Archive

  • PRI, Generation, UNEP FI launch initiative to tackle 'outdated perceptions' on ESG and fiduciary duty

    18 February 2016

    A global programme has been launched by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) to push investors to consider sustainability as part of their fiduciary duty.

  • Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition: One Year On

    09 February 2016

    Having attracted $600 billion of commitments, the coalition has made great strides but portfolio-wide decarbonisation is still in its infancy and faces significant challenges, argue Rory Sullivan and Lisa Petrovic

  • Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition smashes its $100bn pre-Paris target

    27 November 2015

    The Portfolio Decarbonisation Coalition (PDC) has landed commitments of $230 billion – more than double its pre-climate summit target.

  • COP blog: investors raise their voices on climate change

    23 November 2015

    With so much time and energy focused on COP21, stakeholders might be forgiven for thinking that Paris is the endgame.

  • Investors who don't consider ESG are failing in their fiduciary duty, says report

    07 September 2015

    Investors that do not consider environmental issues in their long-term investment approach are failing in their fiduciary duty, according to a report published by the UN today.

  • Investor coalition pledges to 'decarbonise' $500bn of assets

    24 September 2014

    A coalition involving two of the largest asset managers in Europe has set a target of 'decarbonising' $500 billion of institutional investments.

  • EU eyes innovative finance tools to improve energy efficiency

    04 June 2014

    Ambitious energy efficiency targets will require significant investment from the private sector. Clare Taylor reviews the innovative financing mechanisms the EU is putting in place to achieve this.

  • People moves

    05 March 2014

    The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including new positions for Ritu Kumar and Yvo de Boer. Stories involve companies such as Actis, KPMG, RBS, F&C, UNEP FI, PRI, Terra Firma, Verco, Sunrun and others.

  • People moves, June

    28 June 2013

    The latest environmental markets appointments at the Green Climate Fund, International Finance Corporation, Sarasin Bank, Roth Capital Partners, UNEP Finance Initiative, and more.

  • UNEP FI names two new co-chairs

    25 June 2013

    Madeleine Ronquest, head of environmental and social risk management at FirstRand Group, and David Pitt-Watson, senior strategic advisor at Inflection Point Capital Management, have been appointed co-chairs of the UNEP Finance Initiative.