Re-energising the sustainability sector

Not enough progress

I have been working in the sustainability side of investing for my whole career and the mood of frustration among my peers has never been as widespread as it is now.

So, it feels like a critical moment to think about how we are going to address this and reset the sustainability agenda in asset management. At the recent Principles of Responsible Investing event, where senior people from all over the world were in attendance, the sense of exasperation among these experienced leaders - who have all been attracted to this area because they want to do good - was palpable. ESG funds on offer grew 89% in 2022 as fees rose The scale of the global challenges that we have been talking about for almost 30-years now, the ever-increasing burden of regulatio...