Archive

  • Natural Capital Finance Alliance extends ENCORE tool to measure biodiversity

    26 May 2021

  • Impact: Six areas to watch in 2021

    07 January 2021

    A legal framework for impact, harmonisation of reporting frameworks and the rise of impact indexes could shape 2021, writes Michael Hurley

  • UN's Principles for Responsible Banking tightens signatory scrutiny

    17 July 2020

    Signatories of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) have voted to establish a governance body to ensure effective implementation of the commitments, which could ultimately lead to laggards being thrown out.

  • Legal Framework for Impact to fundamentally reshape finance, says Generation IM

    26 May 2020

    The forthcoming Legal Framework for Impact "will fundamentally reshape the way finance and business is conducted in coming decades", according to Generation Investment Management.

  • UNEP FI publishes 'groundbreaking' impact measurement tools

    31 March 2020

    The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has launched a pair of tools to help the private sector better measure and manage the impact of its financing and business activities, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • FRR, Axa, Aviva, CNP join Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

    27 November 2019

    Pension fund FRR and insurers Axa, Aviva and CNP have committed to make their investment portfolios carbon neutral by 2050.

  • EU spawns global sustainable finance platform

    18 October 2019

    The EU has launched an initiative to collaborate with other countries around the world on sustainable finance.

  • Principles for Responsible Banking sets sights on 100 signatories

    26 July 2019

    The final official Principles for Responsible Banking have been published, with the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) eyeing 100 signatories to the initiative by September.

  • Global Commission on Adaptation urged to develop climate risk tools

    22 July 2019

    The Global Commission on Adaptation (GCA) has been urged to consider funding the development of climate data risk analysis tools for investors, in a report that says it could help solve one of the biggest barriers to investment in climate adaptation measures.

  • UNEP FI calls for impact investors to join legal working group

    22 February 2019

    Investors have been invited to join a working group to develop a ‘legal framework’ for impact investing by the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).