02/14/2020
Standard Chartered launches new climate partnership
The four-year programme will utilise the capabilities of Imperial’s Centre for Climate Finance & Investment to embed climate risks and opportunities into financial decision-making.
Planet SOS
02/14/2020
Trees alone can’t win fight against soaring heat, cities warned
Popular projects to plant more trees in cities may not protect residents from soaring and often deadly heat, say researchers.
02/14/2020
Investing responsibly has to be more than putting lipstick on pigs
New 'value versus growth' debate
02/14/2020
Clothing With A Conscience
With London Fashion Week just around the corner, here's how a fashion retailer we work with takes action towards a better world.
02/12/2020
Change is coming, whether you like it or not' – Greta Thunberg by Peter Graham
A significant amount of plant and machinery that qualifies for ECA is found in newly constructed commercial property.
02/12/2020
5 strategies that help achieve both climate mitigation and adaptation
It is not always possible or practical to work solely on actions that are both adaptive and mitigating.
02/12/2020
London Stock Exchange Group: Supporting more shades of Green
The first is aimed at formalising the broadening use of proceeds classification, by adding social and sustainability segments alongside green bonds.
02/10/2020
Ernst & Young Becomes First Big Four Organization to Set Global Carbon Neutrality Target
Previous steps to reduce the firm’s carbon footprint include designing an environmental strategy that aligns with the United Nations Global Compact
02/10/2020
Don’t call me ‘Greta’: Young climate activists demand to be heard
Over the past year, the trend of young climate activists being portrayed as their national version of Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg has become common, a description that has been criticised to erase ‘unique stories, identities, names and move
02/07/2020
Why ‘net zero’ is not good enough
It sounds like an ambitious goal, but the term may hide loopholes that can delay real climate action and drive land grabs and hunger.
02/07/2020
ESG: Three key issues - KPMG
The research includes insights from 135 institutional investors, hedge fund managers, long only managers and pension consultants in 13 countries in all the key regions.
02/05/2020
As Microsoft pledges to go ‘carbon negative’ by 2030, forest conservation is required
To achieve its goal, the tech giant has teamed with a Silicon Valley startup, that seeks to accurately track forest carbon stocks in projects in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon and the US, using advanced remote-sensing technology, artificial intelligenc
02/05/2020
BMO Global Asset Management making climate change a priority
BMO GAM has selected a range of specific focus issues for engagement in 2020 in relation to climate change.
02/04/2020
Liontrust aims to reduce carbon emissions
The team are also asking for evidence that companies will have started the process of reducing carbon emissions before the end of this year.
02/03/2020
Still pursuing green - Rathbones
As you would expect, the West Coast leads the way in sustainability, both among businesses and consumers.
02/03/2020
Guernsey Green Fund to adopt EU green taxonomy
The Guernsey Green Fund is the world’s first regulated green fund regime
02/03/2020
BlackRock urged to cut oil and gas stakes
BlackRock’s plan to divest from coal, announced last month, fails to satisfy green campaigners
01/31/2020
Luxembourg sets out five-year sustainability plan
The agency plans to lead on sustainability and drive innovation in responsible governance
01/31/2020
WWF: Asia PM’s must improve responsible investing
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) also offers an online tool to enhance asset managers’ responsible investment capabilities.
01/30/2020
Climate crisis offers a green business boom
The tide is turning against the fossil fuel industry as countries and companies recognise the green business boom of alternative energy.