The recent IPE Transition Conference and Awards 2025 illustrated how pension funds can support the transition, highlighted via mandates, active ownership requirements and public positioning, some even pushing back against the lack of ambition of the Omnibus regulation, while the Awards recognised owners driving transition. Are owners’ expectations increasing and will this help address transition challenges?

Our sustainability rankings for emerging countries and OECD member states, drawn from our country model, have been updated. In this edition of the rankings, we look at topical sustainability themes and how these are reflected in the model.

Following the publication of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) guidelines on funds’ names that use sustainability and other related terms, in May 2024, many funds have removed ESG terms from their names. Are the guidelines preventing greenwashing or are other factors at play?