Susanna Rust
Susanna is deputy news editor at IPE.
At IPE she covers responsible investment and EU regulation, but also enjoys reporting on developments in and around the UK pensions industry.
Having been a financial journalist since 2008, Susanna started her career as a corporate governance/corporate social responsibility analyst at proxy advisory firm PIRC.
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- susanna.rust@ipe.com
NewsManagers looking for more leadership from asset owners, says PRI CEO
PRI working on project to ‘re-articulate the financial case for responsible investment’
NewsNet Zero Banking Alliance drops 1.5°C lending alignment requirement
Banking group announces outcome of year-long strategic review in light of ‘new reality’
NewsEC to accelerate IORP II and PEPP reviews and tackle lack of scale
Reviews of EU third and second pillar pension frameworks are part of the Commission’s ambitious Savings and Investment Union agenda
AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: European investors plough ahead
Plus: DEI and net zero goals amid growing trans-Atlantic divide
NewsManagers launch platform to harmonise assessment of climate solutions’ impact
Platform calculates avoided emission factors for 65 climate solutions across eight sectors
NewsLocal Pensions Partnership launches climate solutions fund
Local government pension plan investment pool sees ‘secular tailwinds’ for climate solutions investing
NewsEIOPA looking for ‘pragmatic’ outcome to IORP II review
Chair of the pension fund supervisor comments on the Commission’s Savings and Investments Union strategy
NewsSavings and Investments Union: European Semester framework to the fore
The European Commission’s strategy emphasises the shared responsibility of member states for delivering on the strategy’s goals
NewsStronger focus on transition alignment among UK pension schemes
Consultancy also finds that credibility of net zero targets has improved
NewsJPMAM, QBE in fresh exits from net-zero finance initiatives
JP Morgan Asset Management’s move comes after it had already quit Climate Action 100+ and its parent had left the Net Zero Banking Alliance
AnalysisEuropean pension funds react to the anti-ESG backlash
Despite political and market headwinds, European pension funds remain firmly committed to achieving net-zero and long-term climate goals
NewsAsset owners spell out climate stewardship expectations of asset managers
Joint statement authored by UK asset owners aims to ‘empower’ asset managers to raise climate stewardship bar
NewsBrunel’s Ward to help steer UK Transition Finance Council
Faith Ward hopes new body will ‘deliver tangible progress in enabling transition finance for the UK, and globally’
AnalysisIPE ESG Briefing: UK taxonomy: good idea or bad idea?
Plus: European Commission’s omnibus initiative; NBIM on decarbonisation; NEST in talks with managers that left climate initiatives
NewsInvestment groups diverge over case for a UK green taxonomy
UKSIF argues in favour of government proceeding, Investment Association says a taxonomy is no longer needed
NewsCCLA proposes next steps for asset manager net-zero initiative
Charity investor says NZAM should consider alternative scenarios to 1.5 degrees warming
Opinion PiecesSustainable finance recalibrates following Trump's re-election
It really does boggle the mind. In the US the likes of BlackRock, which in January quit the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative (NZAM), have been accused by the left, liberals and activists of not being forceful enough when it comes to supporting the fight against climate change, and by the right for going too far.
NewsUK BII opens calls for proposals for emerging economy climate finance solutions
In partnership with Mercer up to three proposals will be identified for funding consideration
NewsNet-zero asset owner body issues carbon dioxide removal info request
Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance invites asset managers to drive the design of scalable investment vehicles
NewsERAFP links share buyback approval to Paris alignment impact
French pension fund approves changes to voting guidelines following in-depth review
