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Category Archives: ESG
TCFD is the green washing test for UK asset managers
This post from David Crum of Minerva analytics is profoundly disturbing David Crum ASIP• 1stManaging Director – Asset Steward Solutions2w • Edited • 2 weeks ago 2020 – the year the investment industry dropped the ball on ‘Implementation Statements’ This … Continue reading
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Tagged Asset Managers, implementation statements, Reporting, TCFD, trustees
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Write from your heart not to get read – and you’ll get read!
This blog does not indulge in maudlin retrospection and I am not about to publish a list of the my top 20 blogs of the year. I write for me and not my readership and though I’m very grateful … Continue reading
Watch and share – because where your pension invests – matters!
The video is worth watching but more than that – it is worth sharing. It is latest (and at 65 seconds- the shortest) feature film of Richard Curtis’ career and it should be embedded into every ESG focused website aspiring … Continue reading
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Tagged ESG, investments, Make My Money Matter, Pensions, richard curtis
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Boris Johnson’s 10 point plan for a green industrial revolution
This article first appeared in the Financial Times -17/11/20. To access the links you need to be an FT subscriber. Slowly but surely humanity is taking the upper hand in the fight against the virus. We have not won yet. … Continue reading
Why investors don’t have to choose between their values and their pocket books
This opinion piece challenging the win-win sales pitch of ESG investing has generated a huge amount of comment. https://t.co/bbpTwxMm5J — Josephine Cumbo (@JosephineCumbo) October 25, 2020 I am a 58 year old investor whose pension pot is invested mainly in … Continue reading
L&G puts our money where its mouth is.
Putting our money where its mouth is When it comes to adopting environmental , social and governance tilts into funds, L&G and their investment arm LGIM have been to the fore. First they launched a global equity fund with … Continue reading
Changing the way our pensions work
I expect that those few remaining trustees and members of IGCs and GAAs who are in denial of the value of ESG, will – in the face of the forthcoming Act and the detail within the consultation, step down. Continue reading
Posted in age wage, DWP, ESG, pensions
Tagged DWP, ESG, Make My Money Matter, pensions, sustainability, TCFD, TPR
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Investing in the right place
I am very pleased to hear about a new project designed to get pension schemes investing in the right place. You can read about it here It’s an initiative that impacts us all, we all pay council tax or at … Continue reading
Posted in ESG, leadership, pensions
Tagged ESG, impact investing institute, LGPS, Make My Money Matter, pensions, Pensions for purpose, the good economy
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Boohoo should test how much we want our money to matter
Are you wearing any of these brands? boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing, Nasty Gal MissPap. Karen Millen, Oasis Warehouse. Probably not – Boohoo targets the 16-24 year old fashion market and is principally bought by young women. Happily young people have better things … Continue reading
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Tagged Boohoo, ESG, Fast fashion, Nasty Gal, Pretty little thing, Sunday Times
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The G in ESG is vital to pensions and our pensions governance vital to ESG
Sarah Wilson, chief executive of Minerva, the shareholder adviser, said: “At a time when innovation and [research and development] is so important it would seem that financial engineering is taking a higher priority.” – Financial Times Employers looking for … Continue reading
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Tagged ESG Goevernance, jo cumbo, Minerva, pensions, Sarah Wilson
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