People Moves 20 April: Nigel Topping, Bezos Earth Fund, ThomasLloyd, CSSB, and more
Bezos Earth Fund lures BlackRock executive Paul Bodnar while ThomasLloyd has appointed Nadir Maruf as its new chief investment officer
Impact
The legal net zero swamp that is sucking ING and Citigroup down under
A controversial gas project in Australia is increasingly turning into a PR disaster for some of the world’s biggest banks
Net zero focus in France growing as climate motions hit corporates
Investors and regulators in Europe’s second-largest market are increasingly looking to introduce net zero-related motions
ThomasLloyd’s CFO looks east but ‘China is not appropriate for our risk appetite’
Vivienne Maclachlan focuses on Asia as a rapidly emerging giant in the renewable energy investment space
Panel: Pension funds should be ‘top of list’ for impact investing
A number of net zero insiders in London discussed how to tackle the continuing issue of greenwashing
Why policymakers struggle to mitigate net zero transition risks
Part V of NZI’s Putting a Price on Pollution series explores the dangers of a disorderly transition
Exclusive: Impax AM’s head of stewardship on asset owners’ appetite for data
At ICGN in Stockholm, NZI sits down with Lisa Beauvilain, global head of sustainability & stewardship at Impax AM
Morningstar: passive funds rapidly entering the ESG investment space
Passive investments now represent almost a quarter of all ESG fund assets globally, according to Morningstar's sustainability research chief Hortense Bioy
Asset managers accused of ‘failing’ to invest responsibly
Non-profit organisation ShareAction said the majority of asset managers, including Vanguard and BlackRock, fail to consider the effects of climate change in their investment policies
Revealed: Britain leads the way on net zero but transparency concerns remain
The five biggest UK companies - Shell, AstraZeneca, Linde, HSBC, and Unilever - are securing much more impressive net zero scores than their US peers
Record number of investors targeting corporate climate change disclosures
The Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2022 Non-Disclosure Campaign has reported that more investors are targeting companies to disclose on key environmental issues such as water security and forestry.