Anne-Sophie Castelnau has been appointed ING’s global head of sustainability, succeeding Amin Mansour, who fulfilled the role on an interim basis. Anne-Sophie is currently head of wholesale banking for ING in France.

Buildings Performance Institute Europe (BIPE) has released a report highlighting that retail real estate asset managers, owners and investors lack a strategy towards achieving climate-neutrality. The report marks the launch of Paris-Proof Retail Real Estate, an initiative that looks to develop a vision and strategy to support the European retail real estate sector reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Jupiter Fund Management is committing to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 across its full range of investments and operations with Andrew Formica (pictured), CEO, Jupiter, saying: “The transition to net-zero carbon emissions is imperative but improving wider societal and governance standards is also crucial. Along with net-zero commitments, initiatives that align with the wider sustainability agenda, such as the UNGC principles and Good Work Coalition, will result in long-term gains for all stakeholders.”

Virgin Media has a new five-year strategic partnership with the charity Carers UK, which aims to connect one million unpaid carers to each other and to their communities by the end of 2025.