Around 40 per cent of European Article 9 funds would fail to qualify at the equivalent “Sustainable” rating under a proposed new framework, according to analysis by Clarity AI. The findings come...
Smart Pension has published the UK's first ‘human capital' analysis of a pension portfolio — highlighting boardroom action on a range of DEI issues taken by the companies it invests in. This...
Nest has updated its voting policy to make clear it will vote against the board chair where a company has materially scaled back its climate strategy without adequate explanation. The update sets...
Caroline Lucas, former head of the Green Party, and Michael Gove, a Conservative and former Environment Secretary, clashed over the greater responsibility for pensions to make environmentally conscious decisions versus the fiduciary...
The government's priority should be legislating for large corporations to disclose transition plans, not adding additional reporting requirements on pension schemes, according to Torsten Bell, the UK’s minister for pensions. Bell made...
The UK’s department for Business and Trade has published the government’s finalised Sustainability Reporting Standards, which mandates corporate disclosure of sustainability rated risks. The second set of regulations launched simultaneously targets climate...
The Net Zero Asset Managers initiative has formally relaunched, although the move has revealed that large asset managers have since left the already floundering organization. NZAM relaunched with a public statement from...
Trustees are being urged not to overlook ESG considerations when looking at defined benefit endgame strategies. The advice comes from Isio’s head of sustainable investment Cadi Thomas, amid increasing choice for trustees...
Swiss food multinational Nestle has for the first time disclosed data showing the nutritional value of its foods, following stewardship pressure from ShareAction. According to non-financial statement covering 2025, Nestle’s actions to support products...
The Investment Consultants Sustainability Working Group (ICSWG) has launched a new tool designed to assess both the voting practices and engagement activity carried out by asset managers. The ICSWG says this should...
