Sustainability outlook: The trends shaping investor strategies in 2017 and beyond

Fund managers from this year's Sustainable Investment Conference explain how they place sustainability at the heart of their investment process and identify the key stocks and themes driving their funds.

Vicki Bakhshi, head of governance and sustainable investment, BMO Global Asset Management - Responsible Funds range The fund range employs an 'invest, avoid, improve' philosophy. How does this work in practice? We are transparent about how we implement the 'invest, avoid, improve' philosophy, and publish full details of our exclusionary criteria, which cover both controversial products such as weapons, tobacco and gambling, and 'conduct' areas such as labour and human rights. We are helped in deciding the criteria by our Responsible Investment Advisory Council. Increasingly, we find ...