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  • 'We usually expect too much from COP, that might be particularly true this year'

    18 November 2025

    Expectations of more ambitious targets may have to be reined-in for COP30, as the focus on "grand announcements" shifts to how countries are executing their emissions reduction plans, says Mathieu Nègre of Union Bancaire Privée (UBP).

  • UBP publishes 'wish list' ahead of COP30

    03 November 2025

    More ideas around a "corporate reset" and establishing a global price for carbon feature on Union Bancaire Privée's wish list ahead of COP30 to be held in Belem later this month.

  • Impact investors to benefit as 'Trump's term pushes capital away from Mag7'

    08 May 2025

    Donald Trump's second presidency could be beneficial for US-based impact investors, as the consequences of policy will encourage a refocus on smaller assets, an impact investor has claimed.

  • COP 29: Will AI be mentioned in the final text?

    11 November 2024

    AI, with all its implications for emissions, should be hotly debated in Baku and have a significant presence in the final agreement, argues Mathieu Nègre

  • Impact investing for a just transition

    24 June 2021

    The 'absence of people' is a rare weakness of the TCFD framework - but investor engagement to ensure a socially just low-carbon transition could be set for a major boost, an Environmental Finance webinar heard. Michael Hurley reports

  • Why renewable energy has come of age in 2020

    04 February 2021

    What changed to make renewable energy such an investment success story in 2020, UBP's Mathieu Negre asks

  • UBP launches emerging markets equity impact fund

    15 May 2020

    Union Bancaire Privée (UBP) has launched a listed equity impact fund that will invest in emerging markets.