More than 40 countries have committed to stop using coal at the COP26 climate summit.
A number of French banks have announced new commitments on divesting from fossil fuels at Climate Finance Day, hosted in Paris by Finance for Tomorrow.
Trium Sustainable Innovators have launched the Leonie & Norman Institute, a new think tank focused on advocating ESG best practice within the asset management industry.
Schroders has announced that it has joined the Natural Capital Investment Alliance.
State Street Global Advisors has said it will change its Europe equity ESG ETF to include SRI criteria.
Impact Shares has launched the Impact Shares MSCI Global Climate Select ETF in partnership with the United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF).
Yannik Bofinger of the University of Giessen explains why fund managers risk looking like they have inferior investment skill when they choose to invest sustainably. As a result, he calls for a new and more holistic approach to evaluate fund investment skill.
The International Financial Reporting Foundation Standards Foundation (IFRS) has launched the International Sustainability Standards Board.
The UK Chancellor will set out the UK’s plans to become the world’s first net zero aligned financial centre as he hosts Finance Day at COP26 today.
Most thematic funds fail to include adequate ESG criteria according to research from MSCI.