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Climate Change
Stakeholder Capitalism: over 70 companies implement the ESG reporting metrics
A coalition of leading firms have co-created a comprehensive corporate system to highlight the need for an aligned and consistent ESG reporting system.
Sustainable Finance and Investment
Five ‘Monday morning priorities’ for private equity investors looking to progress on sustainability
Five 'Monday morning priorities' for private equity investors wanting to deliver impact on environmental and social issues alongside financial returns.
Banking and Capital Markets
Banks can achieve net-zero pledge by 2050. Here's how
The UN-convened group, Net-Zero Banking Alliance, have pledged net-zero emissions across their portfolios by 2050. What will it take to achieve this?
Private Investors
Sustainability metrics: why it's time investors look in the mirror
Investors look for sustainability and non-traditional metrics from companies they invest in. What if they held themselves accountable in the same way?
Private Investors
How personalizing sustainable investments can shape the future of finance
Despite retail investors being interested in sustainability, few are investing money with this in mind. We examine a solution to encourage participation.
Institutional Investors
Valuing natural capital is key to the future of investment. Here's why
Investment in decarbonization and a circular economy will change long-term market assumptions and financial return expectations by valuing natural capital.
Institutional Investors
AI won't replace investment managers, but it could improve returns
AI is set to revolutionize the pensions and savings industry with the size of the global AI asset management market seen at $13.5 billion within six years.
Social Justice
5 ways green investments could power a sustainable COVID-19 recovery
Here are five ways governments, corporations and investors could tap the sustainable fixed-income market to foster a post-pandemic rebound.
Institutional Investors
Want investors to care about natural resources? Put a price on them
Asset owners should be part of the solution to the two biggest problems facing humanity – the degradation of natural resources and the rise of inequality.
Private Investors
What to do about the shift from public to private markets
Solutions to ensure that public and private markets complement each other will see companies and investors getting the best of both worlds.
Institutional Investors
We asked more than 110 investors how they plan for the unexpected. Here’s what we found out
From climate change, water security and demographic shifts to geopolitics, low and negative real long-term interest rates and technological evolution: institutional investors must respond...
Institutional Investors
Investors must travel a winding road to net-zero. Here's a map
For institutional investors, the path to net zero can be tricky – but it is navigable. Here are 3 areas for investors to consider as they make this journey.
Humanitarian Action
How improved data could boost humanitarian investment
Research shows that better data could help unlock the finance to meet spiking need and bridge a multi-billion-dollar gap in humanitarian aid.
The Davos Agenda 2021
How climate change can be addressed through executive compensation
One of the best tools in prompting leaders to address climate change and make organizations more sustainable is via compensation and incentive programs.
Trade and Investment
A focus on foreign investment can drive our recovery from COVID-19
Interest in FDI is still strong - and investment promotion agencies around the world are demonstrating their criticality as we begin to recover from COVID-19.