AP7 targets anti-climate lobbying
The $53.8 billion AP7 is using shareholder resolutions to push companies to reveal their true positions on the Paris agreement and other measures. Corporations are taking notice and changing.
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The ‘Divest Invest’ premium
A sample Divest Invest portfolio outperformed under climate-change modelling, when compared with a more traditional allocation exposed to fossil fuels and lacking tilts towards climate solutions.
Dangers, and opportunities, lie ahead
Against a backdrop of geopolitical tumult, Mercer’s Phil Edwards outlines four developments investors will need to consider when building and adjusting their portfolios for the year ahead.
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
Mercer’s seven tools for risk management reflect evolving landscape
Mercer Investments is using its deep insurance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) skills, contacts and processes to evolve its tools for advising clients on investment risk assessment, analysis and reporting – a move that reflects the evolving landscape for risk faced by investors. Partner and global head of responsible investment at Mercer, Jane Ambachtsheer,
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