High ESG ratings deliver 'persistent' outperformance in Europe - but not the US

Companies with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings in the EU demonstrated "persistent…

ESG,ESG Data,Equity,Investment

News round-up - McKinsey, M&G, Tesco, Platts, HanETF, and more

Carbon,ESG,ESG Data,Equity,Investment,Renewables

News Round Up: TCI Fund Management, IPSF, Kapan, and more

The ESG data files, part seven, continued: Real estate - Social and governance data

The market for data on the social impacts of investments in real estate is growing rapidly, writes Christopher Marchant

ESG,ESG Data

ESG data files - part seven, continued: Real estate and resilience

Investors are striving to get a handle on physical climate risks, but the data is still under construction, writes Christopher Marchant

ESG,ESG Data

Polish banks join European energy-efficient mortgage pilot scheme

A European initiative to explore the benefits of offering favourable mortgage conditions for energy efficient…

Debt

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

Using innovation to close the climate protection gap

Creating new and inclusive insurance markets can help communities become more resilient to natural disasters, argues Hector Ibarra

Insurance

French funds dominate top 10 European funds for climate performance

French funds dominate a list of the top ten European equity funds for climate performance.

Corporate,ESG,Investment,Stranded Assets

People Moves: Natixis, Wells Fargo Asset Management, Schroders, PIMCO, Truvalue Labs, MSCI, SASB, Boston Trust and Walden, ANZ and Swiss Association for Responsible Investment

Harald Walkate has been appointed as Natixis Investment Managers' first head of corporate social responsibility…

People

Q&A: The TEG's report on climate-related reporting

Elena K. Johansson talks to experts about the implications of a report by the EU's Technical Expert Group (TEG) on Sustainable Finance on disclosures for companies and investors.

ESG,Investment,Policy

Losing faith in fossil fuels

The Church of Sweden Pension Fund applies strict fossil fuel exclusion criteria to its investments and allows scope for a relatively large tracking error in its pursuit of sustainable returns. Carl Cederberg, the fund's CEO, explains why to Michael Hurley

ESG,Equity,Investment

Members of EU Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance announced

The European Commission has announced the members of its Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance.

Investment

Economics, not policy, will strand fossil fuel assets, say academics

Demand for fossil fuels will decline dramatically in coming years, as the cost of low-carbon energy and…

Investment,Policy,Stranded Assets

European energy efficient mortgage trial to sign up additional banks

The Energy efficient Mortgages Action Plan (EeMAP) is to recruit additional banks to its trial aiming…

Debt

NDB's RMB9bn green bond is three times oversubscribed

The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly called BRICS Bank, said its inaugural green bond attracted more…

Green Bonds

BRICS Bank 'prices inaugural green bond'

The New Development Bank (NDB), formerly called BRICS Bank, is understood to have priced a RMB3 billion…

Green Bonds

EF BRIEFS: BRICS, Impax, Hubei, BoCom

The BRICS development bank will issue RMB3 billion ($463 million) of green bonds in the Chinese market…

Carbon,Debt,Green Bonds,Investment,Renewables

Vestas replaces CEO as losses widen

Wind turbine maker Vestas has replaced its CEO after its losses grew in the second quarter, but analysts…

Corporate,People