Thought leadership

Lawyer Alessandra Lehmen talks about recent high-profile litigation, along with legal developments in Brazil and elsewhere

PRI, Generation and the UN release results from law firm behind Freshfields Report

Covid has highlighted the need to be prepared for unexpected events. As climate change accelerates, investors must focus on resilience, argues Christopher Walker.

The TCFD’s remit is too narrow, argues James Vaccaro

The Sustainable Finance Action Plan is showing clear signs of poor unintended consequences, says RI’s ‘Secret Investor’

Guo Peiyuan reflects on recently introduced rules from the China Securities Regulatory Commission

The common arguments against pension funds investing in their local economies don’t stand up to scrutiny – place-based impact investing strategies outperform the FTSE after fees

Canada’s big banks are financing the climate crisis through their fossil fuel lending, argues Richard Brooks

Passive investors keep passing the buck, argues Justin Guay, but a new report finds that boards can give exclusions the green light

With the recent indictment of tech execs for ‘complicity to torture’, investors must wake up to growing risks for the sector, argues Elizabeth Chiweshenga