Brazil to require climate risk scenarios in stress tests from 2022

Debt,ESG,ESG Data,Investment,Policy

2021 AGM voting season in US marks climate pressure 'escalation and expansion'

The 2021 proxy voting season in the US experienced an "escalation of shareholder engagement on climate-related…

ESG,Equity,Investment,Policy

Lyxor launches corporate green bond ETF

Lyxor Asset Management has launched a €50 million global corporate green bond exchange-traded fund (ETF)...

Green Bonds,Investment

Bank of Finland targets ground-breaking net-zero investment portfolio by 2050

The Bank of Finland has announced it is targeting carbon neutrality within its €8 billion ($9.4 billion)…

Debt,Equity,Investment,Policy

BHP criticised as confirms oil and gas exit with Woodside deal

Pressure has been building on BHP to exit its fossil fuel assets, but its proposed deal to shift its oil and gas assets to Woodside has been criticised - and considered 'disastrous' for Woodside shareholders and the environment. Ahren Lester reports

Carbon,Equity,Investment,Stranded Assets

How investors can support a circular economy for plastics

New engagement guidance will help investors ask the right questions of companies, argue Rebecca Chapman and Gerald Naber

Investment

Why inflation doesn't need to cost the earth

Easy gains of the past year may have ended - but a resource-efficient investment strategy should continue to gather excess returns, Robbie Parker writes

Investment,Markets

The Impact Investing Institute's Sarah Gordon on the just transition

Place-based impact investments and a 'Green+' Gilt can achieve social co-benefits in the low-carbon transition, Sarah Gordon, chief executive of the Impact Investing Institute, tells Michael Hurley

IMPACT,Investment