Global asset manager is the latest in a group of major European investors to join our Partners network
What's it all about?
AXA Investment Managers (AXA IM) has become the latest global investor to become a Climate Bonds Partner. Partnering with CBI reflects AXA IM’s support for responsible and sustainable practices, green finance and green bond markets.
AXA IM has had ESG policies and RI practices established for almost two decades, receiving accreditation by CIES (a grouping of major French unions) in 2002 and becoming a signatory of the UN PRI in 2007 and developing an active impact investment programme from 2013 in green bonds and alternatives.
Since 2015, AXA IM has had a green bonds expert group, receiving the TEEC label (French Label for the Energy and Ecological Transition) for its Planet Bonds strategy in January 2017, and in March of the same year gaining a Responsible Investor award for Innovation & Industry Leadership.
Who’s saying what?
Matt Christensen, Global Head of Responsible Investment, AXA IM
“Green bonds are an effective instrument to address the growing environmental challenges posed by climate change. We believe that providing investors access to green bonds allows them to directly invest in the global transition to a low carbon economy.
Nevertheless, green bonds themselves continue to require rigorous due diligence. Being selective through our proprietary green bond assessment framework is key for us in working to continually raise the market’s integrity and transparency standards. Selectivity is key in ensuring that only the most relevant and impactful green projects receive the necessary financing.
We are very much looking forward to benefiting from the broad research capabilities and expert insight into the issuers of green bonds through collaboration with the Climate Bonds Initiative as well as working together with peers to share best practice, develop key learnings and drive collective progress on green finance.”
Manuel Adamini, Director, Investor Outreach & Partners Program
“France has a deepening green bonds market, having been amongst leading nations for total issuance for several years. The political and financial sector leadership from Paris has been instrumental to this achievement.
AXA IM is a significant global investment management brand that has been active around responsible investing agendas for many years now, also working with its parent company AXA Group on multiple RI initiatives. Building on that strong commitment to sustainable directions for investment and finance, we see many avenues for cooperation.”
The Last Word
Momentum is growing within Europe around green finance as the European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance announcement last month reflected. We are keen to work with AXA IM in this encouraging context.
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