Managers of Wealth

Quilter Cheviot’s Woodward: Has SDR finally killed off ESG?

Responsible investment head Gemma Woodward discusses the unintended consequences of the FCA’s new sustainability rules as we enter an era of ‘greenhushing’.

Can a business carry on doing what it does in a changing world?

Dr Marc Kahn, Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer at Investec, shares why sustainability is a commercial decision all business founders need to embrace.

DWS extends portfolio with onshore wind farm in Sweden

The electricity generated is used to supply private households and commercial customers.

Swiss Robeco fund manager scores first AAA rating

Roman Boner, who worked for Woodman Asset Management and Swisscanto, took over the Robeco Smart Energy fund in 2021.

DBS continues to break new ground in China as first Southeast Asian bank to leverage PBOC’s Carbon Emission Reduction Facility for issuance of green loan

When completed, the project is expected to generate about 270 gigawatt hours of renewable energy

Northern Trust Partners with Greenlight to Help Families Achieve Greater Financial Literacy

Northern Trust clients now have complimentary access to Greenlight’s award-winning family finance app and debit card, available through the Greenlight for Banks program.

Deutsche Bank finances the construction of the Goorambat East Solar Farm

The 250MW Goorambat East Solar Farm is being developed by ENGIE ANZ.

COP16 – what should business leaders expect?

Alongside this, negotiations will centre around how best to invest and collaborate to drive resource mobilisation and technical cooperation as well as finalising multi-lateral mechanisms on fair and equitable Access and Benefit Sharing.

Rathbones AM becomes one of lead investors in World Bank Amazon Reforestation Outcome Bond

This is the first principal-protected bond that supports reforestation anywhere in the world

Standard Chartered launches ESG-linked Cash Account

Latest addition to the Bank’s suite of Transaction Banking Cash solutions rewards clients for meeting material ESG-related targets

“We want to be the App Store for Recycling”: meet EasyWaste the tech entrepreneur working to eradicate waste

The award recognises young, innovative talents working in areas

Ortec Finance updates its climate scenario analysis offering to include NGFS Phase IV climate scenarios

The latest update follows the recent release of its annual update to Ortec Finance Climate Scenarios, in exclusive partnership with Cambridge Econometrics.

The IA publishes latest climate and nature policy report and sets out key commitments to support the green transition

To achieve these ambitious goals, the report recognises that a significant mobilisation of capital is now needed.

EIB and Deutsche Bank to boost Europe`s wind manufacturers

It foresees counter-guarantees to the sector’s main lenders, which include Deutsche Bank.

RBC’s $35m green initiative targets 70% emissions cut by 2035

The project, scheduled to start in spring 2025, is expected to reduce the bank’s onsite carbon emissions by 10,000 tonnes, contributing to a 70% reduction in total branch emissions.

Thread counts: regenerative cotton on the rise in fashion

The fashion industry – which uses 64% of the cotton produced each year – is coming under growing pressure to reduce its environmental impact

Encavis Asset Management AG and Commerzbank AG achieve financial close for the project financing of the second-largest solar park in Germany

The project is located approximately 150 kilometres north of Berlin in the municipality of Bartow, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

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