The number of organisations that have expressed support for the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has increased by 85% over the last year.
Assets under management (AUM) at the world’s 500 largest asset managers exceeded $100trn (£76.8trn) for the first time last year – totalling $104.4trn.
Less than half of asset managers around the world consider gender diversity when researching potential investments, despite recognising its importance within their own firms.
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.
Bradley Shearer speaks to three non-executive directors about their advice for aspiring NEDs, what motivates them, and the journeys that led them to their roles
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.