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  • Lyxor launches corporate green bond ETF

    15 September 2021

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

  • Oil majors to pilot net zero model that pits winding-down as 'legitimate' strategy

    15 September 2021

    BP, Eni, Repsol, Shell and Total are the first oil companies to agree to pilot an investor-led standard that is designed to improve comparability of transition plans, and "acknowledges winding-down as a legitimate strategy".

  • Fitch launches ESG ratings for fixed income

    15 September 2021

    Fitch Group, best known as a credit rating agency, today launched an ESG ratings arm that aims to produce...

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

    14 September 2021

    The Bank of Finland has announced it is targeting carbon neutrality within its €8 billion ($9.4 billion) investment portfolio by 2050 at the latest, with further interim targets in preparation by the central bank

  • Schroders plans emerging markets impact fund

    14 September 2021

    UK asset manager Schroders will launch an impact fund focused on listed equity securities in emerging markets.

  • Investors worth $46trn call for stronger policies ahead of COP26

    14 September 2021

    587 investors with $46 trillion in assets under management are urging governments to implement five policy actions...

  • $850m timberland portfolio to aim for positive climate, biodiversity impact

    14 September 2021

    A portion of BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group's forestry portfolio valued at $850 million is to be managed with the aim of having a net positive impact on nature and the environment, as part of a tie-up with The Nature Conservancy (TNC).

  • WCI carbon market update: 14 September 2021

    14 September 2021
  • Engine No. 1 likens ESG ratings to 'emojis'

    14 September 2021

    The investment firm that rose to prominence by dealing ExxonMobil a bloody nose over its climate governance has taken aim at "flawed" ESG ratings, devising its own framework it considers superior.

  • NN IP: 750 listed companies contribute to SDGs and financial returns

    13 September 2021

    Dutch asset manager NN Investment Partners (NN IP) said it has identified 750 publicly listed companies globally...