Social factors - testing the opportunity for institutional investors

Institutional investors interested in ESG factors have rightly seen climate as a huge priority and there was a risk this might create ‘carbon tunnel vision', relegating other concerns to the sidelines. Happily, things are changing. The Covid-19 pandemic and recent cost of living crisis act as grim reminders of the powerful social themes in human capital management, health and wellbeing, and supply chain oversight. And there is now a far greater awareness of the role social factors play in the pursuit of a Just Transition - one that acknowledges and addresses the broad impacts of climate ...