Time for investors to step up in fight against climate change
UN’s damning IPCC report found global warming of between 1.5C and 2C will be exceeded in the current century
ESG
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Eyes on Boohoo backers as damning report reveals persistent supply chain issues
Five Jupiter funds have punchy positions in fast fashion brand which also features in L&G Growth Trust and Baillie Gifford British Smaller Companies
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Kermitted Asset Management: Home truth
The chairman of the insignificantly-sized investment company Kermitted Asset Management reaches for his Farrow and Ball chart to explain a greyish-green area of ESG. Or perhaps greenish-grey
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Aberdeen Standard Investments rolls out three climate change funds
Each fund will offer investors opportunities arising out of the transition towards net zero
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ESG assets on course to surpass $50trn by 2025
Bloomberg Intelligence predicts sustainable ETFs and debt will continue to drive AUM higher
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Board diversity tops list of concerns for Blackrock Investment Stewardship
Asset manager voted against 975 companies globally for lack of diversity at board level
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LGT Vestra adds ASI fund selector to sustainable MPS team
Matthew Wiles was previously a manager of the ASI MyFolio Sustainable fund range
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Edentree targets advisers with responsible multi-asset range
Lack of ‘track-record’ with these types of products not an issue, according to one adviser
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Asset managers’ net zero pledge not enough to combat climate risks
‘There is too much focus on the destination and too little focus on the journey’
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Gresham House Energy Storage raises £100m in oversubscribed placing
Funds will go toward financing four battery energy storage systems projects
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Tim Cockerill: Is hydrogen the final piece of the decarbonisation jigsaw?
It is early days for hydrogen as a viable power and fuel source but the potential economic and investment advantages are already clear
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UK regulators take action to boost diversity in financial sector
Paper suggests regulated reporting on diversity data, targets linked to remuneration and adjusted approaches to succession planning