A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  A new UK government began to face up to some well-established dichotomies for investors. What price growth? – Less than a week into her new job, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves endorsed the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) new listing rules as “a significant first step…

Helle Bank Jørgensen, Founder of Competent Boards, and Dr Henning Stein, Finance Fellow at Cambridge Judge Business School, explain how the technology can empower boards to address sustainability challenges. ESG considerations have been rising up corporate agendas for years, yet meaningful knowledge of them often remains poor at the highest levels. A recent study by Competent Boards and Copenhagen Business…

IOPS Head Dariusz Stańko talks about the importance of integrating sustainability factors into pension funds’ investment and risk management processes. The amount of assets in pension plans in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries grew by over 8% to US$53.1 trillion in 2023, equal to 82.4% of their total GDP. With such huge financial firepower, pension funds…

UKSIF confirms interest from institutional investors in how labels will add credibility to funds’ sustainability credentials.  The UK’s Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) package may have been designed with retail investors in mind, but it also has implications for the institutional market to consider.  Finalised in November last year, the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) UK SDR rules were intended to improve…

Investors must be aware of major blockages to movement in the construction supply chain, says Richard Black, Partner at Eversheds Sutherland. Construction is heavily reliant on the importation of goods and materials, with procurement being a key element of the industry. Unfortunately, the process of sourcing, acquiring and paying for goods has recently been beset with problems, with global factors…

Hurricane Beryl, which knocked out power to almost 3 million homes in Texas this week, is just one more illustration that the frequency and intensity of these tropical storms and hurricanes have been increasing. The science regarding extreme weather is clear: Climate change is the main reason. The effects of global warming on weather patterns, sea levels, and atmospheric conditions…