Archive

  • Investors wake up to collective engagement clout

    26 March 2018

    Climate-related resolutions at Exxon and Shell garnered the support of the world's largest investors. Now asset managers and owners are massing together to move entire sectors, writes Michael Hurley.

  • $3trn of investors launch pilot group on TCFD

    15 March 2018

    Nine investors representing around $3 trillion of assets have joined forces to promote climate transparency.

  • Russell Investments unveils methodology for 'material ESG' scoring

    07 March 2018

    Russell Investments has developed an environmental, social and governance (ESG) scoring system focused on materiality, which claims it is a better predictor of stock return than "traditional" ESG scores.

  • PRI, Eurosif urge EU to enshrine sustainability in fiduciary duty law

    24 January 2018

    The UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and Eurosif have urged the EU to formally recognise sustainability as part of large investors' fiduciary duty, saying that such a definition would remove a key barrier to responsible investment.

  • PRI urges specific ESG policy for infrastructure investors

    22 January 2018

    The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has published advice on how investors can integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria across their infrastructure investments.

  • The role of ESG in fiduciary duty needs clarity

    27 December 2017

    Investors should endorse the European Commission's mission to clarify how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors form a central part of their fiduciary duty, Nathan Fabian says

  • Mapping the SDGs

    11 December 2017

    Two years on from the launch of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, how are investors responding, asks Peter Cripps

  • EU launches consultation on sustainability and fiduciary duty

    14 November 2017

    A European Commission proposal to formally recognise sustainability as a part of large investors' fiduciary duty will be tested by public consultation.

  • Taking control of short-termism

    24 October 2017

    Rory Sullivan and Will Martindale propose a new agenda for companies and investors to encourage long-term business growth and ESG integration.

  • Five key reasons to invest in the SDGs

    13 October 2017

    There are five key reasons why investors should embrace the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a report argues.