World Bank: Asset managers and owners must collaborate on ESG
Working together on enhanced ESG disclosure and reporting will bolster data quality and availability, and influence market participants through greater corporate engagement
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Climate change and human rights top pension customer concerns
Standard Life is adding four new funds to its responsible range for pension savers
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Pressure to bring down ESG fund fees
How much of a premium are investors willing to pay for ESG funds to achieve a positive impact, and how will full integration affect fees in the active and passive space?
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A Sustainable Xmas with Yuko Takano: Games, electric cars and diversity
BNY Mellon Sustainable Global Equity Fund manager talks employee welfare, flexible working and the transition from LEGO to computer games
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ESG Pathway: ‘Brink of a golden age’ for industrials to benefit from a transition
At the final ESG Pathway event of the year, asset management leaders discuss climate transitions, standardised metrics and the ‘green bond revolution’
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Green Dream with LGIM’s Sacha Sadan: Covid forces boards to think outside the box
LGIM’s Sadan describes how the firm puts its $1.5trn in AUM to good use in this Green Dream video interview
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Special Interview with the UN’s Pierre Bardoux: Economies will collapse if more action is not taken
The senior portfolio manager discusses the UN’s Coral Reef and Lion’s Share funds, and how asset managers can get involved
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Human Rights Day: Placing business practices under real scrutiny
Newton’s Andrew Parry writes how engagement is leading to companies taking action to prevent human rights abuses
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A green awakening: Making the sustainability part of the recovery
The pandemic has revealed just how difficult it will be to address climate issues
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Engaging on sustainability in start-ups paves way for green transition
Venture capitalists are taking advantage of sustainable opportunities by investing in the early stages of a business, paving the way for larger investors
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A Sustainable Xmas with Diane Earnshaw: Flexible working, last-minute wrapping and embedding ESG
Square Mile’s head of consulting talks reducing meat consumption, Covid-19 and Christmas at home
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Number of UK top companies reporting sustainability falls
KPMG report finds UK behind some European countries in reporting on sustainability, and biodiversity reporting lacking worldwide