public policy

Measures in the US to incentivise investment in the energy transition will benefit the clean tech industry, the US economy and the average American, writes Joe Blair of Bay Bridge Ventures.

A demand that the $206bn state pension consider only ‘pecuniary’ factors when investing does little to change its sizeable private markets programme.

US manager reportedly convening a working group to prepare investor response to Republican pushback.

ESG and impact investing organisations are taking note as the US’s fourth biggest pension system acts against the movement.

The watered-down climate bill is nevertheless a more holistic attempt to foster the realities of the energy transition.

With climate change policy weakened, revamping ESG to ward off the worst effects of global warming is now more critical than ever.

If you want proof that taxing CO2 works, then look to Sweden, argues Helge Tveit, managing partner of EV Private Equity.

Panelists at PEI’s Infrastructure Investor New York Forum described how impact investments targeting the environment can have negative social implications.

The global deforestation pledge should encourage more managers to pursue greenfield forestry, but the as-yet-unresolved global carbon market rules could hold the key.

Greater scrutiny emerges of asset managers' net-zero commitments as the conference agenda moves to finance.