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Climate Change
Global institutional big-hitters join climate change asset allocation study
Numbers swell for Mercer-led future strategy projections project.
March 2010
Fink-backed Earth Capital Partners hires team for sustainable agriculture launches
Managers join from IBIS Asset Management.
January 2010
APG, PGGM and USS create index of greenest property companies
Launch follows disappointing environmental reporting levels found by survey.
January 2010
Investors herald new SEC corporate climate disclosure guidelines
Companies to report on business-wide risks and opportunities of climate management.
January 2010
British Telecom pension scheme puts £75m into new UK green tech fund
Investment in Hermes-run portion of government innovation fund.
January 2010
IFC and S&P launch low carbon index for emerging markets
Initiative supported by DFID and Global Environment Facility.
December 2009
Investor delegations address Poznań UN climate change conference
Poland conference is final stage before Copenhagen successor to Kyoto.
December 2008
Insurers failing to tackle investments under ClimateWise Principles
Reports says clean tech and carbon emissions initiatives seeing better progress.
November 2008
Prince Charles to propose ‘pension plan for the planet’
Plan follows discussions with institutional investors.
November 2008
Multi trillion dollar investor coalition unites to lobby governments on emissions targets
Call comes ahead of major Poznan and Copenhagen climate change summits.
November 2008
Investors push politicians for Bali post-2012 climate action
Letter urges Bali delegates to outline framework for reducing carbon and promoting future greenhouse gas solutions.
December 2007
Time is ripe for institutional carbon investment says major industry report
Reports analyses return prospects for carbon abatement sectors.
December 2007
Prince Charles leads ‘P8’ pensions powerhouse on climate change
RI Exclusive: Low-profile group of the world’s biggest pension funds to act on investment strategies against global warming.
December 2007
The real Copenhagen outcome hangs on this month’s voluntary country emissions targets
Economy wide targets must be submitted to UN by Jan 31.
January 2010
ATP CEO speaks: making a one billion euro Copenhagen statement
Danish pension fund chief Rohde says pension funds need to be first movers on climate change investments.
December 2009
Copenhagen climate summit frames investment choices
Survey of 64 developing-country financial institutions (FIs)
October 2009
An investor’s look ahead to Copenhagen
Investors need a common playing field with clear long-term rules of the game in terms of greenhouse gases.
October 2009
ERAFP chief talks about the growth of France’s €6.5bn 100% SRI pension fund
Asset diversification and more corporate activism top the to-do list of ERAFP managing director, Philippe Desfossés
September 2009
Canadian investors rise to RI challenge despite legal limbo
Support for ESG considerations high, but caution on fiduciary responsibilities.
July 2009
Green New Deals for new green investment
What could the various green global economic stimuli mean for institutional investors?
April 2009
ATP chief outlines appetite for future climate change investments
Giant Danish fund expects to commit more after initial clean tech/renewables and sustainable forestry investments.
March 2009
Rachel Kyte, IFC: P8, Who cares wins and green investing in developing countries
IFC leads call for investor action to spur on Copenhagen agreement this year.
February 2009
RI interview: Amy Domini on Obama, SRI returns and clipping hedge funds
After a decade ‘out-of-kilter’, Domini believes SRI strategies are in tune with the new US regime.
February 2009
From Poznan to Copenhagen: policy makers look to investors on climate change policy
Chance now for investors to feed into the negotiating process.
February 2009
Crisis to opportunity: policy suggestions for the inauguration of the Obama administration
Stronger governance, investor rights and a green-based economic revival.
January 2009
Impax: the UK fund manager blazing a green trail
Annual AUM growth of 25% in the last five years as environmental specialism pays off.
December 2008
Climate change investing for pension funds – commercial decision or altruism?
By acting on climate change, schemes can help to protect returns from existing and future investments.
November 2008
How to help institutional investors support the UN Green New Deal
Tax breaks and co-investment could really swing investors behind the climate change fight.
October 2008
France’s FRR: blue skies thinking on engagement and ESG manager selection
Reserve fund breaks the mould with planned corporate engagements and forthcoming ESG advisory hire.
October 2008
Ceres: the US investor coalition advising the UN, lobbying the SEC and investing $10bn in renewables
Ceres President, Mindy Lubber, explains how US policy is coming around to its way of thinking on the environment.
July 2008
The importance of responsible investment: Views from the New Zealand Superannuation Fund
How New Zealand runs its NZ$13.5 bn (€6.8bn) national pension fund to protect the country’s reputation.
May 2008
Australian super funds get rated on climate change
SuperRatings launches ‘Infinity Award’ to rate funds taking climate change seriously.
April 2008
Foundations: $600bn of assets that need to get active
Why foundations should use the markets to support their philanthropic work.
March 2008
Sub-prime and carbon: an eerie similarity
Supporting renewable energy is a first step, but banks must also come clean about fossil fuel financing.
March 2008
What does Bali mean for institutional investors?
Agreement on a ‘roadmap’ for a post-Kyoto climate agreement gives carbon trading a longer perspective. How should institutional investors react?
January 2008
Carbon: a new asset class?
Investors are already testing the potential of markets in greenhouse gas emissions, but what are the risks and how can they be avoided?
December 2007