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94% of investors consider defence stocks ESG friendly
ESG investors have stopped divesting from defence stocks and started buying them since the invasion of Ukraine
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Tool developed to help stakeholders understand and assess corporate pay structures
UK asset owners collaborated with the High Pay Centre to create the Fair Reward Framework, with 65 FTSE 100 companies included in the pilot
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£1.6trn investor group write to UK’s largest companies calling for urgent response on climate transition plans
Letter sent to 76 FTSE 100 companies including Schroders and Hargreaves Lansdown
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Investment firms urged to review ESG policies as evidence grows of inadvertent divestment from EMs
The World Benchmarking Alliance and participating asset owners say asset managers need to reassess sustainable strategies
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Next Generation with Square Mile’s Pampolin: Switching from politics to investments to drive real change
In the last of this series, Guilherme Pampolin discusses promoting true sustainability and preventing another backlash
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Investors urged to strengthen investment policies around protected biodiverse areas
ShareAction report says asset managers have ‘significant room for improvement’ in protecting against biodiversity risk
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What to expect in SFDR overhaul
Simplicity and precision should be the highest priorities, says CFA Institute’s Chris Fidler
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Firms identify key barriers to business decarbonisation
Net zero a priority but firms point to ‘substantial challenges’ in the UK Net Zero Business Census
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Shared parental leave can close the pay gap
It is currently more economically viable for mothers to take leave from work to care for their child, writes Evenlode’s Rebekah Nash
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Integrum ESG launches tool to track long-term ratings trends
Indicates how capital markets have ‘priced in’ a company’s ESG performance
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BNP Paribas AM launches sustainable US and Japan ETFs
Article 8 funds will be part of the firm’s Easy Active Beta ETF range
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FCA scraps work on stewardship effectiveness metrics
Forthcoming FRC Stewardship Code consultation now ‘vitally important’ to defining stewardship effectiveness
