News & Analysis
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News
Invesco appoints head of EMEA sustainable and impact investing distribution
Arun Kelshiker is tasked with helping to mobilise capital in sustainable and impact-focused investment strategies
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News
Aegon to apply Sustainability Focus SDR label to two funds
Three of Aegon’s ethical funds will remain unlabelled with sustainable characteristics
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Analysis
Sustainable fund flows: Challenges, opportunities and the road ahead
Fund selectors reflect on fund flows into sustainable strategies, barbell approaches to investment, and where they will be allocating to in 2025
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Interviews
New Era: Biggest challenge for fund buyers is responding to the huge amount of change in sustainable investing
EdenTree’s Charlie Thomas explains why he would put a mandatory pause on all further regulation
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PA Future Committee
Urgency and agency
Rebecca Kowalski says junior professionals have the capacity to maximise the potential of sustainable finance
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News
Cyber resiliency should be a ‘top priority’ for investors
Railpen and RLAM’s latest report provides guidance for investors on cybersecurity risks
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News & Analysis
Global sustainable equities outlook 2025: Volatility will create opportunities
Even though managers highlight Trump may withdraw from sustainable initiatives, opportunities remain in green energy, healthcare and industrials
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News
Cazenove to utilise SDR Sustainability Focus label across three funds
Aiming to give clients ‘confidence in the integrity and robustness’ of its sustainable investment approach
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Transition & Decarbonisation
Systemic shifts in the global energy transition: What does this mean for investors?
MainStreet Partners’ Allegra Ianiri explores why the green transition has the potential to become the defining growth story of the century
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News
Investors back resolution to scrutinise Shell over LNG business
Liquified natural gas could have a greenhouse gas footprint that is 33% worse than coal
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Opinion
M&G’s Praveg Patil: Bridging the water gap
With nearly 800 million people lacking access to clean drinking water, individual governments cannot tackle this crisis alone
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News
GFANZ restructures and shifts focus as more firms leave sub-alliances
The organisation drops the requirement to align with the Paris Agreement in order to participate
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Analysis
Regulatory outlook 2025: Could upheaval lead to overload?
PA Future asked regulatory experts what to expect in 2025 as CSRD comes into force, SDR beds in, and SFDR is set for adjustments
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Transition & Decarbonisation
New Era: There is a once-in-a-century opportunity to transform our economy in 2025
Gravis’ Ed Simpson on the biggest challenges for government surrounding electricity grids and a step change in investment
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News & Analysis
How can fund managers tackle the plastic pollution investment gap?
In the absence of a legally binding treaty, engagement and transparency are key
Data
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Research (EU)
Majority of large-cap companies fail to quantify impacts of their decarbonisation efforts
Several sectors also rely on controversial decarbonisation levers according to the Clarity AI study
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EU
One-fifth of companies ready to report in line with TNFD recommendations by 2025
The TNFD are expected to unveil the next cohort of adopters at London Climate Action Week
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Research (EU)
Two-thirds of companies ‘very confident’ about reporting in line with CSRD
PwC report said CSRD will unearth the companies leading on sustainability
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EU
US tech giants ignore savers’ calls to address AI risks
As pension savers become more wary of the ethical and operational risks of artificial intelligence
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Research (EU)
KPMG: Just 29% of companies are ready for ESG data verification
‘The goal line is continually evolving,’ says report from KPMG
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Opinion (EU)
ESG remains largely neutral, even for online investors
Morningstar’s behavioural scientists research investor use of ESG terminology online
Climate & Planet
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News & Analysis
Global sustainable equities outlook 2025: Volatility will create opportunities
Even though managers highlight Trump may withdraw from sustainable initiatives, opportunities remain in green energy, healthcare and industrials
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News & Analysis
How can fund managers tackle the plastic pollution investment gap?
In the absence of a legally binding treaty, engagement and transparency are key
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Interviews
New Era: Our asset manager engagement is lifting stewardship ambitions and long-term value creation
Louisiana Salge shares the ‘triumphs’ in from asset manager voting records, and a COP Christmas wish
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News & Analysis
‘Sustainability has certainly not passed its peak’
CEOs at Edelman Smithfield Investment Summit discuss greenhushing and regulation for real-world outcomes
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Themes
Boutique Capital Partners announces SCC partnership to protect bird wildlife
This collaboration aims to conserve the puffin population in Scotland
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Interviews
Q&A with First Sentier Investors’ Turner: With modern slavery in every single supply chain, engagement is key
Kate Turner speaks to PA Future about lack of support for human rights victims, and where there is good practice in identifying modern slavery in supply chains
PA Future Committee
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PA Future Committee
Urgency and agency
Rebecca Kowalski says junior professionals have the capacity to maximise the potential of sustainable finance
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PA Future Committee
What’s in a label?: The double-edged sword of SDR labelling
Although SDR cannot be considered a damp squib, it needs to evolve with industry feedback and practical realities, writes Jake Moeller
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PA Future Committee
The legacy and future of ‘ESG’
‘ESG’ as a term is no longer in vogue, but it could still be used for data purposes, writes CFA Institute’s Chris Fidler
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PA Future Committee
Electricity: The past five years – and the future
While it has been a sunnier picture for renewables overall, the picture is more nuanced for other areas, writes Liontrust’s Appleby
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PA Future Committee
Transition will not stop despite being de-prioritised
Hortense Bioy says there are still reasons to be optimistic despite COP29 outcome
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PA Future Committee
Turning the page on the UK Stewardship Code
Carlota Esguevillas reflects on the strengths of the current Code, and details what EdenTree would like to see in its next iteration