Equity

  • Shareholders demand Shell provides LNG transparency

    20 May 2025
  • Islamic venture capitalists needed, says GIFP

    30 April 2025

    Islamic venture capitalists are needed to scale up early-stage sustainable projects and technologies, an Environmental Finance conference has heard.

  • Franklin Templeton launches two ESG-focused ETFs

    15 April 2025

    Franklin Templeton has added two sustainability-focused index-tracking exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to its range.

  • ESMA recommends cutbacks to ESG disclosures for benchmarks

    09 April 2025

    Sustainability-related disclosures by providers of investment benchmarks should be cut to "reduce burden for administrators", the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has said.

  • Mirova acquires 250MW Italian renewable energy platform

    20 March 2025
  • Valuations are at rock bottom, says WHEB

    13 February 2025

    Impact stocks are currently trading at attractive valuations, presenting a buying opportunity, WHEB Asset Management has claimed.

  • Foresight acquires impact investor WHEB

    28 January 2025

    Foresight Group has acquired London-based impact investor WHEB Aset Management for an undisclosed amount, in a deal that it says will reinforce its position as "a leader in impact investing in public markets".

  • BlackRock launches fund with SDR label

    17 January 2025

    BlackRock has launched its first fund to have a label under the UK's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) regime.

  • La Banque Postale invests in ESG data startup

    20 November 2024

    Financial services group La Banque Postale has invested - via its venture capital fund, 115K - in a French ESG-focused fintech start-up.

  • 'Very encouraging' European 'light green' fund investment in Middle East

    15 November 2024

    There is a "very encouraging" level of investment from 'light green' European funds in Middle Eastern real estate firms which suggests emerging positive sustainability disclosure trends in the region, according to Emirates NBD.

  • Manager of €100m French listed equities biodiversity fund selected - with RfP for private fund expected in Q1

    21 October 2024

    Sustainability specialist Mirova has won a competitive tender to manage a listed equities fund focused on biodiversity, with a private assets strategy expected to be launched in coming months.

  • Decarbonisation investment faces three key challenges, says Ninety One's Cooper

    17 September 2024

    Interest rates, right-wing populism and the sustainability impact of artificial intelligence are three of the biggest challenges facing decarbonisation for public equity investors, according to asset manager Ninety One.

  • Fair Reward Framework launches exec pay tool

    13 September 2024

    Asset owner-led Fair Reward Framework has launched a tool that will help investors assess whether FTSE 100 executive pay is 'fair and proportionate'.

  • Over 100 organisations demand stop to financing of industrial livestock farming

    12 September 2024

    A letter signed by 105 civil organisations has demanded that US banks halt financing of industrial livestock production for its role in fuelling climate change.

  • SIX launches 'climate equity flag' for companies

    23 August 2024

    SIX has launched a new Paris Agreement-aligned climate flag for companies who are listed through the Swiss financial exchange firm, with S&P Global Ratings and SGS the first approved reviewers for the scheme.