ESG

The Church of England (CoE) Pensions Board has appointed MSCI ESG Research to help it filter out investments in high interest rate lenders, tobacco, pornography, gambling and weapons.

Stranded carbon assets, poor staff management and concerns over working conditions pose significant financial risks to companies, Standard Life Investments (SLI) warns.

The AMNT’s Bill Trythall on the latest Law Commission consultation

Naomi Rainey looks at responses to the Law Commission’s review of fiduciary duty

Naomi Rainey explores claims that ESG is good for growth

The UK's largest pension funds are failing on responsible investment (RI), ShareAction warns.

Jack Jones says trustees can consider sustainable investment

Taha Lokhandwala looks at whether schemes are pushing up food prices in the hunt for returns

Consultants fail to meet schemes' growing demand for investment stewardship advice, the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) says.

Naomi Rainey looks at ShareAction’s best-practice guide to ESG