Archive

  • Insurer John Hancock invests $227m in SolarCity projects

    04 May 2016

    US insurance giant John Hancock Financial has agreed to invest $227 million in a 201MW portfolio of residential, commercial and industrial solar energy projects owned by SolarCity.

  • Half of asset owners still taking no account of climate change risk, says survey

    03 May 2016

    Almost half of institutional asset owners are failing to acknowledge the risk climate change could pose to their portfolios, according to The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP).

  • FTSE launches low-carbon index based on new green data platform

    29 April 2016

    FTSE Russell has announced a new low-carbon index based on data from a new data platform it is set to launch next month.

  • People Moves

    27 April 2016

    The latest peoples moves, including changes at Pegasus Capital, TerraForm Power, LSE, Calvert and RobecoSAM

  • PRI at 10: A time to reflect and look ahead

    27 April 2016

    On the 10-year anniversary of the official launch of the PRI, Fiona Reynolds reflects that much has been achieved - but much remains to be done

  • Low-carbon indexes: the next generation

    26 April 2016

    The number of passive vehicles that allow investors to decarbonise continues to grow, but will future additions look at projected as well as current emissions, asks Sophie Robinson-Tillett

  • The differences between incorporating ESG into fixed income and equities

    13 April 2016

    The process of incorporating ESG into fixed income is different to that for equities, but it is even more important to do so, argues My-Linh Ngo

  • London stock exchange appoints David Harris to new sustainability position

    13 April 2016

    David Harris has been appointed to head up London Stock Exchange Group's sustainability efforts in addition to his duties at FTSE Russell.

  • MSCI, FTSE add to range of ESG indexes

    12 April 2016

    Two more indexes that aim to give institutional investors exposure to companies whose products and services address major environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges, have been launched by MSCI and FTSE Russell.

  • AODP to rate asset managers, ratings agencies and others on climate risk

    11 April 2016

    The Asset Owners Disclosure Project (AODP) will begin assessing ratings agencies and asset managers to help asset owners "hold their agents to account".