Managers of Wealth

FC4S Welcomes Jersey to its Global Financial Network

The international Network of Financial Centres for Sustainability (FC4S) has welcomed Jersey, a forward-thinking international finance centre (IFC), to its global network.

ESG Investing: ‘A virtuous cycle of asset growth’

Academic research suggests this increases staff loyalty and improves the ability of companies to recruit employees.

BB Entrepreneur Europe Fund is now Bellevue Sustainable Entrepreneur Europe

The portfolio management team headed by Birgitte Olsen strives to identify the leaders in terms of operational sustainability as well as companies that will provide the most promising solutions for a greener planet and that are pivoting their business mod

How can investors assess impacts on nature?

Catherine Macaulay, our ESG team's natural capital and biodiversity research specialist, explores how we can assess exposure to nature-related risks.

Banque Internationale à Luxembourg Signs the UN Principles for Responsible Banking

The Principles are the leading framework for ensuring that banks’ strategy and practice align with the vision society has set out for its future in the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement.

Assessing Climate Risks for Emerging Markets

A recent UN report (released 17 September, 2021) shows global GHGs will rise 16% by 2030 on 2010

Why investors see oil companies as part of the net-zero solution

Large oil companies have publicly committed to addressing the issues.

Private funds shaping the future of the planet

Beyond simply being a ‘marketing tool’ or the latest bandwagon to jump on, people are more environmentally and socially-conscious and believe in ESG as a philosophy to apply to their personal, investment and business affairs.

One Billion People Will Be Affected by Rising Temperature

A 4.0°C rise could see nearly half of the world’s population living in areas potentially affected.

Top asset owners’ US$23 trillion the real key to unlocking net zero

According to the research, the development of systems-leadership** practices – those that acknowledge the size and interconnectedness of the climate challenge – will support much-needed innovation and collective action.

Better Planet: Going Beyond Net Zero by 2035

We are focusing on designing efficiencies across all four stages of the life cycle

Swiss foundations: major potential to implement sustainable investing on an ambitious scale

The survey demonstrates a disconnect between the driving motivation for sustainable investing and the ESG investment approaches used.

2021 Annual ESG Manager Survey: The red flag is raised on climate risk

Our 2021 survey results identify that screening is one of the most widely used tools utilised to implement a responsible investment policy in the asset management community.

Most investors could not care less about ESG and sustainability

In fact, less than a third of British investors say COP26 and the UK government’s stance on climate change have accelerated their ESG investment plans to pump capital into sustainable assets.

Choice, consistency, connections and cost: ESG investing and the new ‘governance gap’

Funds with an ‘ESG’ bias are forecast to outnumber conventional funds by 2025.

HSBC Launches Indexes That Screen Firms for Biodiversity Risk

HSBC has pledged up to $1 trillion by 2030 to support climate

Better Planet: Creating More Sustainable Products and Services

In 2020, 65% of our transparency requests were for EPD’s, and 35% were for Declare Labels with 71% of those requests from North America and 29% from various other countries.

Code Red - Asia Pacific’s Time To Go Green

Businesses have both a responsibility and an opportunity to proactively commit to decarbonise.

Peter Harrison: two reasons for post-COP26 optimism

The investment industry must now seize the opportunity to step up, amid a mixed response to the outcome of COP26.

Sustainable Finance in Europe: Regulatory State of Play

Key impacts for banks and capital markets

Planet SOS