The asset management industry needs to act on carbon-neutral investing

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The asset management industry has a significant role to play in achieving carbon neutrality and in the wake of COP26 it is time we started acting before it is too late.

ESG is the industry buzzword currently and in the ETF market in particular with decarbonisation and low carbon companies a big focus for asset managers. Europe is more developed with the US a bit slower but likely to catch up once the success of the European offerings take hold. The ETF market tends to lead the way on innovation with ESG perhaps the biggest current focus. Almost all indices used in ETFs will end up with ESG screens as standard and low carbon and decarbonisation strategies are playing their part. However, these actions do not address the problem that the target of carbon ...