CSDDD: ‘a critical opportunity to accelerate the net-zero transition’
With the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive making legislative progress, investment professionals explore how it will help speed up the net-zero transition.
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Institutional investor body expresses ‘serious concerns’ over UK’s ESG labelling scheme
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has criticised ESG proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority for the mutually exclusive nature of the categories.
Stephanie Maier: net zero must come from ‘carrot and stick’ regulation
GAM’s head of responsible investment discusses the opportunities ahead and the most recent policy developments for net zero.
Investors help launch commission on global mining industry
UN PRI and Church of England Pensions Board behind drive to reform industry in wake of allegations of labour abuses and biodiversity loss.
Active ownership in 2023: an engagement blueprint in action
Kimberley Lewis from Schroders on active investing – why it’s important for investment performance, priority themes and what’s new for 2023.
Ready to engage? Potentials and pitfalls facing the 2023 AGM season
This year promises to be memorable in the proxy voting space, as institutional investors push for action on climate shareholder resolutions.
Lack of Middle East investment in renewables called out in Davos
As COP 28 in Abu Dhabi approaches later this year, focus on the region’s faltering approach to renewable energy is coming under scrutiny at the World Economic Forum.
Bringing the retail investor into engagement
Pushing retail investors into the historical territory of institutional capital could transform the relationship between boards and shareholders.
Dirty funds: show your true colours
Dirty investment funds do not have to give any warning about the damage that they are inflicting. Funds that claim to be sustainable, on the other hand, do need to show explicitly what that claim is based on. It is high time to repair this flaw, argue Hadewych Kuiper and Hans Stegeman.
Electric vehicles ‘prime candidates’ for green bond issuances
MainStreet analysis shows potential for EVs following depressed state of the green, social and sustainability bonds market in 2022.
Shoots of recovery in the green bonds market?
After a difficult year, investors and wider experts discuss whether green bonds will rebound in 2023.
Norway’s sustainable taxonomy: the tool investors have been missing?
The country’s policy reform is a reminder of why definitions matter in sustainable finance and why it is crucial to know what constitutes ‘green’ capital.
How should the responsible investor approach the Chinese market?
China’s viability for sustainable investment can be balanced between its dominance in the renewables sector and a questionable ESG record.