Top of mind for 2018
Compiling lists for the new year can improve focus and even help reduce anxiety. Here are five factors The Thinking Ahead Institute expects to influence investment over the next 12 months.
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ESG scrutiny hits private markets
Listed assets aren’t the only investments under more scrutiny. As funds strive for sustainability, they are now applying that rigour even to notoriously opaque classes such as private equity.
PRI demands ESG action from consultants
A new report from the Principles for Responsible Investment states that investment consultants must put ESG issues at the core of the advice they offer, to build a sustainable finance system.
EAPF leads climate-change push
The Environment Agency Pension Fund is expanding its efforts to support a low-carbon economy and demanding that other asset owners and the entire finance industry ‘step up’ as well.
GPIF, AP2 go granular on ESG integration
GPIF’s Hiro Mizuno and AP2’s Eva Halvarsson stressed the importance of combating short-termism at every level of the investment chain and throughout the organisation, to forge sustainability.
Investors’ role in company collaboration
Investors play an important role in facilitating corporate collaborations to improve sustainability says a leading Harvard academic in sustainability.
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