Aviva crosses £1bn real estate transition loan target early

Debt,ESG,Investment

People moves 20 May: Aviva, Fidelity, M&G, Schroders and more...

Asia Pacific,People

G7 countries and central banks 'engage with Aviva' on sustainability

Aviva Investors has received responses from countries in the wealthy Group of Seven (G7) nations to its…

Natural Capital,Policy

Aviva lends backing to sovereign climate reporting proposals

Aviva Investors has expressed its support for a proposed standardised climate and nature disclosure framework…

Debt,ESG Data,Natural Capital

People moves 11 February 2022: S&P, Jupiter, Aviva, Abrdn & more...

People

Aviva announces new Global Equity fund manager

People

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

French financial firms must draw on coal lessons for fossil fuel policies, say regulators

French regulators have encouraged financial firms to draw lessons from their thermal coal policies for…

Carbon,Debt,Investment,Policy,Stranded Assets

LGIM, Aviva join call for UK to mandate transition plans

Aviva Investors and Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) are among organisations calling on the…

COP,Policy

Exclusive investor reaction to IPCC report: No part of portfolio immune

A landmark report published today by leading climate scientists has been greeted by investors as a chastening…

Policy

News round-up: AIGCC and Candriam

Carbon,Investment

Aviva: OECD climate platform could reduce greenwashing

Aviva Investors has renewed calls for an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)…

ESG,Equity,Investment,Renewables

Food systems: Investment risk and opportunity, Part one

Moving to more sustainable food production is necessary to cut GHG emissions and biodiversity loss - but assessing risk and opportunity can be hard, Michael Hurley writes

Investment,Policy

News round-up: Impax, NZAOA, Credit Suisse and Aviva

Debt,Investment

Aviva Investors creates SONIA and ESG-linked interest rate swap repack

Debt

Sustainability-linked bond step-ups need to be 'more material' for firms

The coupon step-ups associated with sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) need to be "more material" for…

Debt,Green Bonds

Credit investors must drive ESG differentiation as post-QE influence grows

The differentiation in the credit spread performance between environmental, social and governance (ESG)…

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Investment

Investor group urges banks to set enhanced net zero targets

ESG,Investment,Policy

Cautious optimism for TNFD despite challenges

After the success of the TCFD in driving focus on climate-related disclosures, the mood is upbeat that the Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) can do the same for natural capital - despite awareness of the additional challenges it faces. Ahren Lester reports

ESG Data,Natural Capital,Policy

Natural Capital Investment 2021 conference roundup

Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Investment 2021 virtual conference has ended after a…

Investment,Natural Capital,Policy