Cowan v Scargill is not the last word in ESG
Whenever a group of pensions professionals are in a room discussing ethical social and governance factors (ESG) it doesn't take long for the Cowan v Scargill case to come up.
The ruling in this case - that the National Coal Board pension fund could not pull overseas investments for ethical reasons and could not withdraw investments from industries competing with coal - is used...
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