IA welcomes IFRS commitments but calls for clarity
Investment Association’s Woodfield backs the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation’s climate-first approach but asks for a roadmap on a wider range of issues
Natasha Turner
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No excuse for inaction on social issues
Newton Investment Management’s Andrew Parry says growing engagement and data will increase the prominence of social issues
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Securities lending to address environmental and social issues
Sharegain has launched BetterLend to allow clients to invest some of their revenue in environmental and social initiatives
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France votes in gender quotas for executives
Companies with 1,000 or more employees to have 30% women in leadership by 2027
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UK offers supportive environment for ESG investors
EdenTree’s Ketan Patel says UK companies are ESG leaders
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Podcast: What does good governance look like?
In episode four of ESG Out Loud, we talk to Last Word Media editors and ShareAction’s Peter Uhlenbruch about governance
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What’s really going on with gender lens funds?
Gender lens investing appears to be all the rage, but time will tell
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New benchmark to ‘root out impact-washing’ finds room for improvement
BlueMark study launches new impact benchmark and finds follow up with investees on impact performance to be lacking
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Two new ESG reporting tools for UK pension schemes
Caceis launches carbon metrics and UN Global Compact Principles-aligned tools
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Quilter offers mental health talks to advisers
Four talks this Mental Health Awareness Week provided by London start-up Spill
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Fund buyers wary of increase in funds repurposed as ESG
‘If you simply change nothing and just stick the sustainable badge on, you’re going to face a lot of questions’
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Social policies have a lot of catching up to do
Jupiter’s Llewellyn-Waters says the pace of change in social policy has historically been slower than in climate change