UK Directive Could Boost ESG Investments
Department Works and Pensions launches consultation on trustee investment responsibilities.
Tag: ESG
NYC Comptroller’s Diversity Push Shows Some Results
Stringer and city pension funds succeed in broadening boards at more than half of 151 targeted companies.
UK Initiates Social Impact Investment Drive
Initiative aims to make ESG investing ‘business as usual.’
Unlisted Natural Resources Growing
Since 2015, the ESG-based asset class, which invests in the likes of farming and timber, has been delivering stronger returns.
Legal & General Targets Eight Firms for Climate Risk Inaction
Investment firm will vote against the boards of companies for not addressing climate change.
Asset Management Culture
Swedish Companies Boost Gender Diversity for Leaders
More than a third of board members and a quarter of executives in large corporations are female.
Institutional Investors, Canadian Government Launch G7 Investors Group
Representing $6 trillion in AUM, the group aims to further G7 initiatives.
Risk
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to Issue Green Bonds
The ESG-related securities will contribute to the fund’s $2.3 billion renewable energy investment plans.
UK MPs Call for Mandatory Disclosure of Climate Change Risks
Parliamentary committee said a voluntary approach for asset managers would not be effective.
$26 Trillion Institutional Group Pushes Paris Agreement Adoption Ahead of G7 Summit
Alliance concerned about agreement’s goals ‘falling short.’
Most UK Pensions Taking Steps to Manage Climate Risk
However, some funds are ‘worryingly complacent’ says Parliamentary committee.
Risk
Netherlands Metal Workers Pension Fund Pulls Investments in Coal
Fund says its producers have a grim future as society abandons the fuel as an energy source.
Regulation
NYC Comptroller Calls for Exxon Mobil Board Disclosure
Scott Stringer is urging shareholders to vote for board transparency resolution.
Newsmakers
Hawaii ERS Strengthens ESG Goals by Joining UN-Backed Commission
Fund expected to boost impact allocations over the long term.
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