Aegon’s Ryan: ESG is a paradigm shift not a bubble
After two decades of running the Aegon Ethical Equity Fund, Audrey Ryan gives her take on key market concerns
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World Environment Day: Key concerns and pledges
A round-up of ESG professionals’ reflections on key environmental issues that need to be addressed in portfolios
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Natural capital: Mitigating biodiversity loss in portfolios
Investment managers need to consider how they can reduce biodiversity impact in their portfolios
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‘The tide is turning’: Historic week for clean energy transition as oil majors suffer blows
Investors and courts made their voices heard on oil firms’ climate plans setting a ‘powerful precedent’
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Wood products are a climate change solution
Anything made from fossils today can be made from trees tomorrow, say Pictet-Timber Fund managers
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Aviva, Amundi and LGIM among new names signing biodiversity pledge
Some 55 finance firms now back Finance for Biodiversity Pledge
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Three ways to improve culture and boost employees’ mental health
‘It’s in the best interests of financial services firms to prioritise culture’
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Earth Day: The gap between ambition and action can quickly be bridged
While governments and groups pledge long-term commitments, investors call for immediate action on climate change
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US asset managers not really getting behind the ESG agenda
Number of submissions brought forward on environmental and social issues has remained consistently low
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Only 1% of companies are effectively tackling deforestation
New CDP report finds $53.1bn of risks from deforestation across 553 companies
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Forestry firms, funds and projects for International Day of Forests
Deforestation accounts for nearly 15% of all greenhouse gas emissions
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Food headed straight to the dustbin causes $1trn in economic losses each year
What investors need to know on how food waste impacts the businesses they invest in and the planet