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8 oil companies make UBS top renewables players list

COP15: Agreement adds impetus to investors' engagement, says UBS

The global biodiversity framework agreed at COP15 this week can add energy to investor engagement with companies on the topic of nature, according to a large asset manager.

COP15: $24trn investor group calls for agreement on Global Biodiversity Framework

150 financial institutions representing over $24 trillion in assets under management have called on countries to adopt a post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP15).

People Moves 28 October: Japan FSA, NGFS, Alpha Real Capital ... and more

People moves 16 September: State Street, UBS, US SIF ... and more

US states target ESG investment as US SIF hits back at 'political' attacks

Politicians in two US states have launched anti-environmental, social and governance (ESG) investment policies, whilst the US SIF has published an 'ESG Truths' website amid growing "politically motivated and simplistic attacks" on ESG in the country.

Biodiversity COP and finance

Ahead of the COP15 biodiversity conference in December, Thomas Cox asks financial experts their hopes for the event

APAC investors call on ISSB to differentiate standards for developed markets

UBS: We need biodiversity stress tests

Finance needs to adopt a stress-testing approach for biodiversity loss, and should "expect" to see them introduced following climate stress tests, Swiss investment bank UBS said.

Private banks' ESG boom tempered by greenwashing concern

Private banks have grown their sustainable investing product offering significantly in recent years, driven by client demand and regulation - but 'concern' remains about unsubstantiated claims of positive impact, researchers have said.