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, Emma Hall, investment analyst at Aegon Asset Management, discusses her passion for addressing water scarcity and what she did for No Mow … Read more
ClientEarth has accused senior leadership at the world’s six largest accounting firms – BDO, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG and PwC – of failing on commitments to improve how climate change is addressed in financial reporting and audits. Lawyers for the climate action group have written to the accountancy firms to question their position on … Read more
Category Fund Name UK equities Active 1 Redwheel UK Climate Engagement 2 Fidelity Sustainable UK Equity Fund 3 Invesco Sustainable UK Companies 4 CFP Castlefield Sustainable UK Smaller Companies 5 Jupiter Responsible Income Fund Passive 1 Royal London UK FTSE4Good Tracker Trust 2 Xtrackers MSCI UK ESG UCITS ETF 3 Legal & General Future … Read more
Investors need to reassess the systemic risk associated with non-regenerative systems or be prepared for more shocks, warned Pollination managing director Steve Lang warned in the latest Green Dream interview. Watch the full video interview above and read the transcript below. NK: Hello and welcome back to the Green Dream video series. Today I’m joined … Read more
ClientEarth has accused senior leadership at the world’s six largest accounting firms – BDO, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG and PwC – of failing on commitments to improve how climate change is addressed in financial reporting and audits. Lawyers for the climate action group have written to the accountancy firms to question their position on … Read more
In this latest episode of the Green Dream video series, Asset Value Investors’ Joe Bauernfreund talks to ESG Clarity’s Natalie Kenway. Watch the full video interview above and read the transcript below. NK: We have been talking a bit about the improvements in corporate governance in Japan and you have seen this in the small … Read more
Sustainability-minded Chinese investors remain largely focused on what companies produce, rather than how they produce it. China’s sustainable fund universe reflects this, in that the total number of purely thematic funds vastly exceeds those integrating ESG more broadly, while thematic funds have also received the lion’s share of inflows over the past few years. This … Read more
Globe-trotting ex-banker Scott Herrmann turned his back on Wall Street during the financial crisis for life as a financial planner at a not-for-profit credit union in the mountainous city of Boulder, Colorado, where he says he now puts socially responsible investing at the heart of his work. “I used to say, ‘we also offer socially … Read more
Australia’s corporate regulator has tabled a lawsuit against the local unit of Vanguard for alleged greenwashing. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) alleges that the US-headquartered investment manager misled the public over its Vanguard Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund (Hedged) Fund. According to ASIC, investments held by the fund were based on … Read more
Despite “too many obstacles” still present in the investment industry when it comes to better representing the world it operates in, Hawksmoor Investment Management CEO Sarah Soar says to “just keep going”. In this latest episode of the Green Dream video series, she describes a stand-out moment in her mentoring work, and how her firm … Read more