Net-zero targets drive increase in impact investing

Around one fifth of pension funds are implementing impact investing

Martin Richmond
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64% of the survey's respondents believe that the net zero goals will have a favourable impact on impact investing
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64% of the survey's respondents believe that the net zero goals will have a favourable impact on impact investing

The global goal to reach net zero by 2050 is driving an increase among pension funds towards impact investing, according to new research by DWS and Create-Research.

The report, Passive Investing 2022: Impact investing 2.0 - Advancing into public markets, published today (1 September), surveyed senior figures in 50 large pension funds across Australasia, Europe...

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