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Feb 4, 2025 | 
responsible-investor.com | Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) has been at the forefront of political discourse in the US and beyond in the opening weeks of 2025. In an unprecedented move, the new US administration has declared war on the concept, eradicating DE&I programmes in federal departments and threatening legal action against companies that pursue diversity goals.
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Feb 3, 2025 | 
responsible-investor.com | Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
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Home News & Analysis ESG round-up: RBC, Rockefeller AM exit climate initiatives Return to search Gain instant access to our expert editorial analysis and in-depth insight.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
responsible-investor.com | Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Subscribe to The Responsible Investor Podcast on:Apple | Spotify | PodBean | Audible | PandoraWith big asset managers rushing to exit climate initiatives and ESG opponents taking centre stage in the US, responsible investment is under scrutiny as never before. What does this mean for up-and-coming asset owners with sustainability ambitions? This is a key question for Dan Mikulskis, CIO of People’s Partnership, one of the fastest-growing workplace pension providers in the UK.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
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Home News & Analysis ESG round-up: Texas AG ends review of US banks after GFANZ exits Return to search Gain instant access to our expert editorial analysis and in-depth insight.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
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Home News & Analysis Environmental The investment case for nature and climate adaptation Return to search Gain instant access to our expert editorial analysis and in-depth insight.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
responsible-investor.com | Simon Glynn |Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Business leaders and the environmental movement differ on many things. But they largely share one common perspective on climate change, which is to see it through the lens of conservation. For environmentalists, a conservation mindset is deeply rooted – it’s where the movement came from. Chemicals polluting our rivers? We need to clean them up. A hole in the ozone layer? We need to repair it. We need to restore and conserve the status quo, back to the way it was before it was disturbed.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
responsible-investor.com | Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Subscribe to The Responsible Investor Podcast on:Apple | Spotify | PodBean | Audible | PandoraMining is a notoriously dirty and dangerous business – so much so that it has often been shunned by responsible and risk-averse investors. In recent years, the Brumadinho dam disaster and the Juukan Gorge scandal have provided ample evidence of the environmental and social risks associated with the sector. Yet it is crucial to the energy transition.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
responsible-investor.com | Simon Glynn |Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
In a world where ESG gets politicised, and politics gets polarised, how can businesses or investors take a stand without taking a side? The key is to focus on materiality, not (just) morality. And the magic word that does that job, with all the right allusions for all the right people, is “responsible”. This is the central finding from a comprehensive programme of research published last month by Potential Energy, in partnership with We Mean Business Coalition and Maslansky + Partners.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
responsible-investor.com | Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Subscribe to The Responsible Investor Podcast on:Apple | Spotify | PodBean | Audible | PandoraTransition finance is the fastest-growing area in sustainable investment. Over the past two years, the amount invested in transition-focused funds in Europe doubled as inflows into traditional ESG funds stalled. The appeal of transition finance is obvious.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
responsible-investor.com | Lucy Fitzgeorge-Parker
Subscribe to The Responsible Investor Podcast on:Apple | Spotify | PodBean | Audible | PandoraAfter two years of rising commodity prices, surging energy sector profits and intensifying anti-ESG rhetoric in the US, it is easy to get the impression that investors are losing their appetite for sustainability. But industry veteran Lee Clements, now head of applied sustainable investment research at FTSE Russell, says reports of the death of ESG investing have been greatly exaggerated.
