Palm oil investing through an ESG lens
Nikko Asset Management’s Kenneth Tang shares how palm oil companies are improving their sustainability agendas
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Big Society Capital funds seven social impact enterprises
Resolution Foundation and Resonance are among those receiving support
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Global leaders call for harmonised approach to climate amid regional inconsistencies
Mark Carney, Christine Lagarde, Janet Yellen and Mairead McGuinness highlight ‘information gaps’ between geographies
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Renewable income robust during pandemic
AIC’s Annabel Brodie-Smith discusses the role investment companies play in the path to net zero
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The most desirable ESG roles within asset management
TWS’ Tom Strelzak discusses the recruitment trends in ESG in what has been a ‘transformational 12 months’
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Advisers want ESG-branded products
NextWealth study finds although integration is important in the long term, specific ESG-badged solutions are preferable right now
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Emerging market green bonds to top $100bn in two years
Last year 174 new green bonds came to the market in EMs
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Baillie Gifford’s Stuart Dunbar: The shortcomings in data approaches to ESG (part 1)
Concerns that sustainable challenges in the real world are being overlooked with strong focus on data
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Fund boards not changing tack on performance in value assessments
More than half of independent NEDs admit there has been no significant changes to how they discuss performance
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reboot.: Be braver and call out conscious bias
State Street’s Ritu Shirgaokar says racial bullying is still an issue in the workplace
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Podcast: UKSIF CEO says world is not on track to hit net zero
The full interview from episode three of ESG Out Loud
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Industry waking up to importance of diversity data but not how to collect it
New report finds 80% of HR leaders see diversity data as a 2021 priority but just 20% say they are good at collecting it