All posts tagged "ASSET OWNERS"

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  The ESG Interview: Holding Auditors to Account

  Tim Bush, Head of Governance and Financial Analysis at PIRC, explains why asset owners should scrutinise audit relationships more closely.

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  Plans to Unleash Sustainable Infrastructure Flows Accelerate

  An initiative is working to standardise the asset class with a labelling framework, blended finance options and public-private partnerships.

• Industry

  Less Than Half of Asset Owners Aligning with Two-Degree Climate Goal

  GHG emissions from finance sector’s investing, lending and underwriting activities are on average 700 times higher than direct emissions, says CDP.

• Asia-Pacific

  Australian Super Fund Body Launches Climate Change Policy

  The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is seeking the integration of climate change risk in super fund investment strategies.

• Commentary

  ICYMI, 2030 is the New 2050

  But Biden’s summit was not the perfect argument for every day being Earth Day.

• Americas

  Pension Funds Increasingly Align with Beneficiaries’ ESG Preferences, says PRI

  New guide advises asset owners on how to integrate preferences into investment decision making.

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  The ESG Interview: Tougher Membership Rules in PRI’s ‘Big Tent’

  CEO Fiona Reynolds says growing size will not diminish ambition, as PRI intensifies focus on impact.

• Features

  ICYMI, We Still Can’t Tell Leaders from Laggards

  Investors face difficult choices this AGM season, but they're far from alone.

• EMEA

  ‘Brown’ Investments Risk Larger Losses from Transition Shocks

  ESMA finds green funds less exposed to systemic network risks; TPI releases flagship transition report.

• Fund Solutions

  New Guide Assesses Managers’ ‘Climate-Voting’ Credentials

  Asset owners call for greater transparency on climate-related processes and policies to inform engagement during 2021 proxy voting season.