Sector Focus

Norway declares leading sustainability index unusable in marketing to consumers
June 23, 2022
The Higg Materials Sustainability Index – adopted by major fashion brands to tout...
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Rebelle breaks the mould with green IPO
June 23, 2022
The online fashion marketplace, which has circular economy principles at its heart,...
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US solar industry faces ‘most disruptive event’ in history
June 22, 2022
A probe into Chinese solar imports derails president Biden’s green ambitions. In...
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IIGCC expands net zero investment framework to include infrastructure
June 20, 2022
The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change aims to attract impact investors...
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Eurozone banks under fire for poor climate risk disclosures
June 7, 2022
Lenders from the eurozone face increasing pressure and possible enforcement action for...
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Climate tech sector fills carbon reporting gap for smaller companies
June 1, 2022
A new generation of climate techs is creating innovative ways for businesses...
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Sustainable investment, not donations, are needed in rural Africa
25/05/2022
Global supply chain weakness and urbanisation trends are being disproportionately felt in the most rural parts of Africa. Yet those areas both offer opportunities for high-impact investment, and expose the... Read more
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Pension fund focus on ESG opens questions over insurer back books
24/05/2022
Billions of assets purchased by insurers to back UK retirement promises have the potential to drive corporate progress on issues such as climate change, and pension fund trustees are now... Read more
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Asset managers draw lines ahead of oil company AGMs
24/05/2022
Major investors are putting more pressure on oil companies to improve their climate change policies ahead of shareholder meetings. Asset managers are turning up the heat on the oil and... Read more
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Passive giants envisage role as stewards of hard-to-love assets
03/05/2022
Passive investment giants have found a rationale for maintaining exposure to traditional indices’ fossil fuel assets, but campaigners say their voting record should match their stated decarbonisation ambitions. Passive investment... Read more
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New York’s catch-all fashion act aims to enforce global change
21/04/2022
The proposed bill has strong support, and could force retailers to sign up to a new standard on sustainability disclosures in order to continue selling in the US state Around... Read more
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