ETFs managing $72bn address SDGs, says UNCTAD

More than 200 ESG-related exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with about $72 billion in combined assets, in…

IMPACT

15 major investors back HSBC vote on fossil fuel phase-out plan

Investment,Policy

AMF study identifies weaknesses in French institutions' TCFD reports

Financial institutions continue to struggle to report decision-useful information on how their overall…

ESG Data,Policy

Green bond funds take varied approach to impact reporting

As more green bond funds come to market, institutional investors are calling for more consistency and detail in their impact reports. Graham Cooper explains

Green Bonds

EU 'brown' taxonomy proposals split financial sector

ESG,Policy

A first-class approach to tackling climate change

Through their endowment funds, universities, along with charitable foundations, have an opportunity to play a critical role in tackling the climate emergency, says Ashley Fagan

ESG,Investment

Amundi threatens to divest State Bank of India's green bonds over coal project

Debt,Green Bonds

News Round Up: Amundi, NGFS, European Central Bank, IIGCC, and more

News round-up: US sustainable investment boom, human rights disclosure fail, CIP, and more...

$20trn of investors urge firms to set science-based targets

Carbon,Investment,Policy

Green bonds begin to flow from emerging market banks

A pioneering initiative by the IFC to encourage green bond issuance by banks in emerging markets is bearing fruit, reports Graham Cooper

Green Bonds

ESG ETF assets could hit over 3% of market by 2029, Morgan Stanley

Rapid growth of assets in environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs)…

ESG,Equity,Investment

ERAFP opens tender for €1bn multi-asset fund of funds

French pension fund ERAFP has launched a call for tenders for two new diversified fund of funds mandates…

ESG,Investment

Integrating inequalities: a new challenge for institutional investors

Investors must start to consider their role in tackling inequality, argues Jean-Jacques Barbéris

ESG

ESG data market 'to more than double, to $5bn'

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and services market could more than double to over…

ESG Data

EGO fund buys 10 green bonds

The landmark Amundi emerging market green bond fund bought 10 green bonds last year, meaning it is now…

Green Bonds,IMPACT

BlackRock and Amundi to benefit if coronavirus accelerates ESG trends

If the coronavirus pandemic boosts environmental, social and governance (ESG) trends from investors,…

A fifth of Barclays investors back fossil fuel financing phase out

More than a fifth of investors in Barclays backed a shareholder resolution urging the FTSE 100-listed…

Carbon,Equity

Emerging market green bond issuance jumps a fifth in 2019

Green bond issuance across emerging markets jumped a fifth in 2019, a report by Amundi Asset Management…

Green Bonds

M&G and EOS support Barclays fossil fuel funding resolution

M&G Investments and EOS have confirmed they will support a shareholder resolution calling on Barclays…

Carbon,Equity