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Investors discuss future of ESG engagement at Sustainable Finance Forum

Jul 30, 2019

In mid-June, the University of Oxford and the Rothschild Foundation sponsored the 8th Sustainable Finance Forum, an invitation-only,...Read more

ESG

The mainstream advancement of sustainable investing

Jul 15, 2019

Andrew Holt

The mainstream advancement of sustainable investing

Attempting to get to the bottom of – and explore further – a much-discussed issue, David Blood, co-founder and senior partner at...Read more

Reporting

Growth in number of Swiss companies committed to sustainable reporting

Jul 12, 2019

Andrew Holt

Growth in number of Swiss companies committed to sustainable reporting

More than one third of companies listed in the Swiss Market Index (SMI) have voluntarily committed to sustainability reporting after a...Read more

ESG

The Vanguard of ESG engagement

Jun 14, 2019

Garnet Roach

When Adrienne Monley started in the stewardship arm of Vanguard in 2015, as a leader on the US side, there were around a dozen people...Read more

ESG

Trade trouble surfaces as ESG risks threaten fast-growing aquaculture industry

Jun 14, 2019

Maria Lettini

Trade trouble surfaces as ESG risks threaten fast-growing aquaculture industry

Global campaigns to reduce plastic in the oceans have put the sustainability of our seas and marine life in the global spotlight. But...Read more

ESG

Hervé Duteil’s search for meaning: Ticker 103

Jun 04, 2019

Jeff Cossette

Hervé Duteil’s search for meaning: Ticker 103

This episode of The Ticker podcast comes to you from the Citadel Securities trading post on the floor of the NYSE. Six years ago,...Read more

ESG

New ESG scoring system aims to build sustainable markets

Jun 03, 2019

Andrew Holt

New ESG scoring system aims to build sustainable markets

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has developed a system for scoring companies on ESG practices that aims to help boost the ESG...Read more

ESG

SASB’s Investor Advisory Group recruits 15 new members – and new chair

May 22, 2019

Andrew Holt

SASB’s Investor Advisory Group recruits 15 new members – and new chair

The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today announced the expansion of its Investor Advisory Group (IAG), a collection...Read more

ESG

Leading global investors top for responsible investing practices

Apr 25, 2019

Andrew Holt

Leading global investors top for responsible investing practices

Leading global investors CalPERS , Japan’s Government Pension Investment Fund and the UK’s Strathclyde Pension Fund are among some of...Read more

ESG

How to respond to the ESG spotlight

Feb 11, 2019

Sally Curley and Carol Nolan Drake

Evidence of the link between investment returns and companies’ ESG commitments is mounting exponentially, showing that ESG should no...Read more

April

Shareholder targeting & ID

Harnessing the shift within sustainable and ethical investing

There has been a significant shift in the way younger generations approach their...Read more

Buy side

More than half of investors expect IR involvement when engaging on sustainability

Fifty-six percent of investors say they generally expect to engage with investor...Read more

Reporting

How Singapore is taking sustainability and diversity on board

Several new corporate governance measures are slated to be introduced in the Singaporean...Read more

Reporting

Time to separate the G from ESG, argues SquareWell Partners

‘Governance should be viewed as the means of facing environmental and social risks and...Read more

March

Careers

‘Half of our clients want a driver of ESG’: The growing importance of sustainability to IR careers

IR professionals are hearing ever more questions from investors about ESG issues. But...Read more

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