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UK wealth manager St. James’s Place (SJP) has awarded Schroders a sustainable investment mandate currently worth £5.2bn https://lnkd.in/eiDT4ejy

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The Net Zero Asset Manager (NZAM) initiative, a coalition of asset managers committed to supporting global net zero targets, has suspended its activities one week before Donald Trump is set to take office for his second term. https://lnkd.in/eGkeBdUw

With Trump re-assuming office in exactly a week, what does a second administration mean for climate investing in the US? Rachel Curley from US SIF discusses with Net Zero Investor's Mona Dohle. California's devastating #wildfires continue to destroy homeowners' residential property; how deep will the state's insurance crisis be? (David Friedberg) With climate change becoming more salient, how can insurers decarbonise their investment portfolios? Hear from leading insurance investors on this opportunity in our Insurance Investment Summit report! Fidelity International Real-estate fund backed by Australian superannuation Rest acquires European assets, looking to redevelop them into net zero operations.

We were delighted to host our first Insurance Investment Summit at the end of last year. Some key insights from the event can be found in our latest report Many thanks to Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners and the Clean Growth Fund for your support and to William Gibbons for chairing. Thanks also to Mark Burrows Rosalind Smith-Maxwell Susannah McClintock Steven Penketh Salina Pillay Jordan Griffiths, CFA David Linehan Linda Zuberi Sara K. Stuart Irwin, CFA Eamonn Flanagan for taking part and sharing your views. Harvey Hancock Jockum Nyberg Mona Dohle https://lnkd.in/ezwGNTWX

BlackRock has announced its departure from the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) initiative following increasing pressure from Republican politicians over its climate efforts as Aysha Gilmore reports https://lnkd.in/eGPcdNqr

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has become the UK’s largest battery storage investor, with the start of construction of two new Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), which will be the largest of their kind in Europe. https://lnkd.in/enK7FVhm

Just days after some of the largest banks in the US announced their departure from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), the CEOs of two of Canada’s largest banks have suggested they may be reviewing their membership of the climate network Mona Dohle reports https://lnkd.in/e3aP_Pqt

Scepticism over financed emissions reduction targets is on the rise, does a shift towards reducing financed emissions offer an alternative? Atharva Deshmukh takes a closer look Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) Mahesh Roy

From political and economic risks to grid investments and the current state of renewable equity and climate start ups, Thomas Helm takes a closer look at the energy transition investment landscape for the new year Tanguy Cornet Candriam Premier Miton Investors Chris Berkouwer, CFA Robeco Patrick Sheehan ETF Partners https://lnkd.in/epY-6Qb7