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Stewardship Insights: Developing an escalation approach
In this new series, ESG Clarity takes a deep dive into an investment firm’s stewardship activities, discovering their key focuses and processes, and what’s in their engagement toolkit. Here, Andrew...
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S&P Global Q&A: Clear frameworks for disclosure needed to progress with SDGs
In the wake of COP28 and the renewed focus on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Richard Mattison, vice chair at S&P Global Sustainable, discusses the difficulties investors have when...
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Stewardship Insights: Scrutiny on asset managers’ engagement is evolving
In this new series, ESG Clarity takes a deep dive into an investment firm’s stewardship activities, discovering their key focuses and processes, and what’s in their engagement toolkit. Here, Yo...
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Jan Oliff Financial Planning Q&A: Regulation and the public encourage...
Jan Oliff, managing director of Jan Oliff Financial Planning and member of the Ethical Investment Association, has been involved in ESG investing since 2006 – it’s a passion she says that keeps her...
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Stewardship Insights: Climate lobbying in high-impact sectors will be key...
In this series, ESG Clarity takes a deep dive into an investment firm’s stewardship activities, discovering their key focuses and processes, and what’s in their engagement toolkit. Here, Clemence...
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Industry will see more effective and nuanced engagements as ESG grows up
The increased scrutiny on asset manager engagement is a sign the ESG investment industry is “growing up” and firms should welcome these questions, said Fidelity’s head of stewardship for Europe in...
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Stewardship Insights: Working with companies to mitigate risks of AI disruption
In this series, ESG Clarity takes a deep dive into an investment firm’s stewardship activities, discovering their key focuses and processes, and what’s in their engagement toolkit. Here, Bruce Duguid,...
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ESG Out Loud: How AI can drive positive change in child labour
In this episode of the ESG Clarity podcast, ESG Out Loud, reporter Holly Downes talks to Eleanor Harry, chief executive of HACE, about their AI-powered Child Labour Index. Today, there are 160 million...
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Man GLG: Japan’s ‘most radical corporate reform in a generation’
The improvements witnessed so far in Japan are just the start of a long-term upward trend in corporate reform in the nation, Man GLG portfolio manager Emily Badger, who said corporate Japan is...
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Green Dream with Skagen’s Myge: Expect ESG backlash to continue
In this Green Dream interview, Sondre Myge, head of ESG at Skagen Funds, answers questions on how Skagen engages with companies, trends in the ESG space and how the industry is moving on from the...
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Q&A: ‘Climate change scenarios are not created with investors in mind’
Climate change scenarios used by investors in their financial projections “were not created with investors in mind”, and projections based upon them “could lull people into a false sense of security”,...
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Redwheel’s O’Toole Q&A: Why some clean economy businesses have a negative...
Amanda O’Toole, portfolio manager at Redwheel, joined the company from Axa Investment Managers in April 2023 to lead two new funds – the Biodiversity fund and the Clean Economy fund. Here, she...
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Green Dream with GIB AM’s Desai: Companies in emerging Asia understand...
Companies in emerging Asia have low ESG ratings but an increasing willingness and receptiveness for change, according to GIB Asset Management’s Kunal Desai. Crucially, he says in this Green Dream...
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Franklin Templeton Q&A: Emerging markets are under-owned, undervalued and...
Investors are reducing their exposure to emerging markets (EMs) despite positive growth signals, leaving plenty of opportunity for those that can buy in to companies at discounted prices, said Andrew...
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Gravis Q&A: The future of net zero in the UK
In this Q&A, Ed Simpson, head of energy and infrastructure at Gravis Capital Management, shares his thoughts on the economic considerations surrounding the future of net zero in the UK, exploring...
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Fidelity’s Ikawa Q&A: Traceability targets and collaborative engagement in Japan
Tomohiro Ikawa, head of engagement in Japan at Fidelity International, explains how the team is applying the firm’s sustainable commitments in the region, discusses a success story from the fund and...
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Q&A: Tide of regulation emerging to mandate corporate disclosure on social...
Investors can’t afford to sit still and wait for companies to be mandated to disclose on social issues – although that is coming – warned Aviva Investors’ Richard Saldanha. The global equity portfolio...
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Stewardship Insights: Clients are becoming more discerning in their...
In this series, ESG Clarity takes a deep dive into an investment firm’s stewardship activities, discovering their key focuses and processes, and what’s in their engagement toolkit. Here, Rachael...
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GMO Q&A: Missing Scope 3 is missing 80% of risk exposure
While carbon emissions remain the primary measure of how climate damaging or climate friendly products and businesses are, the huge question of indirect emissions continues to be puzzling. Deborah Ng,...
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