Amundi and wealth manager EBI Portfolios have partnered to launch an SRI portfolio range. The five global portfolios will target ‘best-in-class’ passive ESG-rated equities and bonds. Each model’s equity allocation will vary from 100% to 20% and will invest across a range of regional equity funds and/or two fixed income funds. The equity element will invest in the Amundi SRI…
This year, we’ve been told, will be the great year of democracy. With populous nations such as India, Indonesia and Mexico among those holding elections, close to half the world’s adult population will have the opportunity to vote. It will no doubt be a great civic spectacle with significant political consequences. It will also be a huge challenge for the…
Gresham House has launched a sector specialist biodiversity strategy to accelerate the deployment of nature-based solutions designed to halt biodiversity decline in the UK. Willis Towers Watson (WTW) is the cornerstone investor in the Gresham House Biodiversity Co-Invest LP (GHBC) strategy, which is aiming to raise $380m to invest in ‘habitat banks’. Developed by Environment Bank Limited (EBL) – a…
Investors can’t afford to sit still and wait for companies to be mandated to disclose on social issues – although that is coming – warned Aviva Investors’ Richard Saldanha. The global equity portfolio manager and lead manager on the Social Transition Global Equity fund said while we wait for mandatory disclosure requirements to be put in place, there is a…
Clean energy technology startup Sage Geosystems announced that it has raised $17 million in a Series A financing round, with proceeds aimed at fully funding a new commercial geothermal-based energy storage facility. Founded in 2020, Houston, Texas-based Sage Geosystems is developing solutions aimed at making geothermal energy, typically limited to volcanic regions or requiring deep drilling, more widely available and…
The California Energy Commission announced that it has approved a plan to invest $1.9 billion through 2027 on projects aimed at expanding infrastructure for zero emissions vehicles and transportation, including the buildout of an EV charging and hydrogen refueling network. Transportation, including fuel production, accounts for roughly half of California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and 80% of the state’s air…
Singapore Minister for Transport Chee Hong Tat announced today the launch of the Singapore Sustainable Air Hub Blueprint, outlining a series of key actions aimed at decarbonizing Singapore’s aviation sector, including new rules mandating that all departing flights be required to use sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), beginning at 1% from 2026, and expected to increase in following years. The blueprint…