ESG

Smart Pension is looking to improve the ESG-rating of its fixed income investment portfolio by investing in green bonds. The master trust default will invest in the Mirova Global Green Bond fund, which...

Mercer has appointed Brain Henderson to be head of sustainable investment for UK Europe and IMETA as part of a move to strengthen its sustainable investment leadership team.  Previously Henderson was Mercer...

MSCI will launch new screening tools early next year to help investors  identify companies that are contributing to biodiversity loss and deforestation.  The tools, which will be available to institutional investors when...

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...