A new open access database has been launched which will monitor the environmental impact of different healthcare products and activities. The database is being developed by Dalhousie University and Brighton and Sussex...
TPT Retirement Solution has committed to reduce the carbon intensity of its portfolio by at least 25 per cent by 2025, as part of its new Climate Action Plan. The workplace pension...
Amid the tumultuous events of the past 12 months, pension fund managers may be forgiven for overlooking the commitments made at the delayed COP26 meeting in Glasgow and at Egypt’s COP27. Yet...
Profits might be rising in the renewable energy sector, but this asset class is also looking more risky for investors, according to new research. EDHECinfra, which provides research on infrastructure investing, has...
The Association of British Insurers aims to “transform the sector” with its new diversity, equity and inclusion blueprint, which it hopes will help attract people into the industry from a far wider...
European asset managers have a lower carbon footprint than their US counterparts according to new research from MSCI. However the research, which looks at the carbon emissions of the assets under management...
Standard Life has completed the £15bn transfer of its DC default assets into more sustainable investment strategies. This means that 1.5m of its workplace pension savers are now invested in a sustainable...
Six out of the 10 largest DC pension providers have yet to publish 2025 emission reduction targets, seen as a key part of hitting net zero targets. This was one of the...
Green campaign group, Make My Money Matter has joined criticism of HSBC for ploughing money into fossil fuels and other polluting activities within its ‘sustainable finance’ investments. The bank has committed to...
There is widespread ignorance and confusion about common acronyms used across the pension industry, with just 2 per cent of UK adults knowing what ‘ESG’ stood for. Recent research showed that three...
