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5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Close to 5000 European funds being marketed as ESG hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Close to 5000 funds being marketed as ESG in Europe hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Analysing ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... he served as deputy chief investment officer at the $3.2 trillion foreign exchange reserve. He is currently a member of the ESG Advisory Council of Novata, a company that empowers the collection, analysis, benchmarking and reporting of ESG data in private ...

Green moves: RIAA, Ownership Matters, Pollination Group

ELIZABETH FRY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... Matters, a boutique proxy voting advisory service and governance researcher. Kuhadas' departure follows that of Cbus' head of ESG Integration Talieh Williams who resigned last month to take up a similar role at BGH Capital. "It was a privilege working ...

CEFC gives $160m to sustainable real estate credit projects

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... that between 2020 and 2050 embodied carbon will be responsible for close to half of all new construction emissions. Detailed ESG reporting requirements will be set out for individual borrowers, which will also support the development of sustainable finance ...

Active Super to pay $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Active Super's greenwashing will cost it $10.5 million in civil penalties for misleading members about its ESG credentials purported to eliminate investments in Russian companies and others involved in mining and tobacco, the Federal Court determined. ...

Decoding Trump 2.0 and the impact on ESG investing

MANS CARLSSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
US President Donald Trump has signed numerous executive orders, including the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, a repeal of elements of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Inflation reduction Act), repeal of federal DEI (diversity, equity and ...

Glass Lewis acquires investment stewardship platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
Global corporate governance data provider Glass Lewis has acquired a Stockholm-based technology platform to enhance institutional-level investment stewardship data and workflows. Purchasing Esgaia will accelerate Glass Lewis' strategy to more holistically ...

ESG funds third-best performing asset class

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
ESG-focused managed funds were the third-best performing asset class in the year to January 2025, achieving a 17.7% return on a median basis, new Rainmaker Information data shows. International equities in large caps and international equities in emerging ...

CFA Institute scrubs 'ESG' from ESG certificate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
The CFA Institute is dropping 'ESG' from the name of its Certificate in ESG Investing. The CFA Institute's Certificate in ESG Investing will be renamed the Sustainable Investing Certificate from April 8. According to the CFA Institute: "Since ...

Family offices share sustainable investment preferences

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025  |  NEWS
... to the survey are invested in solar power generation assets, and 22% are looking to. About 24% are looking to improve the ESG credentials of commercial property, while 16% are looking to invest in this. The survey found just 10% are invested in environmental ...