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ESG Overload 

Chris Hall

UK asset owners are feeling the squeeze from sustainability reporting, but they are working on ways to ease the pinch. The first time asset owners were expected to report on responsible investment was back in 2007 as part of the UN-convened Principles for Responsible Investment’s (PRI) reporting assessment framework, Russell explains.

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Stewardship Dialogue Must be Ongoing – FCA

Chris Hall

According to Manning, the FCA is keen to identify regulatory constraints on collaborative engagement, which has been used increasingly by asset owners and managers in recent years, particularly to address systemic environmental risks, such as climate change and accelerating biodiversity loss.

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Will Fiduciary Fog Clear for Trustees?

Chris Hall

Further clarification may be on the way as the UK government’s updated Green Finance Strategy 2023 includes a commitment to review pension trustees’ fiduciary duties and stewardship activities. Today, says Lee, it is “undeniable” that climate change is having an impact in the real world and in the financial world.

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Seven Ways to Spot Greenwashing

Chris Hall

The minimum requirements for PRI signatory status are: having a responsible investment policy that sets out an overall ESG approach or guidelines; providing evidence that the policy covers more than 50% of assets under management; and evidence of senior management oversight and staff implementation of responsible investment.

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PRI: Policymakers Must “Establish Coherence” on Investor Stewardship

Chris Hall

It instead noted that policies should “consistently promote the appropriate use of stewardship by investors as part and parcel of discharging their duties”. The PRI’s guide also said there will likely be greater emphasis on implementation and greater scrutiny of the actions that investors are taking over stewardship.

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This Week’s People Moves: Simpson Steps Down as CDP CEO

Chris Hall

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including CDP, Loomis Sayles, UKSIF, Built by Nature, Arcadian AM, London Pensions Fund Authority and PLSA. Prior to joining, Stevenson was Head of Business Development at Neuron Advisers, a boutique quantitative alternative investment firm.

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An Increasing Sense of Urgency

Chris Hall

These long-held principles of sustainability have filtered down to the world of investment. According to figures published by The Global Sustainable Investment Alliance in 2021, Japan’s total sustainably invested assets stood at US$42,874 billion in 2020, representing a more than fivefold increase from 2016.