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  • CA100+ defends phase 2 approach, after big name departures

    27 February 2024

    Climate Action 100+ has defended its updated approach, which has been blamed for three of its biggest signatories walking away from the climate engagement initiative earlier this month.

  • People moves, 9 February: TPG Rise, AXA, Abrdn, Cbus, Pollination and ... more

    09 February 2024
  • People Moves, 15 September: Climate Asset Management, State Street, MSCI... and more

    15 September 2023
  • UK to 'monitor' ESG data for potential need to regulate providers

    31 March 2023

    The UK government will monitor whether it needs to regulate providers of ESG data, the country's Treasury said.

  • State Street: Extent of 'green shorting' in the market was surprising

    12 August 2022

    State Street Global Advisors said it was surprised by the large extent of 'green shorting' interest it found in the securities lending market.

  • Growing evidence of 'green shorting', says State Street

    01 August 2022

    There is growing evidence of 'green shorting' in the securities lending markets, according to State Street Global Advisors.

  • National Pension Trust commits £1bn default fund to ESG investing

    26 April 2022
  • 10 US asset managers emit 3bn oil barrels a year

    16 December 2021

    The annual financed emissions of 10 of the largest US asset managers are equivalent of three billion oil barrels, a report has said,...

  • Banks with $29trn in assets pledge to set 2050 'net zero' targets

    21 April 2021

    A group of banks with about $28.5 trillion in assets has joined a UN-convened 'Net Zero Banking Alliance', and in doing so pledged to "align operational and attributable emissions from their portfolios with pathways to net-zero by 2050 or sooner".

  • Planet Tracker identifies deforestation risk behind ETFs

    18 December 2020

    Exchange traded funds (ETFs) from asset managers including BlackRock (iShares), Vanguard and State Street hide entrenched deforestation risk from investors, according to sustainability think tank Planet Tracker.