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Profit vs purpose: Do investors need to sacrifice returns to reward strong ESG performers?
The view that this cannot be achieved whilst also taking action to excel from an environmental, social and governance perspective…
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Why Market Predictions Are So Often Wrong
The big jump. getty As humans, we like to find patterns in events, and thus try to forecast what will…
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Carbon fast-forward: Shifting the perspective in climate alignment
While it is understandable that climate-aware investors would seek to measure – and, ideally, work to minimise – the contribution…
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Dealing with net zero’s mining dilemma
Few details have emerged of Tesla’s recently reported $5bn agreement to buy nickel from Indonesia. But that such a deal…
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Humans are great adapters, but climate warnings are not hyperbole
For many, the immediacy of this threat has relegated the urgency of another, global warming, prompting a rethink about the…
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Vietnam: the ESG investment case
Vietnam is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Increases in annual maximum and minimum temperatures are expected…
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AGM season: Silence on key issues should be a trigger for action
For stakeholders, it is an opportunity to explore how these companies are conducting themselves and, in some cases, question management…
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Transforming the food sector: why the National Food Strategy matters to investors
Its starting point was recognising that the food system is currently delivering poor health and environmental outcomes. In this article…
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JB Beckett: Why Ukraine crisis is creating a migraine for ESG
Simply put, as an industry, western markets have financed Russia directly and indirectly for years. We integrated Russia into our…
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