UK working on greenwashing rules for ESG funds
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is consulting on a new Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD).
Natalie Kenway
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Asset owners warn TCFD metrics could lead to ‘carbon washing and fiduciary breaches’
TPI shares feedback to TCFD consultation where it says metrics are too onerous on asset owners
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Axa IM acquires carbon-offsetting platform
Purchased ClimateSeed through its alternatives arm
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Green Dream with Lazard’s Louis Florentin-Lee: Tapping into consumer shifts towards sustainability
Portfolio manager and managing director discusses sustainable consumption, cycling safety and improving building efficiency
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Staycation with EQ’s Victoria Hasler: Hiking in Scotland and leaving no trace
EQ Investors’ head of research says hiking is only sustainable if done responsibly
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Asset managers’ net-zero pledge not enough to combat climate risks
‘There is too much focus on the destination and too little focus on the journey’
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Is the US closer to net zero than Europe?
Results impacted by higher tech weighting in the US and higher materials weighting in Europe
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Credit Suisse and JPMAWM partner for sustainable nutrition strategy
The world’s food systems are responsible for 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions
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AllianzGI expands exclusion policy
Withdraws from coal and controversial weapons
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EU delays phase two of SFDR implementation
Additional detail for SFDR delayed until July 2022
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The innovators key to tomorrow’s prosperity
For World Population Day, Nordea fund managers highlight three themes targeting pressing social issues
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Lack of standardised ESG reporting ‘biggest threat’ to effective disclosure
Businesses are using up to 14 different frameworks to report on ESG