All articles by Sophie Robinson-Tillett
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NewsNet Zero Asset Managers initiative halts activities
UN-backed body removes member commitments in attempt to steady the ship
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NewsBlackRock exits climate alliance
Texas, Alabama and West Virginia are among 11 states to sue BlackRock, alleging its support for decarbonisation efforts had flouted competition rules in the US
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NewsBlackRock distances itself from real-economy decarbonisation efforts
Insiders say asset manager is on the brink of announcing an exit from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative
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NewsCommission sustainable finance advisers release taxonomy proposals
Platform on Sustainable Finance proposes additions to scope of EU Taxonomy, including for certain metals
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AnalysisSustainable finance is braced for its toughest year yet
‘If ever we needed asset owners to be the drivers of responsible investment, it’s in 2025,’ says ShareAction’s Simon Rawson
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NewsBumper month for EU sustainability policy ends with Transition Benchmark proposal
Platform on Sustainable Finance proposes two new Investing for Transition Benchmarks
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NewsCommission asked to make ‘transition’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘collection’ into SFDR categories
Current SFDR categories should be replaced with alternatives that better reflect current range of sustainability-related strategies
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NewsUK receives official advice on national sustainability reporting standards
Sustainability Disclosure Technical Advisory Committee suggests removing restrictions on which sectoral categories investors and banks can use to report emissions
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NewsPGGM ditches responsible investment team with new impact strategy
‘Even though this process required me to give up my old job, I still think it’s a good idea,’ says Piet Klop
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NewsEU urged not to make ‘arbitrary’ cuts to sustainability disclosure rules
Nearly 100 NGOs, think tanks and membership bodies have written to Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
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NewsTwo-thirds of asset owners expect to offset portfolios’ carbon emissions, finds study
Critics arguing that investors and companies that use carbon credits are just buying a license not to reduce their own contribution to climate change
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NewsReputational disaster or ‘badge of honour’? Fund managers split over Aviva’s SFDR fine
Asset manager is first to face enforcement under the rules, but peers are divided on what it means
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NewsAsset owners urged to cut exposure to firms with no Scope 3 target, says NZAOA
Report advises asset owners to take a series of immediate steps to ‘make meaningful progress, while driving public discourse and pushing for regulatory change’
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NewsEU Taxonomy costs hit ‘several million pounds’ for some FIs, finds government research
Financial institutions are more likely than real-economy companies to have already updated their data systems to account for the taxonomy
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NewsEU advisers asked to stay on longer to steer sustainable finance agenda
Platform on Sustainable Finance’s extended mandate will run until the end of March 2025
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NewsABP, Aegon, Phoenix and GPFG named among climate lobbying leaders
Using publicly available information, InfluenceMap scored 30 pension funds and insurers from around the globe
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NewsEU should centralise ESG disclosures to cut costs for investors, says think tank
The cost of disclosing sustainability information under European Union regulation could be slashed by €5bn, according to a German think-tank. Theia Finance Labs, a spin-off from 2° Investing Initiative (2DII), has published a series of suggestions for how European policymakers could make reporting rules significantly less expensive for the private ...
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NewsUK government consults on green taxonomy
Government says in consultation paper that it is ‘committed to learning the lessons from taxonomy implementation in other jurisdictions’
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NewsWhat the Mansion House speech means for green finance in the UK
Government reinstated the Bank of England’s mandate to support sustainable finance and updated remit letters of key regulators to refer to the need for investment in the green transition
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NewsShareholder engagement drives human rights improvements at companies, finds research
Companies improve their human rights credentials 15% faster when they are subject to shareholder engagement, says WBA
