Birta – Iceland’s fourth largest pension fund
Birta has appointed
Hrönn Jónsdóttir, and
Hjörleifsdóttir
, along with Jónsdóttir and board members Örvar Þór Kristjánsson and Hilmar Harðarson, comprise the four employee representatives on its board, Birta announced following its annual meeting, with Kristjánsson coming in as a new member, replacing Jón Kjartan Kristinsson.
Magnússon
, along with board members
Þóra Eggertsdóttir, Álfheiður Ágústsdóttir and Sigurður Ragnarsson, constitute the employer representatives on board, Birta said, with Ágústsdóttir and Ragnarsson being new to the board, replacing Guðrún Jónsdóttir and Davíð Hafsteinsson, who – along with Kristinsson – are now leaving the Birta board.
HSBC AM appoints new climate technology team
Sabuhi Gard, Investment Week
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New climatech team forms part of strategy to step up green investments
HSBC Asset Management has appointed a new Climate Technology team called Climatech as part of its strategy to expand direct investment capabilities in alternatives.
Joanna Munro, global chief investment officer (CIO) at HSBC Asset Management, said: Technology will play a major role in enabling the energy transition, funded by public money, private capital and philanthropic commitments like HSBC s Climate Solutions Partnership with the World Resources Institute and WWF. The appointment of this team will allow us to provide clients with early exposure to sectors which are just emerging as such, but will become major sources of financial and environmental value over the decade.
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Climate Solutions Partnership: HSBC banks on $100m initiative with WRI and WWF
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HSBC is to team up with WWF and WRI to launch a new Nature Based Solutions Accelerator as part of a major new global partnership / Credit: HSBC
Banking giant announces major new global initiative that will see it work with WWF and the World Resources Institute to unlock barriers to clean tech investment and drive development of nature-based solutions
HSBC has today announced the launch of a new $100m partnership with World Resources Institute (WRI) and WWF designed to tackle barriers to financing start-ups and projects that can accelerate global climate action.
Investors and businesses urged to address $700bn nature-based solutions finance gap
A new report has warned that a $700bn investment gap into Nature-based Solutions needs to be addressed in order to meet wider net-zero goals and combat the climate crisis.
Estimates suggest that financing this market will reach $854bn annually by 2030 to halt natural degradation
The findings come from the Green Purposes Company (GPC), a not-for-profit dedicated to safeguarding the aims of the Green Investment Bank (GIB) prior to its privatisation. GPC worked with Finance Earth to publish a new report on the urgent need to accelerate and scale-up investment in nature.