Most foundations separate their investment portfolios from their philanthropy and impact work - leaving $1.14trn of impact potential 'on the table', according to Capricorn Investment Group.
CDPQ's carbon intensity reduction pathway 'will not necessarily be linear over the next few years', its 2023 sustainable investing report warms.
Insurance Development Forum has announced a 'blueprint' designed to promote investment in infrastructure, including nature-based solutions, in developing markets.
CalPERS, CalSTRS, CPP, PSP and NYSCRF are among the largest public pension funds with target allocations or siloed capital buckets for climate-themed investment opportunities.
Pensions with dedicated buckets or targets for climate investing are clustered in US coastal states, Eastern Canada and Europe.
Only a handful of investors are entirely excluding all forms of fossil fuels for new private markets investments.
Ireland 'needs more generating capacity to accelerate the economy’s transition to net zero', ISIF director Nick Ashmore said.
An IEEFA report claims the Clean Energy Finance Corporation could mobilise more private capital for the energy transition by focusing on credit enhancement.
Though the political backlash against ESG is still yet to hit Europe, there are signs that the sustainability conversation is changing.
The Council on Ethics, which supervises the sustainability activity of AP funds one to four, has laid out its sustainability priorities.