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Investors up the ante on company biodiversity risks

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023  |  NEWS
A global cohort of 190 institutional investors representing $23.6 trillion in assets under management have sent letters to 100 companies it will engage on nature and biodiversity loss across eight key sectors. Participants in global investor engagement ...

Transition Pathway Initiative appoints new chairs as founder steps down

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023  |  NEWS
David Russell, former head of responsible investment for the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS), the UK's largest pensions fund, has been named the new chair of the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) board. Jake Barnett, managing director ...

New net zero bondholder stewardship guidance: IIGCC

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has published its Net Zero Bondholder Stewardship Guidance, offering corporate bondholders a foundational framework towards corporate bondholder stewardship. The guidance focuses on bondholder ...

IIGCC, TPI Centre launch Bank Net Zero Standard

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023  |  NEWS
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) and other stakeholders has launched a Net Zero Standard for Banks alongside a Banking Assessment Framework setting out investor expectations on the transition to net zero. Over 25 investors ...

Ninety One hires sustainability director

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2022  |  NEWS
Global investment manager Ninety One has named a new sustainability director. Daisy Streatfeild comes to the global active fund manager from the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), where she served as programme director. As sustainability ...

Banks' role in global decarbonisation under spotlight

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 12 AUG 2021  |  NEWS
Banks are uniquely exposed to the risks of climate change, but uniquely placed to drive the transition to a low carbon future, according to Aviva Investors. "Banks are essential for the global economy," said Aviva Investors senior ESG analyst Richard ...

Macquarie Asset Management joins net zero initiative

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021  |  NEWS
The Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative has signed more than 40 new participants, agreeing to achieve 2030 emissions reductions and net zero by 2050 or sooner. The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative now has a total of 73 signatories representing US$32 ...

DWS to use advisory board to accelerate ESG activity

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 18 DEC 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager DWS will use an ESG advisory board to provide additional advice on how the fund manager can accelerate sustainability activities as part of its investment activities. Every organisation can get very internally focused, and you need ...

DWS Group Appoints ESG Advisory Board

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020  |  NEWS
Global fund manager DWS Group has established an ESG Advisory Board that will advise the CEO and executive board on the acceleration of its ESG strategy. The new six-person advisory board will complement DWS's in-house expertise in ESG, the firm ...

Impact Investment Group names head of investor relations

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 30 OCT 2020  |  NEWS
Impact Investment Group (IIG) has named Amanda Goodman head of capital raising and investor relations. Goodman joined IIG in 2014 as one of the fund's early hires. She has previously worked as head of syndication. The new title "reflects how Amanda's ...
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