Archive

  • Taking the PRI to the next level

    10 June 2015

    The PRI's Fiona Reynolds has her sights set on how to move the organisation forward, including how to make sure its signatories are making good on their commitments. Peter Cripps reports

  • France's Hollande welcomes green bonds, decarbonisation initiatives

    20 May 2015

    French president Francois Hollande has hailed the importance of green bonds and portfolio decarbonisation initiatives in the run up to the UN climate change summit in December.

  • Decarbonisation driver

    04 December 2014

    The Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund is leading the charge in decarbonising its equities portfolio, and is calling on other investors to follow its lead. Its CEO Mats Andersson tells Peter Cripps why

  • Investors worth $1.3trn make climate infrastructure pledge

    25 September 2014

    An alliance of pension funds and other institutional investors representing $1.3 trillion of assets has committed to try to increase their investments in 'climate-resilient infrastructure'.

  • Were the pledges at the UN Climate Summit bold enough?

    24 September 2014

    The flurry of pledges and initiatives launched at the UN Climate Summit has sparked claims that the event represents "a shift of consciousness moment".

  • Governments and companies in joint pledge to halt forest loss

    24 September 2014

    More than 30 national governments, 40 companies and numerous NGOs and regional governments have pledged to work to halt deforestation globally by 2030.

  • UN should put its money where its mouth is, says asset manager

    23 September 2014

    UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been urged to align the investments of the UN's pension fund with his calls for action to combat climate change.

  • What the UN Climate Summit needs to deliver

    22 September 2014

    Ahead of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's climate summit in New York this month, a selection of thought leaders give their views on what they hope will be agreed at the gathering.

  • A golden age of financial innovation?

    30 July 2014

    Excitement is building ahead of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's environmental summit for world leaders in New York in September.

  • Poland must lead at UN climate talks

    11 November 2013

    As COP19 begins, getting the right financial frameworks in place is crucial to a global climate deal, argues Stephanie Pfeifer