The macro-economic outlook: ESG needed to navigate uncertainty

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Slavery victims look to financial world

Slavery victims look to financial world

Speaking at the PRI in Person in Paris in a panel to highlight the role of finance in addressing social issues, Ghanaian James Kofi Annan, sold into slavery at the age of six, told his story.

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Do more, act now, urges PRI’s Reynolds

Ahead of the PRI in Person conference this week in Paris, Top1000funds.com spoke to CEO of PRI Fiona Reynolds about her aim for the conference which includes the over-riding aim to get further, faster.

Reaching SDGs’ ‘low-hanging fruit’

Infrastructure, capital markets and China A-shares all present accessible opportunities for responsible investment, if asset owners can navigate a catch or two along the way.

Infrastructure assets build in ESG

As governments welcome pension fund investment in infrastructure, the asset class facilitates the practical integration of the SDGs and ESG, Cbus Super CIO Kristian Fok told delegates.

Good ESG data requires a framework

Initiatives such as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board are vital for providing the consistent, regular, high-quality disclosure on the SDGs that investors need, a panel told delegates.

Unilever chief calls for new capitalism

Long-time Unilever chief executive Paul Polman told delegates the world’s companies and executives needed to adopt a long-term focus and many other changes to create an inclusive economic system.

An end to deforestation is critical

An expert panel argues that the objectives of the Paris Agreement can’t be achieved without stopping deforestation and looks to technology for some ways to make it happen.

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