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  • News round-up: M&G portfolio targeting 'Paris-alignment'; Mirova fund hits $1bn milestone; Royal London sets net-zero goal

    25 June 2021

  • Royal London commits to net-zero investment portfolio by 2050

    25 June 2021

  • SSE bows to investor pressure to publish first Just Transition strategy

    19 November 2020

    Energy utility SSE has published what it says is the first company Just Transition plan, following pressure from investors to spell out how it plans to support employees, consumers and its supply chain as it cuts its emissions to net zero by 2050.

  • Investors ask Drax for clarity on Just Transition plans

    30 March 2020

    Aviva, BMO and the Church of England Pensions Board are among investors that have asked Drax to more clearly demonstrate how it will support its workers in the energy transition, Environmental Finance can reveal.

  • Proposed EU taxonomy 'potentially a massive waste of time', says UK investor

    12 June 2018

    The EU's proposed taxonomy of sustainable finance "will potentially be a massive waste of time" because of the long time needed to create it, said Ashley Hamilton Claxton, head of responsible investments at Royal London Asset Management (RLAM).

  • Aviva hits out at London's plans to woo Saudi Aramco

    18 September 2017

    Aviva Investors has joined the chorus of investors urging the UK not to weaken its governance laws to attract the $2 trillion initial public offering of oil giant Saudi Aramco.

  • 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.

  • RLAM shuts £35m UK ethical fund

    14 July 2017

    Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) is set to close its £35 million ($45.2 million) UK Ethical Equity Fund after six years to focus on its £536 million Sustainable Leaders Fund.

  • COP Blog: The climate change economy

    21 December 2015

    The Paris climate agreement could change the landscape for investors, making lower-carbon companies more valuable, argues Mike Fox