'Detail is crucial': Schroders urges UK's biggest companies to publish climate plans in 2021

Greater action from corporates urged

Asset management giant Schroders has called on the UK's biggest businesses to produce dedicated net zero transition roadmaps over the next 12 months.

Schroders argues the move will enable shareholders to make informed investment decisions as the development of a net zero emission economy gathers pace. In a letter sent last week to the bosses of all companies listed on the FTSE 350 index, Schroders chief executive Peter Harrison said investors had demanded a "far greater focus" on corporate sustainability last year and as such he urged listed firms to publish detailed climate plans in 2021. Premier Miton Global Renewables handed LSE's 'Green Economy Mark' "As an active asset manager, we believe that we have a fundamental role to ...