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FTSE Russell launches All-World ex Coal indexes

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... support our customers' requirements as they increasingly seek to define, measure and model the industrial transition to a Low Carbon or 'Green' Economy". FTSE Russell is also developing custom ex-coal products that will be in line with impending legislation ...

Inflection Point Capital Management launches Zero Carbon

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... Point Capital Management's research and investment process, with a mix of best-in-class fossil fuel-based companies, low carbon solution providers, innovative carbon reduction technologies and solutions and so-called "transitioning companies" - companies ...

Climate-aligned bond universe reaches $597.7bn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015  |  NEWS
... - constituting 32% of the overall growth, while 40% was due to climate-aligned rail issuance. The report found that low carbon transport constituted the lion's share of climate-aligned bond issuance, at US$418.8 billion, or 70% of the total, followed ...

CDP, ClientEarth, CDSB in plea to UK's FRC

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... considerable and material climate risks, and that factors including legislative and policy changes, and the growth of the low carbon sector need to be integrated into current investment decisions. Under UK law, incorporated businesses are required to ...

Early stages for ESG-factor investing: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015  |  NEWS
... change considerations. Northern Trust recently released a research paper outlining the Northern Trust World Quality Low Carbon solution, which uses their proprietary Northern Trust Quality Score (NTQS) to construct low carbon portfolios. The Northern ...

IGCC, peers launch Investor Platform for Climate Actions

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2015  |  NEWS
... intensities in portfolios; engagement with companies; and reallocation of capital from emissions intensive activities to low carbon assets. The platform will identify and record the broad range of climate actions, and it is hoped that it will play a ...

Investor groups publish climate change investment guide

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... mitigation investment actions - actions for reducing carbon exposure in portfolios, along with opportunities to invest in low carbon, clean energy and energy efficient assets, [and] adaptation investment actions - actions to reduce the vulnerability ...

Investors integrating ESG in quant portfolios: Northern Trust

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... solution that addresses the societal problem, but it might not address your performance. The appeal of the Northern Trust Low Carbon Optimised Index strategies is that they can address investors need for performance in line with a broad market cap emerging ...

BP shareholders pass Aiming for A climate risk resolution

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... reporting with information around "operational emissions management, asset portfolio resilience against 2035 scenarios, low carbon energy R&D and investment, executive incentivisation during the low carbon transition, and public policy activity relating ...

Northern Trust opens Australia/NZ asset management office

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2015  |  NEWS
... includes the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom ESG Equity Index Fund, the Northern Trust Emerging Markets Custom Low Carbon Optimised Equity Index Fund and the Northern Trust World Custom ESG Equity Index Fund. In the Australia/NZ region, Northern ...