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  • Zurich's Johanna Köb: investors can make a return while doing good

    18 April 2018

    Johanna Köb, head of responsible investment at Zurich, talks to Cintia Cheong on the importance of adequate pricing of greenhouse gases and how investors can make a profit while doing good for society and environment

  • RobecoSAM wins sub-advisory mandate for Japanese EV strategy

    06 April 2018

    Japanese asset manager Daiwa SB Investments has mandated RobecoSAM as sub-advisor for its electric vehicle-focused strategy.

  • RobecoSAM recommends water investments to address SDGs

    05 March 2018

    Investing in water companies is an effective way of optimising contributions to the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to Swiss investment firm RobecoSAM.

  • BNP plans to double renewables financing by 2020

    07 February 2018

    BNP Paribas aims to double its annual financing of renewable energy projects to €15 billion ($18.5 billion) in 2020 from €7.2 billion in 2015 and to remain among the top three underwriters of euro-denominated green bonds this year.

  • Allianz, KB Financial and Westpac named sustainability leaders

    06 February 2018

    German insurer Allianz, Korean bank KB Financial and Australia's Westpac Banking Corp are the top financial sector performers in terms of corporate sustainability, according to Swiss asset manager RobecoSAM.

  • Impact investing and Sustainable Development Goals

    02 January 2018

    UN's SDGs are moving impact investing to the next level - taking the concept into the mainstream is way forward, argues Masja Zandbergen

  • SocGen launches ESG Quality and ESG low-carbon indexes

    20 October 2017

    Societe Generale has launched two environmental, social and governance (ESG) indexes - one uses an innovative 'ESG consensus' approach, and the other combines ESG and low carbon.

  • Sustainability investing on the rise in Asia

    16 October 2017

    After a series of meetings with asset owners in Asia, Masja Zandbergen gives her assessment of the progress being made in implementing ESG in the continent

  • Asset manager plans shareholder resolutions on methane

    04 October 2017

    An engagement initiative on methane has been launched, targeting the 2018 proxy voting season.

  • UBS outlines sustainability ambition, and says US will seize ESG leadership from Europe

    08 September 2017

    UBS has laid out its ambition to make the financial services group a leader in the sustainability space.