People Moves: BMO Global Asset Management, ClimateWorks Foundation, Japan's Financial Services Agency, Rockefeller Capital Management, Global Parametrics, Refinitiv, Aviva Investors, FIM Asset Management and S-Bank Wealth Management

People

ESG is particularly important to investors in emerging markets, say exchanges

Most international investors consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors to be important…

ESG,Equity,Policy

‘Material’ ESG issues should be disclosed, says IOSCO

Issuers of securities should provide “full, accurate, and timely disclosure” of material environmental,…

Investors,Markets,Policy

Larry’s letter: do you prefer the real news, or the fake?

BlackRock was stung by a fake news stunt that highlighted its sluggish movement on climate change, says Peter Cripps

ESG,Investors

European Commission provides the sustainability weapon... ammunition to follow

Investment professionals have given a mixed reaction to draft EU rules on integrating sustainability in the fiduciary duty of investment firms and insurers. These rules are tied to another piece of legislation currently being designed and whose outcome could lead to significant change… or further greenwashing. Vincent Huck reports

Investors,Policy

Aviva and L&G invest more than £750m in world's largest wind farm

Aviva Investors and Legal & General Investment Managers – Real Assets (LGIM RA) have lent more than £750…

Debt,Investors,Renewables,Insurance

Boston Common backs ‘blue economy’ finance principles

Boston Common Asset Management has added its name to the growing number of financial institutions that…

ESG,Investors,Water

Investors turning attention to deforestation risks, says Ceres

Investors are increasingly engaging companies to better manage deforestation risks in their supply chains…

ESG,Investors

Fiduciary duty proposal of EU Action Plan could unleash sustainability shift

Plans to reform definitions of investors' duties are the most important part of the European Commission’s…

ESG,Investors,Policy

Aviva backs calls for IOSCO to raise climate standards

Aviva Investors has added its voice to calls for the International Organisation of Securities Commissions…

ESG,Investors,Policy

People Moves: Osmosis IM, La Française Forum Securities and Green Climate Fund

London-based Osmosis Investment Management, a $1.5 billion sustainable asset management business, has…

People

Investors call for tougher sustainability standards for palm oil

Global investors managing about $6.7 trillion have called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)…

ESG,Investors

90% of Green Finance Summit participants vote for mandatory TCFD

There was 90% support for making the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures…

Carbon,Corporate,Investors

Aviva Investors finances €1.5bn windfarm

Aviva Investors has joined a syndicate of 13 international lenders to participate in the €1.5 billion…

Debt,Investors,Renewables

Rick Stathers joins Aviva Investors' growing ESG team

Rick Stathers has been appointed as senior ESG analyst, and Sora Utzinger as ESG analyst by Aviva Investors.…

ESG,Investors,People

UK politicians recommend using dormant assets for green investments

MPs on the UK's Environmental Audit Committee have published a report recommending that dormant assets…

Insurance

The beginning of the end for coal investment and underwriting

Insurers have made efforts to disengage themselves from the coal industry on both sides of the balance sheet, but climate activists say they could do more. Cintia Cheong and Nick Roumpis examine the latest developments

Stranded Assets,Insurance