Carbon budgets dataset wins investor support

The publication of a massive dataset outlining carbon budgets for companies across 12 sectors has the…

ESG Data

Allianz to halt investments in new oil and gas fields

And will require 'net-zero by 2050' commitment from hydrocarbon producers

Insurance,Stranded Assets

EFRAG appoints EU sustainability reporting standards group

An advisory group has been appointed to help develop European corporate sustainability reporting standards.

ESG Data,Policy

Ricardo Lara reveals California's fossil fuel investors

Green bond holders also unearthed in annual study

Insurance,Stranded Assets

Re-write rules of engagement, says Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance

ESG

Allianz to reject European executive pay policies without ESG metrics

Allianz Global Investors will vote against executive pay policies at large European firms in 2023 if…

ESG Data,Equity,Investment

Most large French companies 'still don't have enough women on boards'

A €5 trillion ($5.7 trillion) French investor initiative focused on improving corporate gender diversity…

ESG,ESG Data,Equity,Investment

Carbon allowances - insurers slowly warm to the net-zero opportunity

The European benchmark price for carbon allowances hit a record high in November, but only one insurer acknowledges investing in them and others seem coy, so far, to deep their toes in, as Vincent Huck finds out.

Asia Pacific,Carbon,Insurance

$10trn asset owner alliance urges blended climate finance push

The UN-convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) has urged development finance institutions (DFIs)…

Asia Pacific,Debt,ESG Data,Equity,Investment,Policy

AllianzGI, EIB target €500m for emerging markets impact fund

Allianz Global Investors (AllianzGI) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have raised €440 million…

IMPACT

People Moves 15 October: McKinley returns to BlackRock, Leigh-Bell leaves CBI, and Howchin quits Swedish funds

People

People moves 3 September: MSCI, Neuberger Berman, APG, Allianz GI, Carlyle Group and more

People

Koch leaves DWS for AllianzGI

People

People moves: DWS, Mercer, Robeco, NN IP, AIG ... and more

People

Robeco poaches UBS researchers

People

$14trn investor group pushes for AGM vote on 'net zero' claims

A group of 53 investors with a combined $14 trillion of assets under management has called for new climate-related…

Carbon,Corporate

Insurance giants form Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

Carbon,Insurance

German insurers are risking their climate credibility

By continuing to do coal business on the side and insuring new oil and gas projects, German insurers are putting their climate credibility at risk, warn Peter Bosshard and Regine Richter

Insurance,Stranded Assets

Banks with $29trn in assets pledge to set 2050 'net zero' targets

A group of banks with about $28.5 trillion in assets has joined a UN-convened 'Net Zero Banking Alliance',…

Carbon,Insurance

BlackRock, Vanguard among 43 new Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative members

Carbon,ESG,Investment,Policy