ESG
How Investment Management Is Helping Increase Sustainability
AdventHealth CIO Rob Roy is leading a team working to make the system more flexible and better prepared for climate-related stresses.
Norges Bank Reports Early Signs of Success in 1st Year of Climate Action Plan
A growing number of portfolio companies held by Norway’s $1.5 trillion sovereign wealth fund are adopting net-zero targets.
Commentary: Energy Transition Wave to Dominate Investment Landscape
A huge wave of change will create substantial risk and opportunity for institutional investors across geographies, sectors and asset classes.
NYC Comptroller: Major Banks Neglect Their Own Net Zero Goals
Three of the city’s pension funds filed shareholder proposals seeking greater fossil-fuel transparency at six of the largest banks in North America.
Ontario Teachers’ Seeks Greater Accountability, Transparency in 2024 Proxy Season
The $184 billion pension giant is asking its portfolio companies to improve their climate-change risk management.
NYC-Led Investor Group Pans Starbucks’ Workers’ Rights Assessment
According to New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, a lack of worker input was among four main concerns with the evaluation.
Institutional Investor Group Urges Asset Managers to Deliver on Climate Strategies
A U.N.-backed alliance with $9.5 trillion in AUM warns that the entire global economic system is at risk from climate change.
New York City Pension Funds Report Calls 2023 ‘Difficult Year’ for Shareholder Proposals
Climate-related initiatives struggled due to a ‘well-funded backlash’ from conservative interest groups.
Oklahoma Retiree Files Injunction to Stop Anti-ESG Bill
The complaint claims the 2022 law not only violates the US and Oklahoma constitutions, but that that the financial costs to the state are ‘monumental.’
Canada’s CDPQ Invests C$200M in Swedish EV Battery Developer
The investment will go toward the construction of a lithium-ion gigafactory in Quebec.
UAE Plans $30B Climate Fund With Partners BlackRock, Brookfield, TPG
Rockefeller Foundation Pledges to Go Net Zero by 2050
UN’s Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Proposes Climate Engagement Guidelines
CalPERS Pledges to Boost Low-Carbon Assets to $100B
The $462 billion pension giant will more than double those assets as it aims to halve the carbon-emissions intensity of its investments by 2030.