The University of New South Wales in Sydney Australia and Oxford University Endowment Management (OUEM) in the UK are seeding the fund launch of Osmosis Developed Markets Resource Efficient Core Equity ex-Fossil Fuels fund. Available to wholesale investors, Osmosis has developed the product to address the risks and unintended bets bought into portfolios from fossil … Read more
UK business sustainability spending is set to increase by 13% year-over-year between 2025 and 2030, according to research. The growth in sustainability budgets at UK businesses is expected to accelerate from an annual rate of 8% between 2018 and 2020, to 12% from 2022 to 2025 and 13% between 2025 and 2030. The analysis from … Read more
The Asian market for electric vehicles (EVs) is expected to flourish in the coming years as governments, the private sector and society in general all pursue decarbonisation goals. According to a report Asia’s Electric Vehicle Ecosystem to Benefit from Climate Goals and Demand Growth from Sustainable Fitch, the region will become a hub for EV … Read more
The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) has launched their ‘best practice’ disclosure framework for climate transition plans to allow companies and financial institutions to play their part in the shift to net zero. Aiming to help companies and financial institutions create consistent, comparable company reports on climate transition plans, and reduce the level of disclosure complexity … Read more
How does the UBAM Positive Impact Emerging Equity fund find impact investments in emerging markets? We use a range of tools but Imap is definitely at the centre of the process because this is how we determine the alignment of companies with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We’re bottom-up and the way we score … Read more
More than eight in 10 infrastructure investors consider the energy transition to be part of their fiduciary duty, as well as a new investment opportunity, according to a survey by the Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA). The energy transition is increasingly being addressed through the infrastructure lens, research by the LTIIA has found. Between 2010 … Read more
Aviva and WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) have launched a research project on the role British saltmarsh habitats play in fighting climate change and removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere. The saltmarsh research platform will help scientists assess carbon storage and sequestration potential of British saltmarshes. The research will be conducted by WWF, the … Read more
Some 53% of private investors consider ESG factors when investing, but its popularity has declined slightly since 2021, according to the latest annual ESG Attitudes Tracker from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). The research, conducted by Research in Finance, found that almost two-thirds of respondents (65%) in 2021 said they considered ESG when investing, … Read more
Fund managers should pay attention to portfolio diversification as well as sustainability goals when investing in decarbonisation and renewables, according to Amundi’s head of equity solutions Piergaetano Iaccarino. After a prolonged bear market in clean energy and renewables stocks, many investors have been wondering if their desire to put money behind decarbonisation has come at … Read more
Much of the UK public is not being provided with sufficient support from their employer or financial adviser to make sustainable investments in the market, despite them being uncomfortable with their investments negatively affecting the climate, according to a survey carried out by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF). Launched to coincide with … Read more