Sophie Robinson-Tillett
Sophie is IPE's ESG contributing editor.
She is the founder of Real Economy Progress and a senior associate at the University of Oxford.
Sophie's journalistic experience includes being editor of Responsible Investor and Environmental Finance.
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NewsEU considers role of pension funds in new five-year economic plan
The Commission to introduce an investment programme focused on disruptive technologies such as AI and clean tech
NewsGuidance published for buying carbon credits in private markets
Survey shows just four private equity houses offset emissions from their investment portfolios
AnalysisThe EU omnibus: the start of deregulation in sustainable finance?
Most investors are refusing to discuss publicly how they feel about the Commission’s omnibus agenda
NewsEU advised to develop ‘checklist’ for investors grappling with climate plan evaluations
PSF said the checklist ‘should be based on existing EU sustainability transparency requirements, and should not lead to additional reporting for companies’
NewsCentral banks and actuaries both publish climate risk proposals
Analysis looks at how physical and transition risks can be transmitted and exacerbated, and offers tools to help monitor vulnerabilities
NewsLSEG calls for overhaul of EU sustainable finance regulation
Make it easier to invest in polluting companies through SFDR and climate benchmark rules, and simplify green taxonomy, group tells policymakers
NewsNet Zero Asset Managers initiative halts activities
UN-backed body removes member commitments in attempt to steady the ship
NewsBlackRock exits climate alliance
Texas, Alabama and West Virginia are among 11 states to sue BlackRock, alleging its support for decarbonisation efforts had flouted competition rules in the US
NewsBlackRock distances itself from real-economy decarbonisation efforts
Insiders say asset manager is on the brink of announcing an exit from the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative
NewsCommission sustainable finance advisers release taxonomy proposals
Platform on Sustainable Finance proposes additions to scope of EU Taxonomy, including for certain metals
AnalysisSustainable finance is braced for its toughest year yet
‘If ever we needed asset owners to be the drivers of responsible investment, it’s in 2025,’ says ShareAction’s Simon Rawson
NewsBumper month for EU sustainability policy ends with Transition Benchmark proposal
Platform on Sustainable Finance proposes two new Investing for Transition Benchmarks
NewsCommission asked to make ‘transition’, ‘sustainable’ and ‘collection’ into SFDR categories
Current SFDR categories should be replaced with alternatives that better reflect current range of sustainability-related strategies
NewsUK receives official advice on national sustainability reporting standards
Sustainability Disclosure Technical Advisory Committee suggests removing restrictions on which sectoral categories investors and banks can use to report emissions
NewsPGGM ditches responsible investment team with new impact strategy
‘Even though this process required me to give up my old job, I still think it’s a good idea,’ says Piet Klop
NewsEU urged not to make ‘arbitrary’ cuts to sustainability disclosure rules
Nearly 100 NGOs, think tanks and membership bodies have written to Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
NewsTwo-thirds of asset owners expect to offset portfolios’ carbon emissions, finds study
Critics arguing that investors and companies that use carbon credits are just buying a license not to reduce their own contribution to climate change
NewsReputational disaster or ‘badge of honour’? Fund managers split over Aviva’s SFDR fine
Asset manager is first to face enforcement under the rules, but peers are divided on what it means
NewsAsset owners urged to cut exposure to firms with no Scope 3 target, says NZAOA
Report advises asset owners to take a series of immediate steps to ‘make meaningful progress, while driving public discourse and pushing for regulatory change’
NewsEU Taxonomy costs hit ‘several million pounds’ for some FIs, finds government research
Financial institutions are more likely than real-economy companies to have already updated their data systems to account for the taxonomy
