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  • Sustainable equity funds becoming all-weather investments

    02 April 2020

    The relative outperformance of ESG equity funds during the market correction caused by the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic proves they can be all-weather investments that will appeal to long-term investors, Morningstar's sustainability research head tells Ahren Lester.

  • HSBC: Risk of stranded assets in oil and gas 'very limited'

    22 January 2020

    HSBC has downplayed the risk of 'stranded assets' in the oil and gas sectors, pointing to the likelihood of continuing reliance on the industry for decades

  • EU Carbon market update, 14 January 2019

    14 January 2019

    EUA prices slid in another tumultuous week, says Louis Redshaw.

  • People Moves: Columbia Threadneedle, Natixis, NBIM, BMO Capital Markets, Hong Kong Green Finance Association, FRC, Pattern Energy and NextEra Energy Partners

    04 January 2019

    Columbia Threadneedle boosts responsible investment team

  • Investors can bring pressure to bear on big oil, says Total CEO

    09 November 2018

    Investors must bring their power to bear on oil and gas giants like Total, through engagement rather than fossil fuel exclusion policies, the company’s chief executive has urged.

  • Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan invests C$200m in energy storage firm

    25 July 2018

    The C$189.5 billion ($144.3 billion) Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan has committed to invest C$200 million in the acquisition of energy storage projects in Ontario, Canada.

  • 90% of Green Finance Summit participants vote for mandatory TCFD

    19 July 2018

    There was 90% support for making the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) mandatory within five years, according to a poll of the audience at the Green Finance Summit in London.

  • Equinor buys energy trading company in move toward cleaner fuels

    06 July 2018

    Oil and gas company Equinor has acquired power and gas trader Danske Commodities (DC), as it looks to shift its business model toward cleaner fuels.

  • LGIM announces exclusions from its £5bn Future World Funds

    11 June 2018

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards on climate change issues, as part of its attempt to remove climate-related risk from its £5 billion ($6.7 billion) Future World funds.

  • Standardisation of scenarios is necessary for oil & gas, Carbon Tracker says

    21 May 2018

    A common reference scenario for the oil & gas sector is needed to boost comparability, said Carbon Tracker, after its analysis exposed large disparities in companies’ consideration of the potential impacts of climate change.