Managers of Wealth

Asset Management, a lever for preserving biodiversity

It’s a reality that is no longer up for debate: biodiversity loss represents financial risks that are just as major as those stemming from climate change.

Is It Possible To Eliminate Greenwashing?

This year has seen an uptick in ESG reporting around the world, partly in response to increasing scrutiny on companies’ social and environmental impacts.

HSBC, Barclays confronted by naked Extinction Rebellion protesters

Further demonstrations outside JPMorgan, across the City as part of divestment march

ESG Foundation’s Top 50 ESG ‘Ones To Watch’

Some are CEOs of sustainable start-ups, scholars at ESG think tanks, sustainable investors or outspoken advocates on transparency and accountability, gender parity, sustainable and ethical supply chains.

Swiss Finance's Greenwashing Angst

The Swiss financial center is looking to become a sustainable-investment hub, an aspiration which is particularly image sensitive.

Global green bond market set to break records, surpassing $500bn in 2021

Global green bond issuance is likely to pass the half-a-trillion-dollar mark this year, the Climate Bonds Initiative is forecasting, following a strong first half of the year for the market.

The Summer of Climate Chaos

Now we know exactly who is to blame

ESG momentum will further strengthen GCs’ clout in listed firm governance

As soft law principles are increasingly transposed into prescriptive legislation, our GC panel believes that codified ESG requirements will further raise their boardroom influence.

Covid proves catalyst for ESG investing around world

Rapid acceleration of investor interest in biotech, healthcare, sustainability themes over past year

ESG and climate funds fall short of Paris Agreement goals, report warns

71% of broad ESG funds studied scored negatively on Paris Alignment

Climate change litigation: the IPCC's Report focuses attention on business conduct

We explore whether, and how, the issues addressed in the IPCC Report may heighten the already-growing climate change litigation risk for businesses.

How Green Gilts will help mobilise finance to fight Climate Change

Like many investment houses, Coutts is committed to sustainable investing to help grow clients’ wealth.

LSEG launches dedicated sustainable finance innovation unit in Singapore

The Singapore-based sustainable finance unit provides a strong combination of data science, data engineering, design thinking and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) expertise.

Greenpeace Slams Swiss Banks' «Green» Products

The study said that the test clearly demonstrated that investing in a manner compatible with the Paris Agreement is currently almost impossible.

Mirae Asset signs up to TCFD

The move is part of Mirae Asset Global Investments efforts to integrate ESG into its investment process.

Wealth managers are expanding range of investment strategies with a focus on ESG

Half of wealth managers also integrate impact considerations, up from 18% three years ago (a 177% increase), while a third (33%) state they are actively considering doing so – showing that the impact theme is moving rapidly up the priority list both

Advisers adapt to growing ESG interest

The most common change, one that 30 per cent of advisers said they had implemented, was to revise client fact finds to ask outright about ESG preferences.

Axel Weber Wants Green Capital Market in Europe

The issue is deeply personal for the German former central banker, who has been a vocal backer of making finance more environmentally, socially, and governance-sustainable.

Climate crusade or greenwashing?

Not a week goes by when a company doesn’t unveil some new climate or ‘sustainability plan’. Now the regulators are asking to see the evidence

ESG Investing: Everyone’s on the bandwagon

But where’s it actually going?

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