News & Analysis
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News
Elston launches sustainable MPS range
The Elston Sustainable range allocates 100% of assets into SDR-compliant funds
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News
Rebalance Earth appoints Ruston Smith as chair
UK asset manager Rebalance Earth has announced Ruston Smith has been appointed chair of its board. Smith (pictured) has more than four decades experience in the pensions and investment industry and has chaired or sat on the board of pensions funds, asset managers and private market companies including JP Morgan Asset Management, Tesco Pension Fund…
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Engagement & Stewardship
Shaping the future of ethical AI
Sarasin & Partners’ Julia Shatikova writes about the firm’s engagement on ethical AI with three tech giants
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Interviews
Andrew Parry: The highs (and some lows) from my 40-year career
Andrew Parry reflects on culture changes in the City, being an early adopter of sustainable investing and his hopes for regulatory reform
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Engagement & Stewardship
Proxy season 2025: Pay pushback, AI oversight and ESG retreat
This year has seen a significant change in priorities, writes Hargreaves Lansdown’s Tara Irwin
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Social & Governance
JP Morgan AM: Korea corporate reforms could take hold quicker than Japan
JP Morgan Asset Management’s Alexander Treves said Korea still looks attractive despite its recent performance
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News
Fidelity partners with ebi for launch of ESG index fund
As seed investors, ebi clients get access to a preferentially priced share class
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Opinion
Just nature: Building a just and inclusive future
RLAM’s Ashley Hamilton Claxton discusses the importance of companies having a strategy to manage nature risks and impacts
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Analysis
Global sustainable fund flows rebound to $5bn in Q2
Compared to $11.8bn being pulled from sustainable funds in the first quarter
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Climate & Planet
Earth Overshoot Day arrives early again: ‘Sustainability is no longer a moral luxury – it is a financial necessity’
As Earth Overshoot Day arrives on 24 July this year, four experts highlight ways investors can urgently address building a sustainable future
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Transition & Decarbonisation
SBTi creates net-zero standards for financial firms
Science-based standards to help financial institutions drive net-zero transformation
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Opinion
Sustainable investing’s midlife crisis: What comes after the ESG boom?
MainStreet Partners’ Neill Blanks says with growing ambiguity and fatigue dominating the ESG narrative investors should remain vigilant
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Opinion
Place-based investing: Think sustainably, act locally
With the right support, local government pension schemes have the potential to become powerful agents of change
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Regulation & Reporting
Green taxonomy ‘has no place’ in UK
‘Disappointment’ as UK government drop plans for green taxonomy following consultation
Data
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Transition & Decarbonisation
Major UK firms on course for ‘disorderly’ green transition
JOHCM and University of Exeter report predicts adaptation and mitigation costs will increase
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Opinion
What AI really means for asset management: How firms can prepare
The greatest barrier to AI isn’t ambition, but operational fragmentation, writes FE fundinfo’s Adam Graham
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News
Schroders deploys new tool to gather data on nature
The shift to nature-positive practices could unlock $10.1trn of annual business opportunities for investors
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News
Door partners with Parmenion to strengthen due diligence information-gathering
Includes information about ACT Framework engagement
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Interviews
Q&A with Michele Demers: Where is the money going in sustainable investment?
While the terminology is evolving – funds move away from ‘ESG’ – the commitment to sustainability remains strong
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News
NatureAlpha launches enhanced nature risk data analytics platform
‘We must dispel the misconception that nature data is inaccessible and fragmented’, says CEO
Climate & Planet
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Opinion
Six trends shaping the sustainability agenda in 2025 and beyond
EQ Investors’ Bonnin looks at key sustainability trends and how they can be a driver for innovation, growth and value creation
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Climate & Planet
‘Chilling threat’: OBR warns cost of inaction on climate change is climbing
Sustainable investment professionals react to OBR report that identifies significant impact of climate change on UK GDP and government debt
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News
GRI launches climate change and energy standards ‘to enable transparency and climate action’
Launched at London Climate Action Week, GRI 102 and 103 are fully aligned with the GHG Protocol
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Opinion
London Climate Action Week: Are we still on track for net zero by 2050?
Despite some progress, headwinds persist
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News
Sierra Club urges institutional investors to treat climate change as a systemic financial threat
Conventional strategies such as ESG integration and divestment ‘don’t confront the broader economic damage of rising emissions’
PA Future Committee
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PA Future Committee
Why ‘saving the world’ is entwined with growth
The correlation is being recognised by more and more financiers
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PA Future Committee
Water, water everywhere – but we should stop and think
Rathbones’ Matt Crossman discusses the material risks of constrained water supplies on companies
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PA Future Committee
UK retail sustainable fund changes: Assessing the impact of SDR in the first half of 2025
Julia Dreblow warns intermediaries not to make assumptions about sustainable funds based on SDR labels
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PA Future Committee
Biodiversity: A theme of growing importance and investment opportunity
Fund managers are realising biodiversity matters, writes Square Mile’s Jake Moeller
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PA Future Committee
Did proxy season spell trouble for ESG and DEI?
Although responsible investment remains a divisive topic, investors demand and expectations remains as strong as ever
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PA Future Committee
Culture as a risk lens: Evolving the art and science of fund research
In a world where black swan events are inevitable, the biggest differentiator is culture
