Empowering SMEs: The key to a climate-resilient future
SMEs are often absent from the global climate discourse despite representing 90% of businesses globally, write COP29 champions
Opinion
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The due diligence crisis threatening sustainable investing’s credibility
Asset managers present ‘sustainable’ strategies in pitch meetings, but their processes can be alarmingly superficial, writes Francois Zagame
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What counts as vulnerable? Key Consumer Duty feedback for financial advisers
With over 50% of people deemed ‘vulnerable’ at some stage in their lives, advisers need to address some key issues, writes FE fundinfo’s Helen Slater
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Making SDR a success into 2025 and beyond
With just weeks away until the FCA’s next deadline, there’s still work to do to ensure SDR delivers against its end goals, writes the IA’s Carol Thomas
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How investors can propel green shipping forward
Retrofitting existing ships offers an opportunity for investors focused on quicker returns, writes MPC Capital’s Christian Rychly
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Helping to cement a sustainable future
Cutting down cement emissions not only makes environmental sense, but it is also a compelling financial opportunity, writes Eric Pedersen
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SFDR reform: A call for enhanced comparability and third-party assurance
PwC Luxembourg’s Marcassoli says third-party sustainability assurance embedded within SFDR would set a benchmark for ESG integrity
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Has COP copped it?
What does a Trump election mean for COP29? It’s not good news, writes WHEB’s Seb Beloe
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UK pharma: 25 years of innovation and controversy
Whitefriars’ Ketan Patel discusses what investors need to consider when investing in the pharmaceutical sector
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Tackling biodiversity loss in livestock farming: A dual approach to supply and demand reform
FAIRR Initiative’s Natasha Stromberg says to meet Paris Agreement targets governments must adopt a dual-approach
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Time to say goodbye
Knowing when engagement has reached the end of the road, by Castlefield’s Ita McMahon
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COP16: A glass half-empty, or half-full?
Funding was certainly the main challenge, with only $163m pledged during the conference, writes Square Mile’s Guilherme Pampolin