03/19/2021
Australia’s NGS Super sets 2030 target for zero-carbon portfolio
Signatories to the 2015 Paris accord agreed to keep global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by 2050.
03/19/2021
The portfolios are comprised of funds managed by JP Morgan AM, Natixis IM’s Mirova, Pimco, Schroders and UOB Asset Management-Robeco.
03/18/2021
The strategy invests in a diverse range of sub-sectors, focusing on companies which provide climate mitigation solutions, primary adaptation solutions, and secondary adaptation solutions.
03/18/2021
ESG funds have taken $84 out of every net $100 flowing into equity funds in the last two years
03/18/2021
An earlier version of the product launched in 2018 only raised $70m.
03/18/2021
Seventeen fund managers are on the list, with Pictet Asset Management and Allianz Global Investors having the most number of ESG or green funds.
03/17/2021
Climate change the use of litigation to force governments to act
The French case followed the Dutch Supreme Court's December 2019 landmark decision in the "Urgenda litigation" that the government of the Netherlands had breached its duty to prevent climate change, and must take steps to cut greenhouse gas
03/16/2021
The funds have seen a significant inflow of capital since 2019 when 3.1 billion baht entered the funds, before recording a fourfold increase in 2020 with net inflows of up to 15 billion baht.
03/16/2021
The PBoC comments follow declared commitments by Beijing to reach peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060 as part of global efforts to combat climate change.
03/15/2021
It plans to use coal in a more clean and efficient way and will develop new energy sources and nuclear energy.
03/09/2021
The region's biggest corporates had been getting better at sustainability reporting—until Covid-19 hit.
03/09/2021
Interest in ESG investing in the region may increasingly be driven by its contribution to sustain overall levels of economic growth, according to a report by Deutsche Bank Chief Investment Office.
03/05/2021
The firms were found to be leaders in making their environmental, social, and governance objectives clear in integrated reports.
03/03/2021
"The preparations we have completed across asset classes gives us confidence that we can reduce emissions in our funds while delivering on our investment objectives,"
03/03/2021
According to the FSA officials, they have been studying a U.S. investor protection regulation adopted in 2001 called the «names rule»
02/28/2021
Mitsubishi told CNN Business that as of May 2019, it said it would no longer provide financing for new coal-fired power generation projects, with some exceptions.
02/26/2021
Legal experts say this could be just the first in a series of challenges to banks over indirect financing at odds with their climate commitments.
02/26/2021
Building on last month’s 30-year USD 2.5 billion green bond issuance, Chan said the government plans to issue green bonds regularly, and double the borrowing ceiling of its Green Bond Programme to HKD 200 billion, which will allow for the issuance o
02/26/2021
The groups say their research is the first to analyze the financiers and investors supporting the entire coal industry.
02/25/2021
Vanguard and MSCI both declined to comment on what percentage of the total assets in the fund were in industries that investors were previously told were excluded.