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Forbes: In June 2017 the European Union passed the EU Accounting Directive for Non-financial Information. It was implemented Member States in 2018. This law “requires large companies to disclose certain information on the way they operate and manage social and environmental challenges” on an annual basis.
IPE: I had the privilege of spending a few days in June in San Diego with Harry Markowitz, joint winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for economics, founder of modern portfolio theory and still going strong at the age of 91. We had some great discussions on a number of subjects in the company of another innovator in finance, Yves Choueifaty, founder and CEO of TOBAM.
IR Magazine: Many approaches are taken to measure diversity and equality but the benefits of being on an index – in this case, the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index (GEI) – were explored at the recent Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit in London.
IPE: New asset owner-backed research on high-emitting companies’ behaviour with regard to climate change has prompted calls for investors to step up engagement with industry and focus their attention on companies’ emissions rather than their management systems and processes.
Funds Europe: The FTSE Climate Risk-Adjusted World Government Bond Index tilts towards government markets that, on a relative basis, demonstrate a greater degree of “resilience and preparedness” for climate change.
IPE: Sweden’s biggest pension fund, Alecta, has invested just over SEK1bn (€100m) in the first African social government bond, financing welfare and development in an unnamed West African country.
IPE: Everyone knows about ‘big oil’ and how much influence the global agribusiness sector has. But there is less awareness about the negative impacts of meat producers – the ‘global meat complex’.
IPE: Today, greenwashing is discussed in the investment industry. To some extent, it is not a new phenomenon, actual or alleged. Not quite as old as time, but a bit part of the furniture, perhaps.
Financial Times: A financing programme for sustainable commodities backed by green bonds aimed at supporting Brazilian farmers and avoiding the clearing of the country’s grasslands is being launched in London today.
Pensions Age: Aviva has launched a workplace pension default investment strategy incorporating ethical and environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.
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