Shareholders are paying the fees of non-executive directors (NEDs) and therefore, as part of an active ownership agenda, we need to be able to evaluate whether that money is being spent wisely and that there is sufficient time being devoted to the role. Broadly, the methodology used by proxy voting advisers is that a NED, … Read more
Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) vice-chair Mary Schapiro has scooped up a prize for her contribution to sustainable finance in Oxford this week. In March, Insight Investment teamed up with the University of Oxford to launch an annual prize of up to £50,000 for research on greening finance. The Insight Investment – University of … Read more
Assets under management sitting in ESG Ucits funds is on track to exceed €7.9trn by 2025, predicted PwC, despite fewer funds coming to the market. In the fourth edition of PwC’s EU ESG Ucits poster supplements and updates to the data presented in the report 2022: The growth opportunity of the century, the firm said … Read more
Supporters of nuclear power argue that it’s a source of clean, renewable and reliable energy, while critics say that it’s costly to produce and dispose of, and dangerous to both society and the environment. In the UK, nuclear power accounts for around 15% of our energy mix, with a further 34% coming from natural gas, … Read more
Just two of the world’s largest food and drinks companies score more than 50% when it comes to spotting and dealing with the risks of forced labour and human rights abuses in their supply chains. A benchmark report of 60 of the world’s largest food and drinks companies by KnowTheChain, a project from the Business … Read more
Investors looking to support a greener planet may shun high-polluting industries or ‘brown’ companies, but instead they should be helping them transition by continuing to invest, says professor of finance at Yale School of Management Kelly Shue. In this episode of the Green Dream video series, Shue takes us through the findings of her recent … Read more
Just two of the world’s largest food and drinks companies score more than 50% when it comes to spotting and dealing with the risks of forced labor and human rights abuses in their supply chains. A benchmark report of 60 of the world’s largest food and drinks companies by KnowTheChain, a project from the Business … Read more
Despite nearly 60% of European funds being invested sustainably, many fund managers are struggling to contend with rapidly evolving sustainable finance legislation, according to research from MSCI. The ratings agency’s latest report, ‘Funds and the State of European Sustainable Finance’, found despite €7trn out of €12trn of European assets under management (AUM) being invested in … Read more
In the latest episode of the Green Dream, Therese Niklasson, global head of sustainable investment at Newton Investment Management, gets back to basics on global warming and biophysical systems, and explains why capital needs to be directed more towards emerging markets. Watch the full video interview above and read the transcript below. NK: Hello and welcome … Read more
There are still only nine women in chief executive roles in the top 100 UK blue chips, according to Equality Group’s FTSE 100 CEO Diversity Data Report. Meanwhile, there are more CEOs named Andrew and Simon than women female chief executives in the FTSE 100. Equality Group used Honordex to evaluate the index’s inhabitants on … Read more