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Companies in funds targeting the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on average sell just 1% of their products and services in countries most in need of sustainable development, Clarity AI research seen exclusively by ESG Clarity has found. The sustainability data platform looked at different countries’ progress towards the SDGs as laid out in the SDG … Read more
Almost half (47%) of Europe’s asset and wealth managers are yet to achieve boards made up of 40% women, despite this being the target required by the European Women on Boards Directive, according to the latest EY European Financial Services Boardroom Monitor. The continent’s financial services firms have until January 2026 to raise the number … Read more
The proportion of private equity managers assessing and measuring climate-related risks has risen by 12 percentage points to 55% over the last year, according to LGT Capital Partners. The firm’s annual ESG Report analyses the activities of 381 managers (including 309 private equity managers) globally, to assess improvements to ESG practices. The report revealed that … Read more
In this new summer series for ESG Clarity, members of the sustainable investment industry tell us how their thinking on this fast-moving industry has adapted over the years and what changes that has led to. Here, Steve Smith, fund manager, European equities and co-manager of the Invesco Sustainable Eurozone Equity Fund, reflects on companies finding climate … Read more
Federated Hermes, Impax and abrdn are among 20 financial institutions to have joined the UK Financial Institutions for Nature group, which aims to invest in the UK’s nature recovery. The group, which was launched today by the Green Finance Institute’s (GFI) nature programme, is open to any financial institution engaged in UK nature finance and … Read more
We are way past the need to open up our eyes to the future reality we are heading towards. Despite the IPCC Climate Change Report warning us that there’s “no credible pathway to 1.5oC in place”, and the latest data indicating that the world is on track for a temperature rise of between 2.4oC and 2.6oC … Read more
Investment firms are among businesses, NGOs and scientists that have welcomed the European Parliament’s passing of the Nature Restoration Law yesterday. The law, which will be going ahead with some amendments, will enshrine some of the global biodiversity targets agreed at COP15 last year with the aim to restore 20% of the EU’s land and … Read more
Former chief economist at Lloyds Bank Trevor Williams joins ESG Clarity in the podcast studio following his speech at our Responsible Pathway conference in June. We chat about that Economist article, Williams’ view on nascent technologies (“carbon capture is a cop-out”); what the UK government should be focusing on when it comes to decarbonisation and … Read more
Forward-looking data and continued international cooperation are two of the key areas for focus in the coming months, according to the Financial Stability Board’s (FSB) latest roadmap. The annual FSB Roadmap for Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risks provides progress updates and areas for focus. It will be delivered to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors … Read more
The proportion of private equity managers assessing and measuring climate-related risks has risen by 12 percentage points to 55% over the last year, according to LGT Capital Partners. The firm’s annual ESG Report analyzes the activities of 381 managers (including 309 private equity managers) globally, to assess improvements to ESG practices. The report revealed that … Read more