Archive

  • RobecoSAM shifts impact strategy focus to SDGs

    21 January 2019

    RobecoSAM has renamed its impact equities strategy to reflect an increased focus on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • People moves: CalPERS, FCLTGlobal, NNIP, Lightsource BP, ALLCOT Colombia

    18 January 2019

    Elisabeth Bourqui has resigned as chief operating investment officer at public pension fund California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), after less than eight months in office.

  • Fidelity launches sustainable water and waste fund

    29 November 2018

    A fund to invest in sustainable water and waste management products has been launched by $411 billion investment manager Fidelity International.

  • Principles for Responsible Banking launched with backing of 28 banks

    26 November 2018

    The launch of a set of six principles seeking to commit banks to align with both the Paris Agreement and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been hailed as a ‘global benchmark for sustainable banking’.

  • Investors pressure oil and gas companies to improve methane disclosures

    22 October 2018

    Investor heavyweights Robeco and California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) have thrown their weight behind an initiative urging oil and gas companies to improve their disclosure of methane emissions.

  • CBA, Samsung and Bayer dropped from DJSI World index

    13 September 2018

    S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM have excluded Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Samsung Electronics and healthcare company Bayer from the widely-followed Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World).

  • RobecoSAM launches electric vehicle strategy

    28 August 2018

    RobecoSAM has launched a new strategy designed to plug into the massive expected growth in the sales of electric vehicles (EVs).

  • Project to harmonise reporting standards set for launch

    08 August 2018

    The Corporate Reporting Dialogue (CRD), a collaboration of major corporate reporting frameworks and standards, is planning to launch a harmonisation project.

  • Should non-financial reporting frameworks be harmonised?

    08 August 2018

    There is a baffling array of sustainability-focused reporting frameworks and standards. Would it be beneficial to bring them into alignment, asks Elena Johansson.

  • People Moves: New York State Common Retirement Fund, 2° Investing Initiative, MSCI and ClimateWise

    27 July 2018

    Anastasia Titarchuk has been announced as interim CIO of the New York State Common Retirement Fund, replacing Vicki Fuller who will retire next week after six years of service.