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ESG Explainer: Line of Duty

Chris Hall

In 2005, a group of investment managers organised under the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) commissioned law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to publish a report , ‘A Legal Framework for the Integration of ESG Issues into Institutional Investment’. How does fiduciary duty relate to sustainable investment?

UNEP 52
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How Genomics Will Support Gorilla Conservation

3BL Media

According to UNESCO and UNEP’s report, Stolen Apes: The Illicit Trade in Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Bonobos and Orangutans, at least 98 gorillas were taken from the wild in a six-year time period. However, UNESCO and UNEP believe the number of animals that disappear is actually far greater than what is being recorded.

UNEP 130
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Is Missing 1.5°C the End of the World?

Chris Hall

C temperature pathway. Last year, the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) ‘ Emissions Gap Report ’ said climate policies enacted worldwide could result in 2.8°C LGIM’s Stansbury emphasises that, when it comes to tackling climate change, it’s best for investors to “prepare and plan – don’t predict”.