July 29, 2024 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – United States Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, alongside South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, praised continued progress being made by members of the Investor Leadership Network and the Bellagio Private...
Amy Hepburn on Podcast During Milken Conference
ILN CEO Amy Hepburn had the privilege of joining Barbara Bickham on the Female VC Lab podcast at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference in May. During the conversation, she delved into her unconventional path into finance, which has shaped her commitment to...
ILN PARTNERS WITH CLIMATE ACTION FOR SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENT FORUM EUROPE IN MAY 2024
Investor Leadership Network is delighted to announce its partnership with Climate Action for the 7th Annual Sustainable Investment Forum Europe taking place on the 2nd May with UNEP FI. The Forum will be a key platform for open dialogue with the sustainable investment...
Baringa Podcast — Approaches to transition finance with the Investor Leadership Network
In this episode of the Baringa Climate and Sustainability Trailblazers podcast, there is discussion about the importance of transition frameworks and the role of asset owners and managers in decarbonization with Annika Brouwer (Ninety One) and Astrid Hoegsted (Nordea)...
USTDA, Investor Leadership Network Partner to Mobilize Climate Finance
December 5, 2023 -- Arlington, VA – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and Investor Leadership Network (ILN) announced a new strategic partnership to help mobilize climate finance from ILN’s global coalition of institutional investors representing over $10...
Strategies to achieve real world decarbonisation with the Investor Leadership Network
In this episode of the Baringa Climate and Sustainability Trailblazers podcast, Emily Farrimond is joined by Charly Bastard, Nathalie Wallace and Richard Manley from the Investor Leadership Network (ILN). Listen to hear about the ILN's most recent white paper titled...
ILN Partners with Climate Action ahead of COP 28
ILN is pleased to partner with Climate Action for the Sustainable Innovation Forum 2023, which takes place as the largest multi-stakeholder event during COP28 in Dubai on the 4 – 5 December 2023. Register today: https://j1l.in/97hEc4 By partnering, it provides ILN...
Investing for the low carbon transition – turning portfolio targets into action | The Investor Leadership Network
"The Investor Leadership Network (ILN), a global coalition of 13 leading institutional investors representing over $10 trillion AUM, is proud to announce the release of a new white paper that provides insights into real-world decarbonization strategies. Titled,...
Green asset managers push on with energy transition
"An investor-led consortium has pledged a three-year deal to accelerate pension fund and institutional investments in sustainable infrastructure and the energy transition. The Investor Leadership Network (ILN) has the buy-in of the United States Treasury, The...
ESG round-up: ILN and US Treasury partner with investors on emerging market finance
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U.S. Treasury partners with CDPQ, managers on sustainable investing
"'Today, we are proud to announce that the Investor Leadership Network, which includes companies with a total of over $10 trillion in assets under management, has launched a new commitment to accelerate pension fund and institutional investments in emerging and...
How the World Bank Can Help Save the Planet
"Nick Autiello, vice president of environmental, social and governance strategy at State Street Corp. who's also director of impact at the Investor Leadership Network, said that as valid as such criticisms may be, delivering the energy transition in the timeframe...
A review of investor action on DE&I and a look ahead to 2023
"This year, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), a G7 initiative, placed particular emphasis on inclusion in an effort to move the conversation away from quotas. 'In February, ILN's DE&I committee laid out key inclusion metrics to expand beyond checking boxes...
Implementation COP or credibility flop? Investor reflections on first week of COP27
"Blended finance also sat close to the top of the agenda for Amy Hepburn, CEO of the Investment Leadership Network (ILN), who regards it as the unofficial theme of COP27." Read more ...
UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance to Convene High-level Forum on the Potential of Blended Finance
"The forum follows the release of a Call on Policymakers to facilitate the scaling of blended finance structures to fund climate solutions if the world is to achieve both the Paris climate goals and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Signed by UN Special...
Investors call on policymakers to derisk finance support for Paris Agreement and SDGs
"While the signatories note that capital for clean technology and sustainability is readily available and growing, they express concern that financial mechanisms aren’t being blended to ensure that capital is funnelled into EMDEs. Signatories to the call included UN...
Policymakers must support blended finance to achieve Paris climate goals and the SDGs, says Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
"In a call on policymakers– signed by UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance Mark Carney and UN High-Level Climate Action Champion, Nigel Topping and supported by the Sustainable Markets Initiative and the Investor Leadership Network – the Alliance said...
Fusion the Positive Choice for Climate Impact
"Last year, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), representing 14 global institutional investors with over US$9 trillion in AUM, called for the creation of a rolling pool of funds that offer first or second loss guarantees to blended finance vehicles funding...
Supranationals lack climate transition plans, says top Aviva exec
"The UK government recently announced mandatory requirements for listed companies and financial institutions to publish transition plans by 2023, while the influential Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has provided guidance on climate...
The ILN Launches its Net Zero Investor Playbook
"The Investor Leadership Network (ILN) released a Net Zero Investor Playbook which offers an inventory of approaches institutional investors are taking to transition investing and highlights key challenges: TORONTO | Sept. 21, 2022 –– The Investor Leadership Network...
“Investors telling managers: Show your progress”
"In March, the Investor Leadership Network, a group of institutional investors focused on social responsibility, published its Inclusive Finance Playbook, a guide that provides information metrics and best practices institutional investors are using to assess DEI...
“Measuring asset managers’ DEI devotion”
"Then there’s the Investment Leadership Network, Washington, which decided that of its three areas of focus — climate change, sustainable infrastructure and diversity in investment — the last priority needed more attention. After review, the ILN debuted its Inclusive...
New diversity tool targets investors’ inclusion issues
"Investor Leadership Network, Washington, launched a new online tool, the Inclusive Finance Playbook, which focuses on inclusion metrics for asset owners and investment managers. The playbook offers investors two tiers of metrics — fundamental and advanced — that help...
“Sea level rise must be considered by investors”
"There are also big considerations around insurance. Current policies, based on already outdated flood maps, could lead to a volume of claims that would strain insurance companies. Premiums will likely rise to unaffordable levels for many businesses in the future,...
COP-ious pledges to transform climate finance?
"In October 2021, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, released a Blended Finance Blueprint, proposing seven specific actions the blended finance community can take to reduce risk and increase sustainable investments...
COPing with the devil in the details
"In October 2021, the Investor Leadership Network (ILN), in collaboration with The Rockefeller Foundation, released a Blended Finance Blueprint, proposing seven specific actions the blended finance community can take to reduce risk and increase sustainable investments...
Finding the Right Blend
"Investors call for blended finance to play a larger role in supporting climate adaption and mitigation in emerging markets. A new report last week sent a sobering message to the great and the good getting set to converge on Glasgow for COP26. There will be much noise...
‘Blended finance’ must improve risk-return profile of investments, say institutional investors
"A USD9 trillion investor group has made a series of recommendations for channelling greater sums of private capital into ‘blended finance’, including projects to help emerging market countries reduce their carbon emissions." Read this article on Institutional Asset...
Achieving A Gender Just World: Thought Leaders Provide Actionable Ways To Break Through Equality’s Biggest Barriers
"'I often tell my four young children when they are confronted with an injustice that they have two choices: become part of the solution or remain part of the problem by being silent and complicit in a world that allows it to persist. The more we place women in...
Envisioning A Gender Just World: Global Thought Leaders Weigh In
"'In a gender equal world, people of all genders will have equal representation at the highest levels of decision making, whether that be in the courtroom, the political arena, the boardroom or through financial status. The words “boss” and “founder” will no longer be...
Large Institutions, Including AIMCo, OMERS, and CPP, Reveal Their Progress on Diversity
"Institutions that oversee $8 trillion in assets have implemented everything from data analysis programs to new executive incentives to achieve equity and inclusion goals." Read the full article from Institutional Investor.
Prince Charles brings together the CEOs of large global companies: together for the green challenge
[Translated from Italian] "So for one evening St James's Palace, in the heart of London, opened its doors to 300 international exponents of the business world: from designer Stella McCartney to the CEO of NatWest, Alison Rose, to the UK president for Cop26 Alok...
ESG Investing Announces Award Winners
"ESG Investing has announced the winners of its 2021 awards, celebrating the best in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research, ratings, funds and products. MOST INNOVATIVE ESG INITIATIVE Runner-up: Investor Leadership Network" Read the full release on...
How pension plans can implement TCFD recommendations
"During a webinar hosted by the Association of Canadian Pension Management on Tuesday, Maria Montero, climate change program head at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, said her organization approaches the implementation of the TCFD’s recommendations through...
ILN Diversity Initiative featured at NYC Women in Business event
On March 11, the co-chairs of the Diversity in investment initiative, Oona Stock, Executive Vice-President at CDPQ, and Jason Chang, Managing Director at Ontario Teachers', attended the Women in business - Return on Investment event hosted by the Canadian and French...