All articles by Susanna Rust – Page 44
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Special ReportStandard-setting on reporting takes next step
A route to global standards for corporate sustainability reporting might at last be emerging
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ERAFP wins jury’s prize in climate reporting awards
French government-backed awards aim to recognise and promote advances in climate reporting
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NewsESG roundup: BlackRock backs IFRS standards board proposal
Plus: TCFD looks into ’implied temperature rise’ metric, investors engage with miners on indigenous community rights
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Brunel chooses three for £1.2bn sustainable equities fund
Strategy goes beyond ESG risk to target exposure to companies providing sustainability solutions
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UK standards body delivers second sustainable finance ‘specification’
‘PAS 7341’ distinguishes between, and sets requirements for responsible investment management and sustainable investment management
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NewsMPs warned about DB sponsor cost hit from proposed funding rules
Pension Schemes Bill due to be scrutinised by the Public Bill Committee in the House of Commons next week
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PRI consults on new three-year strategy, real-world outcomes key
Consultation open until 25 November, with final strategy to come into effect in April 2021
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NewsNearly two-thirds of listed DB sponsors have warned on profits this year
UK-listed DB sponsors are concentrated in industrial and consumer discretionary FTSE sectors
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CERN pension fund CEO to step down
Eyton-Jones plans to relocate from Switzerland to the UK next year
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Asset managers split over UK corporate TCFD reporting rule approach
Aviva backs comply-or-explain rather than mandatory route, but with annual AGM vote
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ESG roundup: Northern LGPS targets ‘100% Paris alignment’
Plus: More consolidation in ESG data market; Banking group seeks civil society input
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PRI kicks off multi-year human rights programme
Move encouraged by observation that UN Guiding Principles ‘a focal point around which policy around the world is converging’
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NewsPension funds and the EU’s inaugural SURE bonds
Some contributed to a record order book, some did not
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NewsUK regulator delivers superfund guidance for trustees, sponsors
Guidance follows the announcement of an interim regime for superfunds in the summer
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New DB consolidator targets UK’s small schemes
Stoneport bids to serve as ‘wider solution to address inherent structural issue of sub-scale schemes’
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International sustainable finance forum starts taxonomy work, gains IMF
EU and China co-led working group to draw up ‘common ground taxonomy’
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News‘Dramatic’ rise in factor investing fixed income applicability belief – study
Belief is now near-universal, compared with 70% last year and 62% in 2018 edition of Invesco’s global factor investing study
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UK pensions regulator proposes to shift focus to DC
15 years after TPR was formed, most DB schemes are closed to new members
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PLSA outlines action plan to facilitate climate-aware investing
Recommendations for action include joint industry-government work to ‘achieve a common language and taxonomy ahead of COP26’
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NewsClara-Pensions gains CPPIB-owned Wilton Re as capital partner
US life reinsurance company joins Sixth Street as investor in superfund
