Plastic use causes greenwashing concerns for fast fashion
Half of items listed on sites such as Boohoo, ASOS and PrettyLittleThing are entirely made from petrochemically-derived polymers
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Investing in the theme of connecting people
Liontrust’s Parker says infrastructure asset owners and innovative communications technology companies are good ways to play this theme
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Liontrust ESG Trust cancellation reflects challenging environment for fund raisings
Despite analysts predicting the trust stood a good chance, Liontrust abandoned the ESG Trust launch after failing to meet £100m target
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Liontrust ESG Trust IPO cancelled
Firm not proceeding with launch as fund raising fails to meet £100m target
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Liontrust includes two women in ESG trust board line-up
Board members unveiled and expected timetable for Liontrust’s first investment company launch
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ESG engagement has progressed but there’s a long way to go
Liontrust’s Parker looks at how far the asset management industry has come on engagement over the past 20 years
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Liontrust ESG trust enables team to access ‘pure plays’ in sustainable universe
Peter Michaelis and team share details of the new trust with ESG Clarity
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Liontrust takes first steps into closed-ended territory with sustainable trust launch
‘The investment trust sector has been relatively behind the curve in servicing the growing demand for ESG strategies’
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Liontrust’s Parker: Dealing with company controversies
‘There is often a collective wince when we hear a company describe itself as having sustainability in its DNA’
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Investment groups calling for better diversity must look inward
Amid the Campaign for Better Governance, ESG Clarity global head of ESG insight Natalie Kenway highlights how companies are being called out for lack of diversity
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Number of women on FTSE boards jumps but ‘more to be done’ at executive level
Liontrust and AJ Bell highlighted for all-male executive committees in final Hampton-Alexander Review
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Rules of engagement: What constitutes best practice?
Tracking engagement aims, collaborating with other investors and robust reporting will be essential to improving stewardship and furthering ESG causes this year and beyond