Opinion
The impact of COP21
Investors responding to growing and changing risks can contribute to stabilising both the climate and capital markets in the coming decades.
Jane AmbachtsheerJanuary 8, 2016
Opinion
Climate agreement marks turning point
Days of intense negotiations at the long-awaited COP21 meeting in Paris have seen a definitive agreement emerge on climate change.
Uncategorised posts
Institutional investors get serious
Chief executive of AP4, Mats Andersson has announced that the PDC has far exceeded its decarbonisation target and reached the $600 billion mark.
Amanda WhiteDecember 9, 2015
Uncategorised posts
PGGM halves CO2 footprint in investments
Ahead of the COP21 in Paris, the second largest Dutch fund with €161 billion ($160 billion), Pensioenfonds Zorg en Welzijn (PFZW), has announced it will halve the CO2 footprint of its investments by 2020. After an in-depth study with its fund manager, PGGM, the fund has decided its capital should be focused on companies that […]
Amanda WhiteNovember 27, 2015
Opinion
G7 agreement shows benefits of engaging policymakers
Fiona Reynolds, managing director at the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) discusses why it’s in everyone’s interests for more investor voices to be heard between now and November before the world’s nations converge at COP21 in Paris. The announcement that the G7 leading industrial nations have agreed to cut greenhouse gases by phasing out the use of […]
Amanda WhiteJuly 1, 2015