Sustainability
In-depth reporting on sustainability and its impact on investments for our pension fund and asset management readers from IPE’s award-winning journalists
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NewsDanish quartet invests €214m in bonds targeting UN goals
PFA, PKA, P+ and PenSam anchor new loss-guaranteed fund alongside government agency, with Danish SDG Investment Fund II aiming to raise DKK5bn in all
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NewsIFRS Foundation helps companies identify sustainability-related risks
The new guide aims to encourage more integrated thinking on a company’s impact on its wider value chain
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NewsBaillie Gifford ditches climate collaborations over ‘contested membership’
‘Our membership has become contested, and this risks distracting from our core responsibilities,’ the firm says
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NewsChurch investors push for faith-aligned investments
The Church Investors Group has called on asset managers to have ‘more room for faith’ as it publishes new guide to faith-consistent investing
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NewsABP president named top climate leader in Time magazine
Harmen van Wijnen is the only pension executive in the Time100 Climate 2024
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NewsUN expert group calls for major financial transformation to meet climate goals
Independent High Level Expert Group (IHLEG) on Climate Finance has urged for a greater focus on catalytic and blended finance
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Let’s talk about responsible investment due diligence
Eilidh Wagstaff, senior specialist for multi-asset in the Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) investor guidance team, takes stock of what’s working and what isn’t in responsible investment due diligence
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AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: COP29 dubbed ‘Finance COP’
Plus: Church Commissioners’ message on policies supporting 1.5°C pathway; NZAOA discloses portfolio decarbonisation of 80 asset owners
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NewsEU to use de-risking tools to encourage investors to finance green industrial deal
Commissioner-designate Stéphane Séjourné says ‘winning the investment battle is all about making sure public investment drives the real economy’
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NewsReport analyses 1000+ private-sector climate policies
Helena Viñes Fiestas, co-chair of the Taskforce on Net Zero Policy, says ‘the voice of long-term asset owners isn’t being properly heard’
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NewsISSB reports progress in global sustainability reporting
More than 1,000 companies worldwide have reported on their sustainability impact using the ISSB norms
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NewsGovernments and investors call for some coal projects to be labelled ‘transition finance’
The Coal Transition Commission has published recommendations to accelerate the shift from coal to clean energy in line with the goals of Paris Agreement
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NewsISSB research maps diversity in BEES, human capital reporting
This diversity could open the door to ISSB consolidating this landscape through its policy of setting a global baseline in sustainability disclosures
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NewsChurch Commissioners urge governments to enact policies supporting 1.5°C pathway
NZAOA wants to see countries submit ambitious Nationally Determined Contributions in line with the 1.5°C pathway
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NewsCA100+ drives climate targets but not decarbonisation, finds research
Analysis looks at whether climate improvements made by listed companies are the result of collaborative stewardship efforts, or simply a reflection of a broader global trend
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NewsEU finance candidate to fight greenwashing and deepen capital markets
Maria Luís Albuquerque will provide a more detailed outline towards the end of the year
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NewsISSB delays decision on IFRS S1 ‘connectivity’ changes
‘Most people are supportive of this direction of travel,’ says Sue Lloyd
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NewsWHEB urges investors to be honest about unsuccessful corporate engagement
Report observes a tendency for many investors to take a ‘fire-and-forget’ approach to engagement
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NewsL&G master trust trustees make first move to analyse nature-related dependencies
The report formally recognises the links that climate change has with nature and biodiversity loss, as well as people and society.
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AnalysisWhat happened at COP16?
Major deals were postponed at a UN summit as investors and the private sector busied themselves on the sidelines
