Thought leadership

Investors must be careful when using the increasing number of sovereign ESG benchmarks, warns PGGM’s Senior Investment Manager

While there are good individual examples, the Canadian pension industry as a whole is lagging.

The 5-year collaboration will make Ben Caldecott the first endowed professor of sustainable finance at any major university

Pioneering climate risk group gives its feedback

Misgivings about the value of ESG investing in driving change are missing the point, writes Jon Duncan

In the pursuit of resilience, efficiency will sometimes be the answer, but it should never be the question, warns Martin Rich

Denise Hearn argues that investors’ interests may not always be aligned with those of society, and questions assumptions around win-win dynamics

It’s time for a comprehensive scorecard reflecting the right KPIs, argues Russell Guthrie, CFO of the International Federation of Accountants

Earlier this week, RI looked at why coal burner Adani Power scored so well on ESG. Thomas Kuh shares his thoughts on why algorithmic approaches are not to blame.

A National Investment Bank could make low-carbon technologies more attractive to private investors, argues the head of the Green Finance Institute