Money makes the world go round, so the old adage says, and with the asset management market worth an estimated $110 trillion, that’s plenty of inertia. As we know, the rise of the conscious consumer has increasingly channelled that force into buying products which go some way towards protecting the environment – but there’s only so much that switching to reusable cups,…
We explore how large investors are changing environmental practises of companies from within… When implementing a sustainable investment strategy there are multiple paths to take: ‘Screening’ is one of the most commonly used approaches, with the vast majority of asset managers claiming to be doing this across their investment universe. This consists of the exclusion of investments from a portfolio of the…
As the tide in morally responsible ESG investing shows no sign of slowing, and accusations of greenwashing fly around like facemasks on 2020 streets – we look into how, or if, the investment industry is truly moving the dial towards contributing to a more sustainable world. Why has ESG investing become so popular? As explained in our Green Finance intro, ESG or…
