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Impax assets hit £30bn milestone

Five principles for building effective green taxonomies

Ian Simm shares some of his learnings from 20 years' experience of creating taxonomies.

News Round Up: Foresight, Impax, Nomura Greentech, and more

Impax predicts increased pressure on textiles industry in 2020

Impax Asset Management expects the textiles industry will become the 'new plastic' in terms of increased regulatory and consumer awareness.

People Moves: IIGCC, Riksbank, Bloomberg

Impax awarded $125m mandate by Mercer

Sustainability-focused investor Impax Asset Management has been awarded a $125 million mandate by Mercer, the world's largest institutional investment advisor.

Pension funds back Impax, as AUM hits £13.7bn

Allocations from pension funds helped push Impax Asset Management's assets to a fresh peak, with an expected mandate from California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) set to provide a further boost.

Impax doubles profits amid sea change in attitude to environmental markets

Impax Asset Management has doubled its profits in a "landmark year" boosted by "a sea change in investors' attitude to environmental markets".

Leave taxonomies to the private sector, says Impax

The task of writing taxonomies for sustainable finance is best left to the private sector, according to Impax Asset Management.