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Virtual AGMs stop robust engagement
Watered-down shareholder participation at AGMs, due to virtual meetings during the pandemic, is sounding alarm bells at APG, the largest pension fund in Europe, where collaboration with other asset owners and organisations is the beating heart of its ESG strategy and a central tenet to its stewardship response to the pandemic.
Risk takers vs scalers: Investors split on where to access innovation
Investors are still split on whether it’s better to hunt for innovative companies in the public or private markets. But the biggest consideration for investing in new technologies might have more to do with liquidity.
What’s next for investor action?
This session looks at two case studies activist stewardship (with Exxon) and whether investors are funding treason (the case of the US congress riots).
Breaking barriers: Trustee diversity
Trustee boards lack diversity because there is a lack of role models, because breaking into a non-diverse trustee board is challenging and unwittingly hostile, according to executive director of regulatory policy, analysis and advice at The Pensions Regulator, which is committed to supporting pension funds to improve diversity and inclusion and will produce best practice guidance on board composition.
The Sustainability of Sustainability
Mining, waste, and carbon emissions. Is the full life cycle of green tech truly sustainable?
The US election – What now?
This session looks at the development of a vaccine for COVID-19 and what cooperation is needed to fight the virus.
Bond allocations increase as diversification benefits come to the fore
Asset owners are, on a net basis, increasing allocations across fixed income sectors, seeking geographical diversification – particularly those in Asia-Pacific and EMEA – and trusting bonds to provide ballast against equity risk in portfolios.
Investors urged to approach green asset certification in Asia with caution
National University of Singapore’s leading sustainable finance researcher Sumit Agarwal has urged global investors to maintain a critical mindset when approaching an asset class’s green certification, saying that buying into sustainability claims blindly can undermine both the investment’s returns and their societal goals.
New investment-led net zero framework
More than 70 investors have collaborated to produce a framework for an investment strategy led approach to decarbonising portfolios and maximising efforts to achieve net zero emissions globally by 2050. The IIGCC, which developed the framework, is seeking consultation.
Sustainability Digital – March 2021