Archive

  • People Moves, 14 June: PRI, Environment Bank, IIGCC, Robeco ... and more

    14 June 2024
  • EU Platform begins transition plan work as it denies EU neglects issue

    29 January 2024

    A commonly held perception that the EU's sustainable finance framework does not support 'transition' activities is "wrong", the chair of an independent EU advisory group has said, as it begins work on what good transition plans look like.

  • How to complete the EU's taxonomy

    27 July 2023

    The creation of two types of sustainable investment will bring clarity to where transition investment needs to be focused, Helena Viñes Fiestas tells Michael Hurley

  • EU Platform announces data, taxonomy working group leads

    20 April 2023

    Representatives of Axa Investment Managers and SEB have been appointed to lead groups in the EU Platform on data, usability and monitoring capital flows towards sustainable investments.

  • EU appoints 28-member sustainable finance expert group

    09 February 2023
  • UN announces net zero expert group

    04 April 2022
  • Viñes Fiestas to leave BNP to join Spanish regulator

    03 March 2021

    Helena Viñes Fiestas is to leave BNP Paribas Asset Management to join the Spanish securities market regulator.

  • Most financial institutions don't push for ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy

    23 September 2020

    Many financial institutions are failing to support an ambitious EU sustainable finance strategy, according to a report on lobbying by NGO InfluenceMap, with just a handful supporting and actively engaging with the European Commission's policy.

  • Consultation opens on climate change lobbying framework

    29 June 2020

    The consultation on a framework to help investors assess the extent to which a company's lobbying is aligned to the Paris Agreement has been opened, after three investors launched the project earlier this month.

  • Total makes net-zero pledge after investor pressure

    05 May 2020

    French oil major Total has become the latest oil and gas major to announce its ambition to be net-zero emissions by 2050, after pressure from investor groups.