Tag Archives: ESG
Setting net zero goals – a ball of confusion?
As readers know, I’m interested in the value savers get from their money and the majority of my thinking has been the amount of money savings produce (the outcome). But we all know there is clean and dirty money, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ball of confusion, ESG, net zero, Pensions, TCFD, The Temptations
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Something like the sun – could nuclear fusion be our get out of jail card?
Shakespeare started a poem “my mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun“. For the past 400 years we have been struggling to find a source of energy that provides us with a little of the sun’s intensity. The Sun … Continue reading
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Tagged Climate change, ESG, fission, Fusion, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Which stranded assets should we pick?
Like any liberal do-gooder, my first reaction to hearing the Government had cleared the digging of a £165m mine in Whitehaven with “dismay” – or an expletive not fit to be published. My second reaction was “what do I know” … Continue reading
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Tagged Coal, Conflicts, ESG, Port Talbot, Scunthorpe, Steel, stranded assets, Whitehaven
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Robert Armstrong concludes “ESG is still a mess”
This blog is published this morning on Robert Armstrong’s “unhedged” feed. I’m republishing it because measuring the real impact of pensions on the sustainability of the planet is key in choosing a pension provider. I want to know how my … Continue reading
Watch your carbon footprint – Aussie!
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority last month said it saw a “clear rationale” for regulatory oversight of certain ESG data and rating providers. “We stress that market participants and consumers must be able to trust green and other ESG-labelled … Continue reading
The “Air Miles First” approach to sustainable investing.
Just how serious are American investment houses in saving the planet? No doubt delegates to this conference consider the concept of a “fly-in” pretty cool. Delegates get to meet each other in a Washington Conference Hotel having flown in … Continue reading
Life during wartime
A comment on yesterday’s blog on the impact of the Ukrainian war on our pensions Henry What was invested in your funds is no longer relevant – what is invested now is to all intents and purposes zero. So for … Continue reading
Have shareholders any real leverage on executive pay?
Two articles, published in the FT within 24 hours, with polarised messaging! The first written by Harriet Agnew from New York includes a quote from LGIM’s Angeli Benham. “Most companies don’t act on the remuneration feedback we give them. For … Continue reading
Professing Green – how can we buy ESG with confidence?
The FCA is doing good work , establishing a standard way to display green funds so that people know what they are buying with confidence. Their thinking so far is outlined in a discussion paper DP 21-4. The paper is … Continue reading
If Fossil Fuels are F words, why do we Finance them?
“no group involved in the expansion of fossil fuel projects could claim that it was on a pathway to net zero” – Mark Campanale This is a bold claim on a day when our Chancellor calls on the world’s … Continue reading