News

  • $6bn charity criticises 'appalling' climate voting records of major investors, advisors

    27 October 2020

    The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) has sent a letter to a dozen major global investors, pension consultants and proxy voting advisors criticising their "appalling" records for using shareholders' votes to deliver the transition to a net-zero economy.

  • News Round Up: MSCI, Vanguard, Mirae Asset, and more

    27 October 2020
  • Triodos agrees Indonesian impact debt facility

    27 October 2020

    Triodos Microfinance Fund has provided a €3 million ($3.5 million) debt facility to Indonesian peer-to-peer digital lender KoinWorks.

  • CA100+ ups pressure on corporates to align lobbying with Paris Agreement

    26 October 2020

    Institutional investors with a combined $6.5 trillion in AUM have issued "urgent" demands to 47 of the largest US-based corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to disclose their climate lobbying practices.

  • News round-up: Japan's net zero goal, Willis Towers Watson, Rockefeller Foundation ... and more

    26 October 2020
  • Bank of England 'encouraged' by green bond greeniums

    26 October 2020

    A senior Bank of England (BofE) official said the 'greeniums' reported on the recent green bond issues were an "encouraging sign" that climate-positive investment was being favoured by the market, and serves as a fillip to further sovereign green bonds - including in the UK.

  • Credit Suisse seals deal to cater to private client demand for impact

    23 October 2020

    A tie-up between Credit Suisse, The Conduit Connect, Linklaters and Deloitte will aim to make it easier for the Swiss bank's private clients to make impact investments.

  • Moody's to retire green bond assessment in favour of Vigeo Eiris' opinions

    23 October 2020

    Ratings agency Moody's Investors Service has scrapped its Green Bond Assessment (GBA) service, instead focusing on the second party opinion (SPO) provided by its subsidiary VE.

  • Bantleon launches global green bond fund

    23 October 2020

    Swiss asset manager Bantleon has launched a €10 million ($12 million) global green bond fund for its institutional investor clients.

  • People Moves 23 October: Clim8 Invest; CofE Pensions Board; SEKSL; AllianceBernstein; Earth Capital; Christian Super

    23 October 2020

    Sustainability investment platform recruits Hiscox CIO