February 2022
07Feb

Danish pension fund ditches Wizz Air over labour rights

Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said on Monday it was selling its stake in budget airline Wizz Air (WIZZ.L) over alleged "human and labour rights abuses" towards its workers. The $23 billion fund was one of 14 investors that called on Wizz in December to allow employees to form and join trade unions, saying their research suggested it was discouraging the practice in breach of staff rights. AkademikerPension said on Monday that, after meeting management, it saw no sign the airline's practices...

February 7, 2022
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PRINCIPIOS PARA LA INVERSIÓN RESPONSABLE
02Feb

Principios Para La Inversión Responsable

Por: PRI Creemos que un sistema financiero global económicamente eficiente y sostenible es una necesidad para la creación de valor a largo plazo. Este sistema recompensará la inversión responsable a largo plazo y beneficiará tanto al medio ambiente como a la sociedad en conjunto. El PRI trabajará en pro de lograr establecer este sistema financiero global y sostenible incentivando la adopción de los Principios y la colaboración para su aplicación, promoviendo el buen gobierno corporativo, la integridad y la rendición de...

February 2, 2022
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01Feb

UK. 21 million savers tempted by green pension options amid increasing awareness

Awareness of the link between pensions and climate change has grown by around 85 per cent in the past year, analysis from Make My Money Matter (MMMM) has revealed, with an increasing number of savers tempted by green pension options as a result. Research from the group revealed that 51 per cent of savers, representing around 21 million individuals, would choose a green pension if offered one by their provider, up from 44 per cent in 2021, a "substantial" increase...

February 1, 2022
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January 2022
27Jan

UK. Can the FCA tackle greenwashing?

For those who care about environmental, social and governance considerations, watching the glacial progress towards standardised ESG disclosures has been frustrating. There are more working groups, task forces, frameworks and roadmaps than you could shake a stick at (I have never tried shaking a stick at a working group, and it would probably get me fired, but you get the idea). Dare I suggest that we might even spare some sympathy for the Financial Conduct Authority, which has the job of...

January 27, 2022
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25Jan

Aviva Investors CEO warns directors over sustainability targets

The chief executive of Aviva Investors has warned it will take action against company directors if they do not meet its expectations on sustainability improvements. In a letter sent to 1,500 companies in which Aviva Investors is invested, Mark Versey said the fund house will focus on their performances against four themes: biodiversity, human rights, climate and executive pay. He said the company would hold both boards and individual directors accountable at companies "where the pace of change on climate, biodiversity...

January 25, 2022
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21Jan

The Effects of Credible Voluntary Disclosures: Institutional Investor Engagement and Investees’ ESG Performances

By Massimiliano Bonacchi, April Klein, Sara Longo & Giovanni Strampelli We study the effectiveness of institutional investor engagement on the ESG performance of a sample of UK firms listed in the FTSE 350 Index. To measure the quality of engagement, we exploit the introduction of the tiering classification system by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in 2016 for signatories’ reporting under the UK Stewardship Code. Using an entropy matched difference-in-differences research design, we show that the introduction of the tiering...

January 21, 2022
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21Jan

Canada. ESG challenges: talent shortage and lack of consistent standards

Just as awareness and support is accelerating for environmental, social, governance (ESG) investing, with retirement systems worldwide such as the Canadian pension system attracting attention for their strategies, an issue has arisen – a shortage of financial professionals with sustainable finance skills. Pension funds and investment managers are among the financial services organizations affected by the talent shortage, says a recent report from Toronto Finance International (TFI) and Deloitte. But banks and insurance companies are affected as well. How soon will...

January 21, 2022
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20Jan

Why Sustainable Strategies Outperformed in 2021

It paid for investors to be sustainable in 2021, even as energy companies were among the stock market’s best performers. Companies that scored the strongest on environmental, social, and governance metrics saw some of the highest returns in 2021 with help from stocks such as Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), and TSLA (TSLA). The Morningstar U.S. Sustainability Leaders Index--representing the 50 U.S. companies with the best ESG scores as measured by Sustainalytics (a division of Morningstar)--returned 33.3% for the year, beating the...

January 20, 2022
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19Jan

The elephant in the room: Bringing sustainable investment to Africa

By Fiona Stewart The coronavirus pandemic has renewed interest in sustainable investing strategies that allow investors to both protect the financial value of their assets and contribute to solutions to global problems such as climate change. These investments have become increasingly mainstream, and now account for more than $39 trillion in the five major global markets, a 34 percent increase over two years, according to the latest trends reported by the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance. Read also Ghana. Lack of Pension...

January 19, 2022
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18Jan

It’s Not ‘Woke’ for Businesses to Think Beyond Profit, BlackRock Chief Says

Laurence D. Fink, the founder and chief executive of the investment giant BlackRock, has become one of the most influential voices in business over the past decade in pushing corporate leaders to think beyond profits, to their social purpose. Read also Canada. ESG challenges: talent shortage and lack of consistent standards Mr. Fink has delivered his words in annual letters that have drawn remarkable attention, but also criticism from all corners: that he is beholden to politically correct antibusiness activists, or...

January 18, 2022
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