Most asset owners now rank ESG considerations as important to their investment strategies, including how they are implemented, according to a recent survey by bfinance.
This change in attitude was recorded …
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A government taskforce led by HM Treasury has outlined a series of far-reaching recommendations designed to put stewardship at the heart of the UK’s commitment to ‘build back better’ post-coronavirus.
Twenty proposals across three themes are designed to help investment …
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Asset owners and their managers need to encourage more companies to disclose the financial impact of climate change on their businesses using an internationally recognised code, according to a new report.…
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Some of the world’s biggest asset owners have rejected divestment to achieve climate goals and are instead favouring direct action and engagement.
Members of the UN-backed Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, including …
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The EU has published the list of members appointed to its Sustainable Finance Platform, which is remarkable in its lack of representation of asset owners.
The platform is an advisory body made up …
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Asset owners must drive the fundamental changes needed to fight climate change in the next five to 10 years before time runs out, a $4 trillion investor alliance has warned.
The warning, made at the World Economic Forum event in …
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ESG factor identification, implementation and monitoring is now a fundamental part of setting pension scheme investment beliefs, according to investment consultants Redington.
At Minerva’s ESG Educational Event held recently in London, Honor Fell, Head of Responsible Investment at Redington, …
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Asset owners must have the courage of their convictions to push forward with ESG policies – particularly when relevant data is hard to come by.
That was one of the overarching messages from …
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Climate Change, Shareholder Voting and ESG-factor awareness are clearly(!) topics close to our heart. With the recent DWP changes to Occupational Pension Scheme legislation in the UK, and the introduction Europe-wide of the Shareholders Rights Directive II, there’s …
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