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  • LGIM calls for bonds to back sustainable palm oil

    19 June 2019

    Investors would welcome specific bonds that help finance the growth of sustainable palm oil, according to Meryam Omi, head of sustainability at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM).

  • Aviva backs calls for IOSCO to raise climate standards

    17 September 2018

    Aviva Investors has added its voice to calls for the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to do more to tackle climate risk when it meets this week.

  • LGIM pressures international standards body to adopt TCFD

    21 August 2018

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has thrown its weight behind calls for the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) to adopt harmonised climate risk reporting.

  • LGIM announces exclusions from its £5bn Future World Funds

    11 June 2018

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has named the companies it regards as leaders and laggards on climate change issues, as part of its attempt to remove climate-related risk from its £5 billion ($6.7 billion) Future World funds.

  • Scenario analysis: creating memories of the future

    12 January 2018

    The TCFD suggests companies should use scenario analysis to help them report climate risks. But what should they look like, asks Peter Cripps

  • ESG indexes: in the sweet spot

    20 September 2017

    Billions have flowed into funds tracking ESG indexes or low-carbon indexes in recent months. What are the innovations that will drive further growth, asks Peter Cripps

  • LGIM launches green tilt fund with £1.85bn from HSBC

    07 November 2016

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has launched the Future World Fund, a multi-factor global equities index fund with a 'tilt' to address climate change investment risks.

  • Legal & General eyeing climate debt fund

    04 February 2016

    Legal & General Investment Management is considering launching a green fixed-income fund, saying the sector is being taken increasingly seriously at "the highest levels" of management.

  • Low-carbon indexes 'outperform', says report

    26 October 2015

    Indexes reweighted in alignment with a 2˚C scenario outperformed their mainstream equivalents, according to a report.

  • LGIM urges companies to focus on opportunities in low-carbon economy

    07 October 2015

    Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of Europe's largest asset managers, is urging companies in which it invests to focus on the opportunities, not just the risks, arising from the transition to a low-carbon economy.