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Financial Times: The leaders of the Big Four accounting firms have come together in an unusual joint initiative to unveil a reporting framework for environmental, social and governance standards. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]
The Guardian: BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has disclosed that in the past year it has voted 55 times against directors at 49 companies for failing to make progress on tackling the climate crisis. [Full article available to The Guardian subscribers.]
Bloomberg: Climate change will have a major affect on companies’ profits and the value of their assets, so its impact should be reflected in their accounts.
Private Equity News: The introduction of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation in March 2021 and the regulatory imperative for funds to better understand the ESG status of their portfolio investments is looming large. [Full article available to Private Equity News subscribers.]
Bloomberg: Climate Action 100+, a group of more than 500 investment firms that together manage over $47 trillion in assets, called on some of the world’s biggest polluters to be more aggressive in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and introduce plans to cut them as close to zero as possible.
Financial Times: Exchange traded funds that emphasise good environmental, social and governance factors have surged in popularity, as investors look to boost their returns and push companies to become better corporate citizens. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]
Bloomberg: The coronavirus pandemic is complicating the task of rooting out modern slavery by making it impossible for companies or investors to visit factory floors in many countries, adding to the challenges of addressing supply-chain risks.
Private Equity Wire: In recent years, the most noticeable movement towards ESG made by large private equity firms was related to the launch of new products, such as impact funds that select small and midcap companies according to specific environmental or social themes (e.g. education, healthcare, sustainable infrastructure) and align with the Sustainable Development Goals. TPG, KKR, Bain Capital, among others, have launched such funds.
Financial Times: Environmental, social and governance investing has been one of the hottest sectors of 2020, as investors have flooded into the market looking to immunise their portfolios against climate risk and help promote a sustainable recovery from the pandemic.
Reuters: If fund managers are serious about clean investments, they need to get their hands dirty.
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