Credit and carbon: Navigating complexity

Matthew Franklin, fund manager at Royal London Asset Management, discusses the growing interest in carbon within investment portfolios and how he sees the market evolving over time. Why are we seeing such a growing focus on carbon within investment portfolios? There is an enormous focus from financial markets on decarbonisation and we see three key forces driving this. The first is societal - the massive shift that we have seen building over time as people become increasingly aware of the impact we have on the planet and are demanding change as a result. The second is more formal - ...