Chris Hall
OCTOBER 5, 2022
Role of active stewardship across environmental and social themes emphasised at ESG Risk & Investment Asia 2022. . An investor’s decision to divest “doesn’t mean an end to all ESG-focused engagement with that company”, according to Eric Nietsch, Head of Sustainable Investing for Asia at Manulife Investment Management. .
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 13, 2023
Pension fund makes case for divestment, against backdrop of increasingly positive climate policy across major markets. In response, PME has divested from fossil fuel investments and redirected the funds towards the energy transition by focusing on solar and wind projects.
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Chris Hall
OCTOBER 5, 2022
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will closely monitor funds’ use of incoming green investment labels, potentially stopping asset managers from using them in the event of misuse. . I really want you to make sure that this is not about just divestment. ESG really is about good business practice. It is about long term.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 12, 2022
That’s the finding of Newton Investment Management’s 2022 Charity Investment Survey , which notes that charities continue to acknowledge and embrace ESG investment factors, primarily at the prompting of trustees. Risk appetite fall. Engagement to the fore.
Richard Matthews
FEBRUARY 7, 2022
Private equity investments often demand long holding periods to allow for a turnaround of a distressed company or a liquidity event such as an IPO or sale to a public. Sustainable and Responsible Impact Investing in the US. SRI and Impact Investing to Combat Climate Change. International Impact Investing Challenge.
Chris Hall
MARCH 22, 2023
With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warning this week of the growing risk of significant near-term climate change impacts unless rapid changes are made, global displacement from extreme weather events looks set to grow.
Chris Hall
MAY 5, 2023
Despite many pension funds declaring their frustration at laggardly transition planning in the sector, as engagement yields limited results, divestment still seems to be the hardest word. As such, it is a concern that the blueprint for a state-level ban on integrating ESG factors into investment decisions was passed in Florida this week.
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