Banken e.a. financiële instellingen en institutionele beleggers

The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched new guidance on active ownership, aligning to Principle 2 of the PRI, which encourages PRI signatories to be active owners and incorporate ESG issues into their ownership policies and practices, including engagement […] lees meer

A new report by Boston Common Asset Management, Banking on a Low-Carbon Future, which examines climate management by 59 of the world’s largest banks has found urgent shortcomings that threaten to undermine efforts to support the transition to a low-carbon economy. Despite […] lees meer

Duurzaamheidsscores voor beleggingsfondsen zijn een populair instrument voor beleggers, maar zij geven een onjuist beeld. Duurzaamheid valt namelijk nog niet in een eenduidig beoordelingscijfer te vangen, schrijft Andrew Howard, Hoofd Sustainable Research en ESG-specialist bij Schroders. Duurzaamheidsscores schieten als paddenstoelen uit de grond […] lees meer

Hare Majesteit Koningin Máxima houdt maandag 12 maart in het Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen (KIT) in Amsterdam een toespraak bij het symposium ‘Power of Partnerships – making finance work for women entrepreneurs’, georganiseerd door de Nederlandse Ontwikkelingsbank (FMO) en […] lees meer

Scientists at the City University of New York and Harvard University are using Dutch pension fund PGGM as a guinea pig to test metrics they’ve designed for sustainable investing. Their study of a $2.1 billion PGGM portfolio managed by UBS […] lees meer

The global community has spoken loud and clear: more resources must be mobilised to end extreme poverty and mitigate the effects of climate change. Blended finance – an approach to mix different forms of capital in support of development – […] lees meer

Sir David Attenborough’s recent BBC documentary ‘Blue Planet II’ not only provided lush underwater vistas and wonder at the diversity of usually hidden life, but also highlighted serious ecological issues. Perhaps the most striking of these is the plastic that […] lees meer

Climate change is a real financial risk, but the risk depends on the complex evolution of climate policy, technology, and the climate system. CICERO’s new climate scenario guide explains how investors can use scenarios to evaluate different financial risks. “Many […] lees meer

Tijdens de Climate Finance Summit van The Financial Times die afgelopen dinsdag (6 februari) werd gehouden in New York, was Ronald Wuijster, CEO van APG Asset Management, een van de hoofdsprekers. Ook had hij een gesprek met voormalig Vice President […] lees meer

MSCI published a reasearch report with the ESG Trends for 2018. Whether it is policy, technological or climactic change, companies face an onslaught of challenges that are happening sooner and more dramatically than many can anticipate.  Investors in turn are […] lees meer