Britain’s economic future depends on a vibrant, modern City of London January 3, 2023 From climate change to the cost-of-living crisis, the City must be a part of Britain’s recovery.
HSBC natural capital asset management venture bags £533m December 16, 2022 A natural capital asset management venture set up by HSBC and climate firm Pollination has bagged $650m to fuel two of its investment strategies, the firms announced today.
The New Oil December 14, 2022 | Sponsored ESG reporting has faced massive growth and increasing reputational issues, including greenwashing, in the last few years. Critics claim poor transparency, a lack of accuracy, and the inability of companies to commit to long-term accountability. Recent headlines have brought this ever more into the fore, including the UK advertising watchdog, ASA, holding HSBC to account [...]
How regulation will help ESG reach its full potential December 9, 2022 | Sponsored I was excited to join the FCA as its first ESG director last year. It’s a great opportunity to use my investor experience to help the financial sector move to a more sustainable future. Whether its climate, biodiversity, supply chains or diversity and inclusion, there’s lots to get stuck into. Consumers are also excited about [...]
Lightrock: City AM Q&A December 9, 2022 London-based private equity outfit Lightrock closed a mammoth $860m fund in October with the aim of fuelling a new generation of founders “tackling the world’s biggest challenges”. But in a world where every business claims purpose over profit, how can investors separate the wheat from the chaff? Lightrock partner Kevin Bone sits down with Impact [...]
How ESG has impacted technology and innovation sectors December 9, 2022 Increasing examples of environmental, social and governance (ESG) targets linking to executive incentive pay (sometimes as much as 20%) represents a financially lucrative area business leaders need to ensure they are getting right. ESG is a broad term comprising interlinked yet distinctive ways to evaluate the sustainability credentials of a business, including corporate governance, inclusion [...]
‘We talk about the three Cs now: cost of living, climate and conflict’ December 9, 2022 KPMG’s ESG chief, John McCalla-Leacy, discusses the scale of the challenge ahead ESG is a mercurial beast to grapple with at the best of times. Standards and regulation are yet to be consistently drawn up; definitions swing from a governance tool to an all-encompassing by-word for impact investing; and businesses and political leaders have begun [...]