Investors most likely to vote together on pay issues
Alignment of corporate objectives with executive incentives has become a key AGM issue
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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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Bluefield fund achieves first with green award
The Bluefield Solar Income Fund has been recognised for its alignment to targets set by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
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Investors push food companies on animal welfare
Brunel Pension Partnership – which oversees some £30bn in assets – is the latest investor to join a growing initiative
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Moody’s takes controlling stake in ESG specialist
The deal is a response to the increasing importance of sustainability factors to investment decision-making
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Rowe and Wildgoose chase sustainable equity winners
The new launch takes Nomura Asset Management into the increasingly crowded global sustainable equity fund market
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UK chancellor calls for action on economic sustainability
Philip Hammond is travelling to Washington to speak at the annual International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings, taking place from Friday 12 to Sunday 14 April
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BP faces off with investors ahead of AGM
Bosses at the oil giant say they would have little control over the emissions of their customers
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Mercer offers proof sustainable portfolios will outperform
Study finds sustainable portfolios likely to outperform standard portfolios by 0.2 per cent, every year, until 2030
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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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Sustainable fund firm closed as investors lose millions
The court ruling was made following an investigation by the UK’s Insolvency Service