Thought leadership

Investors in jurisdictions dealing with proposed dual-class share structures can learn from the Brazilian experience, argues Fabio Coelho.

Ørsted’s offshore wind woes are a timely reminder of the limits of the private sector's capacity to deliver the energy transition, says Simon Glynn.

Policy changes on climate risk at the world’s largest asset manager reflect a changing global landscape on sustainability in the industry, says Morningstar's Lindsey Stewart.

The EU's due diligence directive will empower governments, stakeholders and investors to hold companies accountable, say Rebecca DeWinter-Schmitt and Richard Gardiner.

American firms are up in arms at the prospect of being forced to account for their supply chains by European policymakers – and rightly so, say Daniel Crowley and Robert Eccles.

A just, orderly and timely transition in developed markets is good for investors as well as workers, says Maria Nazarova-Doyle of IFM Investors.

Moves to roll back governance reforms introduced in the wake of the Car Wash scandal are bad news for Brazilian investors, says Fabio Coelho.

A new bond structure could help MDBs and policymakers to channel private finance into sustainable development, says Ulf Erlandsson.

Investors need better-quality data, at scale, to meet their human rights obligations, write Church Commissioners for England, Scottish Widows and Aviva Investors.

Climate transition plans will be of little value for some companies, say Robert Eccles and Tina Mavraki, while suggesting a ‘practical’ approach for determining the need for one.