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Analysis (EU)
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Less than a third of private equity firms committed to ESG
Private equity firms are showing progress in engaging ESG, but there is still room for improvement
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Coronavirus reminds investors environmental and social problems are clear financial risks
Andrew Howard, head of sustainable research at Schroders, discusses why coronavirus reminds investors that environmental and social problems are clear financial risks that investors need to manage appropriately
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Climate benefits as covid-19 causes remote working ‘inflection point’
Schroders’ Simon Webber said adoption of remote working during covid-19 lockdown will last beyond containment of the virus
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What we can learn from a company’s governance in a crisis
John Streur, president and CEO of Calvert, analyses companies’ responses to the covid-19 pandemic
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Asset managers back Rathbones’ Modern Slavery campaign
Rathbones leads investor call to 23 FTSE-350 companies to comply with Modern Slavery Act
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The increasing number of ‘secret’ ESG funds
The multi-manager team at BMO Global Asset Management has found that 95% of their underlying active managers consider ESG criteria – despite not being classed as responsible investments
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The Green Dream with Liontrust’s Michaelis: ‘It’s evident everywhere things need to change’
The very first episode of ESG Clarity’s new video series The Green Dream, features Liontrust’s Peter Michaelis
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World Water Day: Seven investing trends for the 2020s
KBI Global Investors’ Matt Sheldon and Catherine Cahill highlight seven water investing trends
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Communicating ESG practices in an evolving crisis
David Butcher discusses effective (and ineffective) approaches to ESG messaging
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Renewable trusts top performance tables amid coronavirus crash
Investment trusts in the Renewable Energy Infrastructure sector have suffered smallest losses in market volatility
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Coronavirus should encourage governments on climate change action
Global coordinated efforts in the face of the coronavirus crisis, and compliance from the world’s citizens, should encourage governments into taking more policy action on climate change