Aviva Investors appoints new head for sustainable outcomes

Joins from Blackrock

Aviva Investors has appointed the former Blackrock director Sam Tripuraneni as head of sustainable outcomes as the firm continues to boost its efforts in supporting the sustainable transition.

In his new role, Tripuraneni will oversee the firm's stewardship and sustainable outcomes franchises, encompassing the climate transition, social transition and natural capital transition product range.  He will also be responsible for overseeing ESG thematic research and how this is integrated across liquid market asset classes, as well as play a role in the development of new sustainability and impact strategies.  "The world is experiencing multiple social and environmental crises, such as catastrophic levels of biodiversity loss, increasing social inequality and temperature rise th...