Voting transparency pushes progress but too few ESG resolutions backed
ShareAction’s fourth report assessing asset manager voting reveals factors limiting impact
Asset Managers
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Board sustainability experience grows amid investor demand
Female board members more likely to have sustainability experience
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Bridges expands strategy team with hire
Founded in 2022, Bridges has raised over £1.5bn across its property, growth business, and outcomes partnership investment strategies
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New Year’s ESG checklist for asset managers
Focusing on these areas will quicken ESG integration and bring us closer to a stable planet, writes Redington’s Nick Samuels
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State Street the latest to expand client proxy voting
The measure follows similar moves from Vanguard and BlackRock
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Investors call for hazardous chemicals phase-out
$8trn investor group says financial risks for producers are ramping up
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Asset managers must take action to decarbonise private market investments
NZAOA calling on investors to phase out support for fossil fuels
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UN call to cut fossil fuel from net-zero goals welcome but ‘risky’
Praise for efforts to keep decarbonisation targets within ‘planetary boundaries’
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UN call to cut fossil fuel from net-zero goals welcome but ‘risky’
Praise for efforts to keep decarbonisation targets within ‘planetary boundaries’
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US funds have larger carbon footprints than European peers
American firms are also committing lower initial percentages of AUM to net zero
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US fund groups have larger carbon footprints than European peers
American firms also committing lower initial percentage of AUM to net zero
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Water risk: An increasing focus for asset managers
The world faces a 40% global water deficit by 2030 under a business-as-usual scenario, says UN