Can ETFs be serious ESG strategies?
Refinitiv’s Detlef Glow explores claims active managers can evaluate companies faster and have better influence of boards
Engagement
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Is your fund manager engaging effectively on climate change?
Value-at-risk, temperature alignment and carbon analytics are useful tools for assessing climate risk
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Vanguard’s own goal: Carbon-heavy holdings and $3trn climate risk
Think tank Universal Owner claims asset manager is doing harm to the market on which it depends
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$3.2trn investor group to target chemicals sector
ShareAction report poses questions for investors to ask in order for the sector to decarbonise
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Best European banks for coal phase-out
ShareAction report names Crédit Agricole and Crédit Mutuel as outperformers but finds sector still lagging
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‘Engagement will only be credible if investors are prepared to divest’
Nordea’s Eric Pedersen gives examples of where investor engagement with companies has and has not worked
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Sustainability of fast fashion in question amid latest Boohoo rumblings
Investor engagement with the retailer appears to be working but supply chain issues remain
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Board diversity tops list of concerns for Blackrock Investment Stewardship
Asset manager voted against 975 companies globally for lack of diversity at board level
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Fidelity steps up scrutiny on climate and gender diversity
Asset manager says it will consider voting against companies without climate targets or 30% women on boards
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Investor group co-sponsors plastic pellet pollution standard
Investor Forum brings together nine institutional investors to launch a Publicly Available Specification
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Podcast: Technology must look after environment and society
Introducing a new sector special podcast series starting with a deep dive into technology
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Do EMs offer biodiversity engagement opportunities?
Verisk Maplecroft outlook explores biodiversity opportunities in countries with foreign debt and natural assets