News

• US election shows demand for positive change, impact investor says

  09 November 2020

  The record level of voter turnout in the 2020 US election demonstrates the country's desire for positive change - public sentiment which should be harnessed by investors, according to Adasina Social Capital.

• Carney launches private finance strategy for COP26

  09 November 2020

  Mark Carney has launched the UK's Private finance Strategy for COP 26, which includes proposals to help countries require disclosures in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).

• News round-up: Investor group urges coal exit, ESG index numbers jump, Franklin Templeton boosts social assets

  06 November 2020

  $5trn UN-convened global alliance calls for thermal coal exit

• People moves 6 November: Pollination, Janus Henderson, Blackstone ... and more

  06 November 2020

  Templeton leaves GIG to join Pollination

• Länsförsäkringar launches climate fund

  06 November 2020

  A new climate-aware index fund from Swedish insurer Länsförsäkringar plans to allocate more than one-quarter (26%) of its assets to companies actively tackling the threat of global warming by reducing their carbon footprint.

• Fitch warns on pricing climate change into property-backed investments

  05 November 2020

  Holders may not be factoring price- and insurance-loss into investment risk assessments

• News round-up: Investors go to work on deforestation, DFIs go fossil fuel-free

  05 November 2020

  €1.8trn of investors urge companies to tackle deforestation

• UK lawmakers urged to strengthen ESG focus of pension funds

  05 November 2020

  UK legislators were urged to back a law to compel managers of the £2.8 trillion ($3.6 trillion) in pension fund assets to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors as part of their fiduciary duty to clients, including through the creation of a Scandinavian-style ethics council.

• Sustainability-linked bonds require companies to back up sustainability claims, says Sustainalytics

  05 November 2020

  Ahead of Environmental Finance's ESG in Fixed Income Europe 2020 virtual conference next week, speakers reflect on a key topic that will be addressed at the event: the potential for sustainability-linked bonds.

• PRI responds to questions on outcomes reporting

  05 November 2020

  The Principles for Responsible Investment has moved to reassure its investor signatories about the motivation behind proposals to require reporting on "real-world outcomes" of their investments and the Sustainable Development Goals.