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LGT Wealth Management becomes first European manager to utilise pass-through voting
Wealth managers are paying much closer attention to voting alignment on environmental and social issues
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ShareAction warns banks to ‘expect shareholder action’ if they don’t set robust climate targets
Banks were criticised for having ‘low-ambition’ and an ‘incoherent approach’ to setting climate targets earlier this year
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GRI appoints Hodess as CEO
Hodess will lead GRI from February 2025
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KBI Global Investors appoints natural resources portfolio manager
Craig Bonthron rejoins KBI Global Investors after 14 years away
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EY: Investors display ‘worrying level of apathy’ to ESG
Findings also suggest gap between the statements investors are making on the importance of ESG factors and the actions they are taking
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Downing’s Lewis: ‘My biggest challenge is to prove ESG makes money’
Lewis discusses an abundance of ESG opportunities within private markets, enforcing COP29 commitments and nature as a ‘mega-trend’
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Turning the page on the UK Stewardship Code
Carlota Esguevillas reflects on the strengths of the current Code, and details what EdenTree would like to see in its next iteration
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Q&A: Robeco’s Motta on how investors can promote change in the fashion industry
As Robeco’s sustainability investing and engagement specialist calls for industry-wide collaboration
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The due diligence crisis threatening sustainable investing’s credibility
Asset managers present ‘sustainable’ strategies in pitch meetings, but their processes can be alarmingly superficial, writes Francois Zagame
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CCLA: UK companies still failing to address modern slavery
CCLA’s Modern Slavery Benchmark reveals number of financial firms in the top tier for leading on human rights innovation
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FRC drops references to environment and society in stewardship definition update
Consultation opens on revised UK Stewardship Code as commentators warn on ‘sending the wrong signals’
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Time to say goodbye
Knowing when engagement has reached the end of the road, by Castlefield’s Ita McMahon
