Climate change – Page 39
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NewsFinland roundup: Varma cuts fossils; VER returns 4%; Elo 3.6%
Varma’s climate portfolio reaches 12.4% of €50.2bn total assets
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AP1’s new CEO applauds team’s gutsy mindset
Swedish pensions buffer fund matches AP3’s return and narrowly beats AP4 in 2020 with 9.7% gain
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NewsNBIM says axed conferences meant fewer company meetings last year
Pandemic may have strengthened companies’ work on sustainability, says Norway’s SWF
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NewsESG roundup: New carbon pricing call to action launched
Plus: academics find ‘bad’ energy companies better for green innovation; Oxbridge endowment adopts dual mandate
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AP4 sets 2040 net-zero goal after whittling down energy holdings
Swedish buffer fund reports 9.6% return for 2020
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Net-zero asset owner group seeks asset manager blended finance action
De-risking needed to allow investors to ramp up investments in climate mitigation, in both OECD and non-OECD markets
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NewsEC’s sustainable governance play: Asset owners wary of potential snags
A good EU legal framework would help to institutionalise the process of just climate transition, says UK’s LAPFF
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New UK centre aims to ‘transform availability of climate data in finance’
Asset owners lent their backing to the Centre for Greening Finance and Investment
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NewsAP2: Value strategy hit 2020 return, but makes long-term sense
Swedish national pension fund posts 3.5% return — less than half of its long-term average
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NewsShell sets out net-zero plan details, to grant regular shareholder vote
Climate Acton 100+ investors hail announcement and engagement effect; campaign group sees response to shareholder resolution votes
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NewsNorway enlists experts to probe climate opportunities for SWF
More knowledge needed on how the green transition will affect oil fund, says Finance Minister
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NewsPossible IFRS sustainability standards board announcement at COP26
IFRS Foundation trustees flag possible definitive proposal by end of September 2021
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New think tank to scrutinise impact, efficacy of investor engagement
Universal Owner has been set up by former co-founder of InfluenceMap, an NGO
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Climate roundup: APG dumps KEPCO and eight others over coal pursuit
Plus: Aviva Investors announces escalation programme; Smart Pension makes net-zero pledge
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FeaturesPerspective: Targeting net zero
Ambitious ‘net-zero’ carbon reduction goals are the latest in the evolution of asset owners’ engagement with climate change
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NewsInvestment consultants offer guide to assessing their climate competency
‘Trustees need to know their advisers are on the front foot’
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NewsUK government presents pension fund climate risk governance, reporting regs
Requirements largely in line with August 2020 proposals but some helpful tweaks seen
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NewsBlackRock sets out 2021 net-zero support commitments
World’s largest asset manager to disclose temperature alignment metric, adopt ‘heightened scrutiny model’
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Major UK pension funds ask prime minister for net-zero meeting
PRI and investors are paying more attention to ‘real economy policy’ in bid to help drive climate change mitigation
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ECB sets up climate change centre, to invest in new BIS green bond fund
ECB also reveals it is exploring a low carbon benchmark move for fixed income investments in the staff pension fund
