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Responsible Investment Report from First Sentier Investors

Responsible Investment Report from Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking

Low-Wage Workers Lost Hours, Jobs, and Lives. Their Employers Bent the Rules — To Pump up CEO Paychecks.

The common pursuit of impact investors—to generate positive, measurable social and environmental impact alongside a financial return5—is well-understood. However, to impact investing newcomers and veterans alike, it is not always clear what that pursuit looks like in practice. What is it that impact investors do, in crafting investment strategies and in their day-to-day work, to generate positive impact? How can asset allocators and other stakeholders know whether those claiming to be impact investors are practicing what they preach?

Plastic has become embedded in nearly every facet of daily life due to its versatility and low cost of production. However, plastic pollution is also a major and growing environmental concern, as plastics are both abundant and ubiquitous in the environment.

There is a growing realization that combining index investing and sustainability engagement is not only possible but can reinforce and mobilize significant global assets under management to enable collaborative engagement. Passive investment has the potential to influence and achieve changes in corporate practices and strategies leading to real world impact through linking engagement to transparent capital re-allocation. This paper explores the evolution of ESG engagement and passive investing, especially the role of index providers in marrying passive investing and scalable engagement.

Two years after investors representing more than $11 trillion in assets called on six of the largest fast-food companies to mitigate climate and water risks in their meat and dairy supply chains, five of those fast food chains (McDonald’s, Yum! Brands, Chipotle, Domino’s and Wendy’s) have either set, or stated they will set, science-based emission reduction targets (SBTs).

Although the increasing interest in impact investing is encouraging, concerns regarding “greenwashing” remain. For this reason, it is important that general partners and limited partners alike give careful thought as to which tools will best support their impact objectives and align incentives.

The urgency, the underlying trends, and the benefits to your investment portfolioEmerging markets and developing countries are facing many challenges. They are particularly vulnerable to climate change, lacking the financial power to prevent or adequately respond to the impacts of climate change. A dependable and affordable energy supply is crucial to their socio-economic development. Invest with impactAs an investor you play an important role in the worldwide energy transition. Download our strategy paper 'Powerful potential - Financing renewable energy in emerging markets' and learn more about the trends that build a strong business case for investing in renewable energy in emerging countries, from the triple perspective of impact, risk and return.Find out how to best invest in the energy transition and download our paper now.