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  • 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.

  • Zurich promotes Köb to lead insurer's responsible investment

    07 September 2017

    Zurich's head of responsible investment Manuel Lewin has been promoted to become the Swiss insurer's head of risk strategy, and will be replaced by Johanna Köb.

  • People Moves: HSBC, MSCI

    18 August 2017

    Farnam Bidgoli, Sustainalytics' former head of sustainable bonds in Europe, has been hired by HSBC to bolster the bank's efforts in the sustainability bond arena.

  • RobecoSAM urges investors to review electric utility sector

    24 July 2017

    Electric utilities "are no longer the safe, defensive investment instruments of yesteryear," RobecoSAM has warned investors.

  • UK Environment Agency pension fund points to longer term success after annual underperformance

    19 July 2017

    The UK Environment Agency Pension Fund's (EAPF) multi-asset 'active' fund last year underperformed its benchmarks by 1.6 percentage points, but it pointed to its longer term outperformance as evidence of the success of its strategy.