Beyond compliance: How can businesses lead in climate and sustainability in 2025?
EcoAct CEO, Stuart Lemmon, identifies key trends that will shape corporate sustainability in 2025 for businesses
Michael Nelson
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Is Trump King Carbon or King Canute?
As Donald Trump is inaugurated for the second time, many worry that it’s an ill portent for sustainability in the US
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BlackRock fund becomes first to use Sustainability Improvers SDR label
The BFM Brown to Green Materials fund seeks to invest in materials companies essential for the low carbon transition
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Global risk outlook ‘bleak’ as environmental concerns soar
State-based armed conflict, pollution and extreme weather events feature among major global risks over the next two years
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Premier Miton EMs fund to use Sustainability Impact label
Managed by Fiona Manning and William Scholes
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Liontrust to adopt Sustainability Focus label on 10 funds
The funds manage £8.5bn of assets
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China to launch inaugural overseas sovereign green bond in London
The first in a series of Chinese green sovereign issuances in the UK in 2025
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Investors set to progressively incorporate nature data into their decision-making process
Nature data architecture at the asset level is growing, according to an inaugural study from ISS STOXX’s Natural Capital Research Institute
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Grameen Crédit Agricole Foundation and partners launch climate fund to empower women
The Women Empowerment for Climate fund is aiming to raise $100m for adaptation projects in Asia and Africa
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NZAM suspends activities in the wake of BlackRock’s exit
The initiative will conduct a review to ensure it remains ‘fit for purpose in the new global context’
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Aegon to close its UK Sustainable Opportunities fund due to weak growth
Co-fund managers, Audrey Ryan and Sajeer Ahmed, will remain at the firm
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Fixed income outlook 2025: Ample opportunity for sustainable active managers
Green and social bond markets expected to continue to grow in 2025, but serious questions around the survival of sustainability-linked instruments