CCLA: Three quarters of companies meeting bare minimum in anti-slavery standards
Most companies see anti-slavery laws as a ‘tick-box exercise’ and do not actively confront it in their supply chains
Author: Tom Aylott
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Sustainable funds suffer worst quarter of outflows on record
Even long-standing support from Europe was retracted, marking the region’s first quarter of divestment since 2018
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Franklin Templeton launches ESG versions of S&P 500 and S&P World
The ETFs will re-weight the original indices based on ESG scores and exclude controversial companies
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Comgest head of sustainability exits to join former CEO’s new boutique
Arnaud Cosserat and fellow portfolio manager Alistair Wittet left Comgest to found Aecus Partners in December
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FTSE 350 surpasses gender target with women in 43% of board positions
Yet the UK’s 50 largest private companies need ‘a step up in their commitments’ as nine have no women on their boards at all
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115 funds drop ESG from branding in 2024 to comply with SDR
A further 30-50% of all European ESG funds are expected to change their names in line with FCA and ESMA marketing guidelines in 2025
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Saba’s ‘sub-par corporate governance’ is breaching FCA rules
Saba could be breaking the FCA’s rules around board independence, according to Edison
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CCLA’s Dame Sara Thornton: Forced labour is ‘a feature of the system’ in the UK
Weak legislation has turned the UK into ‘a dumping ground’ for slavery-linked goods and services
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Women could add $3.2trn to markets in ‘wealth boom’ – if investment industry wasn’t complacent
Female investors could up financial service revenues by $700bn, but wealth managers are overlooking this untapped demographic
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Redwheel CEO on the launch of new emerging market impact strategy
Tord Stallvik discusses the firm’s new acquisition
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Ebi launches passive ESG MPS range
The 11 new impact portfolios ‘seek to generate positive, measurable, and sustainable social and environmental change, alongside a financial return’
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94% of investors consider defence stocks ESG friendly
ESG investors have stopped divesting from defence stocks and started buying them since the invasion of Ukraine