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The majority of investors now view climate change as a “material risk”, according to a survey of asset managers and owners whose collective assets exceed $14...
Divesting from fossil fuels is a compelling win-win for investors and claims of underperformance are wrong, writes Ominder Dhillon of Impax Asset Management. Pressure is building on...
Harvard Management Company (HMC), the finance arm of the prestigious US university, has hired its first vice-president for sustainable investing. In a newly created role, Jameela...
Alex Blackburne outlines 10 signs that suggest sustainable investment – incorporating social, environmental and financial returns – is on its way to becoming a mainstream strategy...
An Australian activist who allegedly created a fake press release that caused a $300m drop in a major coal company’s share price has been released on...
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has pulled its entire investment in mining firm Excellon Resources Inc, which has been previously involved in clashes with...
Sustainability is to be placed at the core of the Australian National University’s (ANU) investment strategy, but it’s unclear whether this means the institution will divest...
Clare Brook of WHEB Asset Management ponders whether our efforts to prevent the worst impacts of climate change are too late. This piece originally featured in...
Six Greenpeace activists are in the process of climbing the Shard, London and Europe’s tallest skyscraper, in protest against Shell’s exploration in the vulnerable Arctic. But...
Billionaire asset manager and philanthropist Tom Steyer has asked US senator David Vitter to donate the campaign contributions he received from fossil fuel companies to charity....
The EU’s commissioner for climate change has urged three large development banks to stop investing in fossil fuels and to instead promote renewable energy in the...
Bill McKibben and his team at 350.org have done something that at one point it seemed inconceivable the environmental movement would ever do again. He has...
Storebrand, a major Norwegian pension fund and life insurance firm, has divested from 19 fossil fuel companies to ensure “long-term stable returns” – as these stocks,...
Dutch pension fund PFZW has decided to exclude tobacco from its portfolio, after its attempts to pressure the industry to address social and environmental concerns failed. The investor announced that...