A refocusing on sustainability

Sharp wake up call

Over the past year, markets have focused obsessively on the impact of higher inflation and soaring energy prices.

The focus on the need to tackle global, societal and environmental challenges has shifted somewhat down the priority lists of  investors and broader society. However, in fact, the need to address many of these challenges has only increased in importance - for example the need to transition away from fossil fuels and increase energy efficiency, reducing reliance on Russian gas, while governments globally announce huge increases in funding to accelerate progression towards a cleaner, more sustainable world. Biden uses veto to block anti-ESG investing bill Over the coming years, it is...