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💬Quote from call today with CEO of €15 billion asset manager: “I have not been on an investor call in recent memory that has not had ESG come up as a major topic…it’s absolutely front and centre...ESG is just good investing…it’s completely essential for us and our investors"
Thanks @StephenButler_@Luminouslondon for inviting me to join @BronaghWard & @s_g_lawrence to talk about integrating ESG into investment, what investors are looking for, what cos should report and the @FRCnews UK Stewardship Code.
ESG news has amazingly gotten even more popular after a slight drop over the past few months due to the pandemic. April had almost double the news coverage from November. #ESG#sustainablefinance via @TheTerminal
What are the emergent frameworks for communicating ESG data to investors? Do they have access to enough information to be able to make effective decisions?
Find the answers in the latest research by @chrispinneyHMI, @BronaghWard and @CardinauxChloe: https://t.co/pZuJTmgxGf
What are the initiatives European financial institutions should be aware of as they embark on their sustainable finance journey?
Read more about sustainable finance in this blog by our colleague Antonis Antoniadis:
https://t.co/mTUzi6wP7h
What does stewardship mean? What are the key trends? How to distinguish between good and bad companies?
Find the answers in @BronaghWard's 5-minute interview with @ICGNCorpGov: https://t.co/M20H97Coph
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, says companies that fail to adapt to the low-carbon future will be punished by investors and go bankrupt. Health of entire financial system is dependent on tackling the global climate emergency.
https://t.co/lphV0UM346
BlackRock is launching a circular economy fund with input from the @circulareconomy. This is just one example of innovation in sustainable finance offerings we're seeing across IIGCC's membership. Via @hjesanderson. https://t.co/KrTsGvsPj6
"Lobbying is the most acute blocker preventing the transition that is required towards achieving the Paris goals,” states Bill Hartnett, Standard Life Aberdeen, which owns 3.2 per cent of BHP to the FT. #climate#removetheobstacles https://t.co/MeC5uZRtgY @PRI_News #esg
Big banks with $47 trillion in assets step up on climate change with the launch of the Principles for Responsible Banking...but most of the world's biggest banks are yet to commit
https://t.co/OubIEIepAf
Sign up for the first of our 2-part webinar series on Sustainable Financial Management, taking place next Wednesday 11th, 12:30-13:30 EST (17:30-18:30 BST).
We'll be joined by speakers from @CeresNews, @CECPtweets, and @SummaEquity.
Register here: https://t.co/WLMa5tdJbk
If economic interests are a key driver of #deforestation and #AmazonFires then can we have more info on the global companies and investors involved? @Forest500 says 97% of financial institutions have ZERO commitments for the forest-risk commodities they finance.