Thought leadership

A new generation of shareholder proposals are asking firms to look at economy-wide risks, not just those that pertain to an individual company

We are undergoing a re-alignment in global policy, regulation and consumer attention based on huge meta-drivers; so what does it all mean for investors?

Jessica Alsford shares her thoughts on how farming and food could transition to more sustainable practices

The Managing Director of Mirova discusses the need to fight against inequalities and tax evasion if financial markets are to contribute to society

Professor Tim Spector has laid down the gauntlet, saying big food has waylaid the public – Chris Walker argues investors and politicians must pick it up

‘You’re like a firefighter in front of a burning house with a fully charged fire hose, asking all of us to go find a bucket’ - Andrew Behar pens a letter to BlackRock’s CEO

Fiona Reynolds responds to a recent report suggesting PRI’s US signatories don’t support key shareholder resolutions

Duncan Austin argues that ESG is caught in the middle of a deep struggle between economics and ecology, but that we may all be ‘economist’ and ‘ecologist’.

Until sustainability is embedded in the asset-allocation process, writes James Purcell, our industry will continue to overstate and under deliver

If the risk of poor health on investment portfolios wasn’t clear before the pandemic, it should be now, say Kieron Boyle and Jessica Attard