All ESG/SRI articles
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White papersCan systems-level investing solve social issues?
Systems-level investing is rapidly becoming one of the most discussed ideas in sustainable finance. It promises to connect the resilience of entire economic systems to the performance of investment portfolios. At first glance, this feels like a natural evolution: if investors are universal owners, then the health of the system ultimately determines their long-term returns. But is this truly a new dawn or simply old wine in new bottles?
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PodcastSustainable farming can offer portfolio diversification and inflation protection
The need to invest in sustainable farming is becoming increasingly urgent. Burgeoning populations, more demand for high protein food as middle-class wealth expands and an increasing squeeze on arable land due to climate change and urbanisation are all pressurising agricultural production.
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White papersSupporting decarbonisation: Why transition and sustainability-linked bonds can and should co-exist
The sustainable debt landscape continues to evolve with a diverse and growing range of instruments all trying to address slightly different financing challenges and attract investors with different objectives.
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Asset Manager NewsSosteneo signs agreement to acquire a wind repowering portfolio in Germany
The transaction marks its entry into the German market and Fund II’s inaugural investment
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White papersTwin-tracks persist in 2026 vote season
US regulatory changes led to proposals being withdrawn, negotiated, or excluded rather than going to a vote, sustaining the low volumes seen in 2025. But in Europe, investor focus remained on climate and board composition. By Dana Barnes and Elissa El Moufti.
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White papersInfra Debt’s Paradigm Shift
Infrastructure debt is entering a new phase of growth, shaped by structural mega-trends and evolving energy needs, as discussed in this Private Debt Investor Q&A with Pieter Welman.
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Research ReportESG Annual Report 2026
Welcome to our eighth annual Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, covering the 12-month period to March 2026.
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White papersEurope’s Electrification Action Plan is a Call to Private Capital
The European Commission’s new Electrification Action Plan is more than another climate policy. It is a long-term investment roadmap that gives private capital greater confidence to finance Europe’s next generation of clean energy and electrification enabling infrastructure.
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White papersThe Global Energy Transition: Three Themes for Investors
Despite policy headwinds and a challenging economic outlook, the energy transition is advancing globally. Total investment globally grew 8% in 2025 to reach a record $2.3 trillion. Behind the headline number, however, the transition is progressing in complex and uneven ways across sectors and geographies.
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White papersWhen summer becomes the stress test
This year, the signal arrived early. Across Europe, extreme heat and dry conditions accelerated crop development, bringing harvest activity forward in several regions and increasing concerns around water stress. Summer had arrived early in the farming calendar¹.
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BlogThe myth of the neutral pension fund
Opponents of a more sustainable Dutch pension sector are creating a false dichotomy between financial and sustainability objectives. This division rests on an outdated view of financial value creation – one that fails to recognise today’s reality: sustainability is an essential part of a pension fund’s fiduciary duty. The truth is also that a growing number of pension funds and their participants understand and embrace this shift.
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White papersM&G London Climate Action Week Event
At London Climate Action Week 2026, M&G Investments convened institutional investors, consultants and regulators to discuss climate implementation. Participants emphasised pragmatic execution over target-setting, tailored approaches to climate objectives, the growing importance of physical climate risk and adaptation, and balancing fiduciary responsibilities with long-term climate ambitions in an increasingly fragmented transition.
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PodcastThe 10% challenge: How impact investing is entering the institutional space
Trillions are still needed to meet UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, but impact investing still makes up a small part in institutional portfolios. Can it become the serious, mainstream allocation for institutional investors or will it remain a niche?
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White papersThe Infrastructure Behind AI
Artificial intelligence feels instantaneous, but that speed is built on a vast physical system across from cell towers, transmission networks, data centers, energy systems and beyond. Our infographic outlines how AI is fundamentally an infrastructure story.
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White papersPension Funds Letter 27 - An Age of Empires: Retirement investing through a new era
We’ve entered an era of competing forces. Our systems and societies are being forced to adjust. Alliances and partnerships are changing shape. Power balances are shifting. At the same time demographics, technological advances and climate change are transforming the investment landscape. This year our annual Amundi World Investment Forum asked a question about this new era: Is it an “Age of Empires?”, where power and potential are being remastered into different forms?
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White papersA European drive to develop emerging green bond markets
April marked a major landmark in European multi-lateral cooperation with the launch of the Global Green Bond Initiative (GGBI)2. With a goal of mobilizing public and private capital to finance climate transition in emerging markets, the fund will become one of the world’s largest global blended finance enterprises. We sat down with Eric Dussoubs, Managing Director of Public Sector, at Amundi, to discover why this is such an important milestone for climate finance, and the role Amundi will play in making it a success.
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White papersHow to Invest Smarter in the Race for Electrification
While opportunities abound across the energy value chain, renewables may come onstream the fastest.
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Asset Manager NewsNuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit Completes $546M Preferred Equity Investment in SunZia, the Largest Clean Energy Project in U.S. History
New York, NY (July 1, 2026) – Nuveen, a global investment leader managing $1.4 trillion in assets under management1, today announced the closing of a $546 million preferred equity investment in SunZia, the largest renewable energy infrastructure project in U.S. history that is now fully operational.
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White papersInnovating for Better DC Outcomes: The Evolution of Royal London Asset Management’s Equity Tilt Solutions
In 2019, Royal London Asset Management and our parent group, Royal London, identified the potential to develop the equity elements of its key propositions with the aim of further improving customer outcomes. The main beneficiaries of any development would be investors in the flagship governed range of risk‑rated multi‑asset portfolios, including the workplace default investment.
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White papersThe investing value of transition planning
For infrastructure companies, anticipating changes to climate and energy is far more than a risk management process; it can unlock cost efficiencies, operational resilience and support long-term value creation.
