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  • WHEB launches Rothschild-backed Environmental Impact Fund

    19 January 2022

    WHEB Asset Management has launched a new fund with a dedicated focus on the environment, which has attracted seed investment from Rothschild & Co Wealth Management.

  • BlackRock's Fink lauds decarbonisation 'phoenixes' over divestment

    18 January 2022

    BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink rejected sectoral divestment as a means to deliver a net-zero transition in his annual letter to fellow bosses...

  • Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

    17 January 2022

    A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity hopes for "more tangible progress" in 2022...

  • Citi, CommerzBank among climate tech firm backers

    17 January 2022

    A climate technology firm has raised $19 million in funding from five investors, including the venture capital arms of Citi and CommerzBank.

  • Simplifying the CA100+ net-zero benchmark is 'laughable'

    13 January 2022

    Criticism of the Net-Zero Company Benchmark developed by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) being "too complicated" has been described as "laughable,"...

  • Record-breaking 2021 sustainable ETF flows jump 62%

    11 January 2022

    More than $135 billion flowed into global sustainable exchange traded products (ETPs) in 2021, setting a fresh all-time high after record-breaking 2020 inflows.

  • CA100+ net-zero benchmark is 'too complicated'

    10 January 2022

    The Net-Zero Company Benchmark developed by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has potential to become an "essential tool" for investors, according to a climate finance campaigner, but currently suffers from being too complicated and lacking detailed requirements around current proof of alignment.

  • Renewables slump pushes award-winning funds into 2021 loss

    06 January 2022

    An award-winning, impact-focused fund manager has lamented a lack of policy action to tackle climate change, as a fall in the value of clean energy holdings...

  • Inflation will benefit green stocks, says fund manager

    24 December 2021

    Investors in green companies have nothing to fear from the bout of inflation roiling stock markets, a leading sustainable fund manager has argued.

  • UK regulator extends climate and transition reporting rules

    20 December 2021

    FCA has extended coverage of its climate-related disclosure rules for listed companies and added requirements around transition plans for those firms as well as asset managers and life insurers.