Krystle Higgins

Ireland, London

Senior Reporter at Investment & Pensions Europe

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New holistic corporate climate index set to be developed

2 weeks ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

A new index designed to provide a holistic view of corporate decarbonisation activities is set to be developed, with BearingPoint’s I Care and Winrock International today selected to take its creation forward. The Corporate Climate Contribution Index (CCCI) aims to give investors and the public a clearer picture of which companies are making extra efforts to contribute to the reduction of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Investors warned of misleading carbon intensity metrics in oil and gas sector

2 weeks ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) has warned the investment industry about the use of a carbon-intensity calculation within the oil and gas sector, known as fossil-fuel equivalence ratios (FFE), which could mislead investors when assessing a firm’s net zero progress.
IFRS joins forces with TNFD to improve nature-related financial disclosures

1 month ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

The IFRS Foundation has joined forces with the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) to create better guidelines for companies to report on how their activities affect nature. The duo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) this week in Frankfurt, signalling a commitment to build upon the TNFD recommendations in the ongoing work of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), to enable nature-related financial disclosures for use by capital markets.
LPFA allocates £250m to pool’s new environmental solutions fund

1 month ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

The London Pensions Fund Authority (LPFA) has announced it will allocate 3% of its £8bn (€9.3bn) portfolio into environmental solutions assets. The £250m investment will go into a newly launched private markets fund focused on global decarbonisation efforts. The LPFA’s assets are managed alongside those of Lancashire County Pension Fund and the Royal County of Berkshire Pension Fund through the £27bn Local Pensions Partnership Investments (LPPI) investment pool.
Number of funds adopting SDR label stands at just 80, according to Morningstar

1 month ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

Just 80 funds, representing £34.5bn (€41.3bn) of assets, have publicly announced that they plan to use a label under the UK’s regime for sustainable funds as of the end of March, according to Morningstar. In contrast, 325 funds, accounting for £280bn in assets, have not adopted a label, but have provided their first consumer-facing disclosures, according to Morningstar’s latest report – UK SDR Labelled and Non-Labelled Fund Landscape.
Shell doubles down on LNG plans ahead of shareholder resolution

1 month ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

Backers of a shareholder resolution at oil and gas major Shell have reiterated their call for greater transparency about the company’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) growth plan after the company’s capital markets day this week.
Asset owner coalition challenges UK retailers over ‘poverty wages’

1 month ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

Several institutional investors in the UK have filed a shareholder resolution at Next, M&S and JD Sports, calling for all three major retailers to address the issue of ‘poverty wages’ in their workforces. The resolution, filed by three investor groups including seven institutional investors managing over £1trn (€1.2trn) in assets, calls for more transparency from retailers on their staff who are being paid below a real living wage based on the true cost of living.
US equity value funds must remove more holdings to meet ESG standards

1 month ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

US equity value funds must remove a larger percentage of holdings to meet ESG standards compared with growth funds, according to a new report. The 2025 Scientific Portfolio Market Review set out to examine how compatible common investment strategies are with real-world ESG constraints, by analysing a subset of 353 large-cap equity mutual funds, categorised into growth and value strategies.
APG and TIAA award €475m impact investing mandate to Arcmont

1 month ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

Dutch pension asset manager APG and TIAA have given the private debt firm Arcmont Asset Management (Arcmont) a €475m mandate between them to invest in impact funds. The investment will be centred on four key themes: climate, health, education and sustainable economic growth. APG is making the investment on behalf of its clients ABP, bpfBouw and PPF APG, which should contribute to the goal of ABP, APG’s majority owner, of having €30bn in impact investments by 2030.
PLSA to merge voting framework with FCA-backed Vote Reporting Group

2 months ago | ipe.com | Krystle Higgins

The Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA) has updated its vote reporting template to improve stewardship and raise the current standard of voting disclosures. The PLSA announced it had taken on the vote reporting template of the Vote Reporting Group (VRG) – a group convened by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) – merging it with elements of its existing template to create a new updated resource.