond index

    28 June 2019

    FTSE Russell will next month launch what it believes to be the first sovereign bond index to specifically integrate climate risk considerations, in what is set to be its first venture since buying data and analysis firm Beyond Ratings.

  • Straight exclusion funds should not be labelled sustainable, argues Robeco

    28 May 2019

    Funds that look to improve their sustainability credentials merely by excluding companies from investment “should be a thing of the past”, according to Robeco.

  • Robeco applies SDGs to credit portfolios

    15 May 2019

    Dutch asset manager Robeco has developed a screening process to measure bond and credit portfolios against the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • UBS's Baldinger: Don't over-regulate sustainable investments, the market is already on steroids

    25 April 2019

    UBS Asset Management's head of sustainable and impact investing has cautioned against regulating the market in the near future, calling the EU's work to develop a taxonomy of sustainable investment "worrying".

  • 'Don't divest from palm oil', WWF urges financial institutions

    09 April 2019

    Environmental NGO WWF has urged financial institutions not to divest from palm oil stocks, but to engage with companies to make the sector more sustainable.

  • ESG index launched based on S&P 500, followed by UBS ETF

    09 April 2019

    S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) index which seeks to closely replicate the risk and return profile of its flagship US index, the S&P 500 index.