94% of investors consider defence stocks ESG friendly
ESG investors have stopped divesting from defence stocks and started buying them since the invasion of Ukraine
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Investment firms urged to review ESG policies as evidence grows of inadvertent divestment from EMs
The World Benchmarking Alliance and participating asset owners say asset managers need to reassess sustainable strategies
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Investors urged to strengthen investment policies around protected biodiverse areas
ShareAction report says asset managers have ‘significant room for improvement’ in protecting against biodiversity risk
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Firms identify key barriers to business decarbonisation
Net zero a priority but firms point to ‘substantial challenges’ in the UK Net Zero Business Census
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Over 1,200 UK funds facing ‘urgent compliance deadline’ for SDR naming and marketing rules
The 2 December SDR deadline is for funds seeking to utilise sustainability-related terminology in fund name
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Four steps for investors to take action on nature
Embracing nature-positive investable solutions to protect biodiversity could create £7.6trn in new business
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Asset managers should aim to ‘stay one step ahead’ of SFDR amid 2025 amendments
Ocorian predicted five key SFDR changes expected in the next update
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Progress on SDG6 ‘alarmingly off-track’ as UNEP calls for increased water investment
UNEP targets investment in institutions, infrastructure, information and innovation to meet the 2030 clean water target
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Next equal pay dispute demonstrates ‘material risk’ for investors
Industry reacts as Next failed to show sales consultants being paid less than warehouse workers was not sex discrimination after six-year legal battle
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Over half of private equity firms rated ‘excellent’ on ESG
LGT Capital Partners found ‘significant progress’ had been made
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#TalkAboutBlack details progress in initiatives for Black talent
The campaign aims to build a pipeline of Black industry leaders
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Support for anti-ESG shareholder resolutions remained low in 2023
Cohort of anti-ESG shareholder resolutions at US companies ‘to gain attention rather than shareholder support’