Can food waste reduction improve investor returns?
As the European Commission issues a delegated act, fund managers are looking to benefit
Analysis (EU)
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‘Embarrassing’ tenants create ESG conundrum for property funds
Investors mixed on whether occupiers such as betting shops are a problem
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Who will win the BP climate battle?
Comments made by BP in its quarterly results have angered an investor group lobbying for changes
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Real ESG mandate ‘a decade away’ in Asia
Pictet Wealth Management discusses ESG, the launch of an Asia bond discretionary mandate and its fund selection process.
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Big tech drags US down ESG rankings but EM nations rise
The surprising winners and losers of Morningstar’s ‘Sustainability Atlas’
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Should investors rebel against Schroders on leadership and pay?
Proxy adviser Glass Lewis is calling on investors to vote against proposals to appoint a family member to the board
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China is the ESG backmarker while Europe sets the pace
China’s listed firms make it the global laggard on environmental, social and governance factors while Big Tech is dragging on the US score. Global ratings firm Morningstar has just published a Sustainability Atlas examining and rating 46 country equity indices on ESG criteria. Morningstar researchers analysed the firm’s entire suite of global equity indexes, representing…
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Wheb and Impax lead the way as ‘impact washing’ confuses investors
Environmentally and socially-minded investors seek transparency but find mixed results
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No ESG plan would be ‘suicidal’
Amundi and BNP Paribas AM aim to integrate ESG factors across all products, and Willis Towers Watson expects more firms to follow – or lose business
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Should corporate bond fund investors go ethical?
As one of the highest yielding funds in the Investment Association’s Corporate Bond sector, this fund is making people reconsider what it means to be ethical
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Will coal, oil and gas really become stranded assets?
BP and Glencore changes could be instrumental in bringing more information to investors
