My eldest child has been busy staking her personal future on creating a better one for all of us. She faces trial for her activity, which makes me judge the merit of my own actions daily. Is the investment industry being activist enough and can we gain any insight from the climate activism currently taking place in civil society?
The UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) has recently released a report highlighting its vision for how the UK can become “the first net-zero financial centre”. Given this organisation represents a very wide range of industry players, I was not especially hopeful but keen to see some activism in its proposals.
Activism might not be the term the UKSIF uses, but I am delighted to see activist intent in both its words and suggested actions.
Read the full comment in ESG Clarity’s May 2022 digital magazine.
