Tag Archives: ESG
Investment consultants face major challenge on climate change advice.
This blog is about Carbon Tracker’s Loading the Dice against pensions which you can download here This report is a call to action for investment professionals to look at the compelling evidence we see inthe climate science literature, and … Continue reading
“Poor Tom’s a cold” – Stuart Kirk -still crying in the storm.
Uncertainty has always been the mortal enemy of investing. And few ideas are more inconsistent, and thus uncertain, than ESG — no matter how you brand it. – Stuart Kirk (FT) Though most of us want certainty, “achievement” comes from being “in … Continue reading
Time for pensions to stand strong on green issues
Rishi Sunak has signalled the government could delay or even abandon green policies that impose a direct cost on consumers, as he comes under pressure from the Conservative right to create a dividing line with Labour at the next election. … Continue reading
TPR should now focus on “Employer Knowledge and Understanding”.
It’s my most used snip in 15 years writing this blog and I wish it wasn’t. When Steve Webb turned down the AE three’s suggestion that employers could chose a workplace pension from a safe harbour , he made it … Continue reading
Robert Holford – VFM as an economics tool
Thanks to Robert Holford for picking up on the DWP’s recent statement that the VFM Framework is going to involve the employer. Quoting my blog to Nico and Darren is a great way to get a discussion going and the … Continue reading
“Muddled , vague and confusing” – Brian Henderson’s take on the VFM framework
This episode was brought forward so that Nico could watch motor racing in Italy. It’s a bummer for Nico that he’d chosen Emilia Romagna as his grand prix, thoughts and sympathy are with him as the grand prix has been … Continue reading
High fives for the UN! The High Seas treaty was signed this weekend!
This cute little fellow may not know it yet, but the UN has just signed a treaty that may make his/her life a lot better. We know about 23,000 of the species that inhabit the high seas, but there are … Continue reading
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High fives for the UN! The High Seas treaty was signed last night!
This cute little fellow may not know it yet, but the UN has just signed a treaty that may make his/her life a lot better. We know about 23,000 of the species that inhabit the high seas, but there are … Continue reading
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Tagged ESG, High Seas, Natural Capital, Robert Gardner, Treaty, UN
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Vanguard makes its opposition to adopting ESG clear – how will you react?
Vanguard is not an active fund manager in that it doesn’t take positions against the market consensus, as defined by whatever index it chooses to follow. It is an owner of physical assets within those indices and therefore has voting … Continue reading
Can your SIPP investment make an impact? Pension Bee says it can.
Like many people , I want my money to make a difference – I want to make it matter. But until recently I had only the vaguest idea of how I could make that happen. I am now able to … Continue reading
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Tagged BlackRock, clare reilly, Eric Rice, ESG, Pension Bee, Romi Savova, sustainability
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