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 [...]
How e-bikes can and should be part of the drive towards better corporate ESG policies December 9, 2022 | Sponsored With environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues now placed at the forefront of many corporate agendas, it is easy to be sceptical about the actual actions taken forward versus publicly voiced sustainable intentions. At times it has felt like many have addressed what is necessary to “tick the ESG box” but without a genuine plan [...]
Sustainability Superheroes in Fintech December 9, 2022 PrettyLittleThing sponsored Love Island’s Gemma Owen to champion its ‘pre-loved’ fashion marketplace this year, encouraging shoppers to sell clothes rather than throw them away. However, it still expects to launch 956 new fashion items into the hands of hungry consumers this week. Did someone say greenwashing? It’s one thing to say, ‘Climate change matters; we [...]
Do we care about the world enough to make companies care? December 9, 2022 If asked who I’d love to be seated next to at a hypothetical dinner party, I immediately respond, Steve Jobs. I would love to learn how he went about building a company that has had such an extraordinary impact in the world, changing the way we work, live and communicate. I am not saying that [...]