Jupiter Asset Management, Robeco and Ninety One are among 32 signatories to a letter raising “deep concern” over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s recent backtrack on UK Government green pledges.
Led by the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment and UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF), a further 32 investors and financial institutions have urged the government to change course on its "misguided" plans. The group, representing more than £1.5trn in assets under management, wrote to the PM: "We are deeply concerned by your decision to backtrack on vital policy measures that support the UK's transition to net zero. 'Now is not the time to delay': Over 400 businesses urge prime minister not to we...
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