The adage of sacrificing returns for the sake of ‘doing good’ with investments is a “convenient excuse” for advisers to avoid engaging their clients with sustainable investing effectively, according to speakers at Investment Week’s Sustainable Investment Festival.
In the third year of the annual event, Katrina Lloyd, editor-in-chief of Investment Week, hosted the opening panel, entitled ‘CEOs in conversation: Engage, lead, change'. European Commission confirms crackdown on ESG ratings providers Discussing the best way forward for investors, regulators and companies to work together to improve the impact they have on the environment and society, Amy Clarke, co-founder and chief impact officer at Tribe Impact Capital, was asked about the "legitimate concerns around putting clients in a product that is doing what it says it is" and in particular "...
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