01/15/2021
Aegon commits to net zero across its default pension funds by 2050
A survey of 1,375 consumers, carried out by Aegon in December, found 77 per cent agreed that climate change was an important risk when investing for the future
01/15/2021
A survey of 1,375 consumers, carried out by Aegon in December, found 77 per cent agreed that climate change was an important risk when investing for the future
01/14/2021
Climate risk and ESG factors to be integrated into £1.3bn diversified growth portfolio used for Barclays UKRF defined contribution pension scheme
01/11/2021
Pension funds tend to favour investments in infrastructure because they generate a long-term and reliable stream of cashflows that help them to match their assets with their liabilities to pay retirement benefits over decades.
01/04/2021
The Tax Reform Act of 2006 for private pension plans requires plans to make reductions to benefits if the plan falls below statutorily defined funded levels.
01/04/2021
Quiroz believes these two trends of technological transformation and climate awareness will collide in 2021
12/29/2020
Whether or not we take strong policy action and try to restrict [carbon] emissions, or whether we don’t really restrict the emissions at all and we allow the worst physical impacts of climate change to hit us
12/29/2020
Aligning our pensions with climate safety isn’t just the ethical thing to do, it’s the smart financial move.
12/24/2020
A new study looks at the best and worst-performing state pensions and their investment strategies compared to passive fund
12/23/2020
The strategy aims to demonstrate lower carbon risk with better climate solutions and ESG scores than the index.
12/18/2020
Through our Soapbox we will continue to shout about innovative companies that are making a difference while also resolutely calling-out behaviours that need to change.
12/18/2020
Director of much-loved Christmas film wants people to be aware of what investments may finance
12/16/2020
The new strategy will track a customised index produced in collaboration with Northern Trust Asset Management that will tilt investment in companies based on a score calculated on three key components: energy efficiency, alternative energy, and green buil
12/16/2020
The move will also take Nest's investments in dedicated "climate-aware" strategies to almost £8bn from February 2021
12/11/2020
Insurer AXA in a June 2020 report had estimated that oil and gas company returns would fall by 40% over the next decade.
12/09/2020
The state could then become a dominant purchaser of the greener energy and deliver it back to future pensioners in the form of energy as a service.
12/09/2020
The business is chaired by Shaun Kingsbury, former chief executive of the UK Green Investment Bank.
12/08/2020
The report is based on the 4 “pillars” of TCFD recommended disclosures, namely: Governance; Strategy; Risk Management and Metrics and Targets.
12/02/2020
Greencoat Capital acquired Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant in June 2020.
12/02/2020
Corporate governance meanwhile, was ranked as the most important consideration by 11 per cent, and societal impact by 6 per cent.
11/30/2020
These policy shifts will drive major changes in business across entire value chains from product design to production, distribution and recycling.