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Renewable energy
British Telecom pension scheme puts £75m into new UK green tech fund
Investment in Hermes-run portion of government innovation fund.
January 2010
Prince Charles to propose ‘pension plan for the planet’
Plan follows discussions with institutional investors.
November 2008
World Bank aims to structure joint climate change products with pension funds
Bank examines asset allocation with pension funds to find appropriate products.
November 2008
US Senate committee proposes commodities bar to pension funds over $500m
Endowments and sovereign wealth funds also targeted in bid to combat ‘skyrocketing’ energy and food prices.
June 2008
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
Copenhagen climate summit frames investment choices
Survey of 64 developing-country financial institutions (FIs)
October 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
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
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