A growing number of investment firms are incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) metrics into their decision-making worldwide, an annual survey by Russell Investments has uncovered.
Insurers, banks and institutional investors worldwide can now validate their climate goals through the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for the first time.
The overwhelming majority of institutional investors that signed a UN agreement to help halt deforestation last year have failed to take sufficient action themselves.
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A more contemporary approach to how liabilities for UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are funded could generate £40bn in extra value, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has found.
More than a third of asset managers worldwide were unable to provide an example of climate change-related engagement efforts when interviewed by consultancy firm Redington recently.
UK defined benefit (DB) pension schemes are overly-dependent on improbable equity returns, and need a “once-a-century” performance to close funding gaps by 2030, Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has warned.
The Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) has started developing the first-ever global standard to ensure corporations set credible targets for net-zero emissions by 2050.
