Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. Involvement from the largest asset managers will be essential to drive financial support for impact investment strategies, industry experts have underlined, highlighting increased interest from pension funds in the subject. Last week, UK asset manager Schroders…

Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. Stronger demand from pension funds for impact investments has begun to increase the flow of commitments and solutions needed from large asset managers to accelerate growth in the sector. Last week, UK asset manager Schroders released…

Schroders’ first group-wide impact investing report shows solid alignment with client priorities, and can serve as a blueprint for other managers to raise standards. Involvement from the largest asset managers will be essential to drive financial support for impact investment strategies, industry experts have underlined, highlighting increased interest from pension funds in the subject. Last week, UK asset manager Schroders…

Ten-year index findings highlight limited progress, building a case for adding the theme to investors’ “constellation” of ESG-related considerations.  Evidence is accumulating to show that disability inclusion is integral to companies’ sustainable long-term performance and should therefore be a priority social-related engagement theme for investors.  Global non-profit Disability:IN recently published its 2024 Disability Equality Index, highlighting improvements in almost all…

A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  Green policies were given a reboot in the UK and Europe this week, while the tech sector’s ESG credentials weakened. Rebalancing act – This week’s King’s Speech gave an insight into the priorities of Britain’s new Labour government, indicating an appetite to address challenges across the ESG…

Frances Deakin, LPPI’s Head of Responsible Investment, outlines the reasons why a whole-scheme management model is the right approach for UK pension schemes. “Stewardship encompasses everything that we manage, including our pension fund clients’ assets and reputation; it is not just about traditional activities such as engagement,” Frances Deakin told ESG Investor. “Viewing stewardship as everything we do is my…

Fewer than half of EU nations explicitly support the measures, but opposition may not be enough to block it. An EU proposal to put permanent tariffs on electric vehicles (EV) from China has won the support of fewer than half of member states, a vote this week showed, exposing divisions within the bloc and raising questions about the Brussels-designed policy’s…

Rhys Kirk, Chief Technology Officer at Conrad Energy, highlights how innovations like digital twinning and AI are bolstering sustainability and efficiency.   Businesses and investors have not historically associated the energy industry with cutting edge digital or technological innovation. There have been a number of reasons for this, including the regulated nature of the industry meaning that new technology, digital tools, and…