Saker Nusseibeh CBE: Companies must prove how they are delivering positive outcomes for society

Sustainability pleas can no longer be ignored

Beyond the human impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on global society, on families and communities, the knock-on effects on businesses around the world have reconfigured perceptions of corporate robustness, resilience and sustainability.

As investors, our corporate purpose is to help people invest and retire better, yet this crisis has threatened the retirement incomes of savers around the world. As such, engaging with companies on their approach to the crisis in the context of their long-term sustainable value creation and viability is a critical aspect of our fiduciary duty to savers.  Moreover, the pervasive impacts of the Covid-19 crisis are driving a more widespread reassessment of the purpose and goals of investment among end investors.  Some asset managers 'paying lip service' to gender diversity issues F...