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Trump's bizarre forced labour tariffs, horrific wildfires/drought and serious global governance challenges are reminders that ESG has not left the building…it is the building. Now comes the hard work.

Predictions of the ‘Death of ESG’ - pace hundreds of pejorative articles - were deeply wrong; albeit in dramatic ways few could have imagined.

Trump’s body-swerve to base his aggressive, wrong-headed international tariffs ‘strategy’ - struck down variously by the US Supreme Court and International Trade courts - on forced labour might have had some turning to the International Labour Organisation’s modern slavery database, or, god-forbid, to sustainability reports on the issue.

Then again, some seem surprised that Europe, and many other parts of the world, could suffer dangerous heatwaves, drought and fires caused by an El Nino year fuelled by worsening climate conditions, and at a huge price.

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Minerva’s Virtual-Only AGMs briefing explores the impact of digital-only meetings on shareholder rights, corporate governance and board accountability, and considers why hybrid AGMs may offer stronger transparency and investor engagement. 

The latest Carbon Performance data for the world’s largest electricity utilities and oil & gas companies are now available on the TPI tool. This update covers 78 electricity utility companies and 15 oil & gas companies [1]. As of July, these electricity and oil & gas companies represent a market capitalisation of $1.3 trillion and $350 billion, respectively [2].

For more details, please visit our website: https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/corporates

[1] These assessments cover TPI companies outside the Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) universe, allowing earlier publication of results. This ensures investors have up-to-date data well ahead of the typical Q3 publication of CA100+ company assessments. 
Electricity utilities companies assessed in this cycle are: Algonquin Power & Utilities, Alliant Energy, Axia Energia, Berkshire Hathaway, Black Hills, CEMIG, CK Infrastructure, CLP, CMS Energy, Canadian Utilities, Capital Power, CenterPoint Energy, China National Nuclear Power, China Power International Development, China Resources Power, China Yangtze Power, Chubu Electric Power, Chugoku, Cia Paranaense de Energia, Clearway Energy, Con Edison, DTE Energy, Drax Group, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, EDP, EGCO, Edison International, Electric Power Development, Elia Group, Emera, Enbw Energie, Endesa, Enel Americas, Energisa, Eneva, Engie Brasil, Enlight Renewable Energy, Entergy, Evergy, Eversource Energy, Fortis, Orron Energy, Huadian Power International, Global Power Synergy, Gulf Energy Development, Hawaiian Electric, Hera, Hydro One, Exelon, Idacorp, Interconexion Electrica, JSW Energy, Kansai Elec Power, Kyushu Elec Power, Manila Electric, Mercury, Meridian Energy, Neoen, NiSource, Northwestern, OGE Energy, Orsted, PG&E, Pinnacle West Capital, Portland General Electric, Power Grid Corp of India, Public Service Enterprise Group, Red Electrica, Saudi Energy, Sempra Energy, TEPCO, Tenaga Nasional, Tennessee Valley Authority, Terna, Tohoku Elec Power, Uniper, Vattenfall, and Verbund AG
Oil & gas companies assessed in this cycle are: APA Corporation, Ampol, Bharat Petroleum, Cenovus Energy, Coterra Energy, Devon Energy, Diamondback Energy, Galp Energia, HF Sinclair, Hess, INPEX, Idemitsu Kosan, Neste, Orron Energy, and Ovintiv. 
[2] Market capitalisation coverage is calculated for the companies for which this sector represents their primary activity. The calculation can change due to fluctuating corporate valuations, the size of the company universe assessed, or due to company sectoral reclassifications. Companies with a Not Assessed alignment were excluded from the total market capitalisation. 

Where the environmental case and investment case have converged for products and services that make AI more energy-efficient

Impax Asset Management has published a short insight on how artificial intelligence development intersects with its Environmental Markets investment framework.

Author Adam Palin sets out why only a portion of the AI buildout qualifies within that taxonomy, and how the firm determines investment eligibility for AI-related exposures.

The piece is framed as a brief explainer aimed at clarifying which elements of the AI infrastructure boom represent genuine environmental-markets opportunities. Read the full article via the link below.

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Adam Palin examines the key sustainability-related themes disrupting the Healthcare sector and their implications across its sub-industries, as part of the firm's broader framework for identifying transition-driven risks and opportunities for investors.

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Addenda Capital has published its 2025 Eco-Social Commercial Mortgages Report, setting out how its Eco-Social Commercial Mortgages Pooled Fund pursues Canadian housing affordability and climate objectives alongside disciplined lending.

Since its November 2021 launch, the fund has delivered annualised gross returns of 6.31% - 243 basis points above its 3.88% benchmark - while financing 33 affordable units, 679 seniors-housing units and 789,702 square feet of sustainable buildings across five themes: affordable housing, green buildings, underrepresented groups, cultural and community facilities, and health and education.

The portfolio is weighted toward multifamily residential (37.7%), office (32.5%) and industrial (16.1%) properties, with financed-emissions intensity tracked at 22.8 tCO2e per $m invested.

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Examines how increasingly capable open-weight AI models are reshaping competitive dynamics in the AI industry.

The report considers what the rise of high-performing open models means for the economics of AI development, enterprise adoption choices, and the strategic positioning of proprietary model providers competing in what it frames as an emerging AI format war.

It forms part of Deutsche Bank Research's broader AI 101 explainer series aimed at giving investors a grounding in the technology's economic and competitive dynamics.

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Mounting fiscal pressure and bipartisan political support for reform are driving a structural shift toward tighter US healthcare cost controls, with managed healthcare companies facing the greatest near-term policy pressure — though with strong mitigation capacity — while biopharma firms face moderate-to-elevated risk with potential spillover into patient access globally.

Healthcare providers face milder exposure, though structural vulnerabilities differ by company type, and investors can differentiate resilient performers by evaluating how well companies manage access- and pricing-related issues.

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The EU's Deforestation-Free Products Regulation, taking effect at the end of 2026, will require tire manufacturers to trace natural rubber back to its point of origin and certify non-deforestation sourcing — a significant challenge given the industry consumes more than 70% of the world's natural rubber supply.

Regulatory tightening, biodiversity concerns and supply chain complexity are reshaping risk profiles across tire manufacturers, with stronger traceability systems offering a competitive advantage;

Sustainalytics incorporates deforestation and supply chain transparency metrics into its ESG ratings framework for the sector.

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While artificial intelligence can rapidly extract corporate climate disclosures, turning this raw data into comparable, investment-ready information remains challenging .

Around 40% of reported Scope 1 and 2 emissions lack clarity on operational coverage, with similar gaps in decarbonisation targets and accounting methodologies.

Addressing these inconsistencies requires more than 200 distinct judgement calls, meaning substantial human input is still needed to produce reliable, comparable climate data across portfolios.

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CCLA's Corporate Mental Health Benchmark assesses workplace mental health practices across 100 UK-listed companies spanning 11 industry sectors and a combined workforce of 4.5 million people.

The 2026 results show gradual but uneven progress: 26 companies now sit in the benchmark's top two performance tiers, up from just 10 in 2022, while 15 companies remain in the lowest tier and 59 companies' rankings were unchanged year-on-year.

CCLA frames the benchmark as an investor-accountability tool, noting that poor workplace mental health costs the English economy close to £110 billion a year through staff turnover and sickness absence.

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Northern Trust Asset Management has published its 2025 Stewardship Report, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: Not identified
• Report type: Stewardship
• Period covered: Calendar year 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• Engagement growth — 350 companies engaged across 420 meetings, a 52% increase on 2024
• Voting activity — 15,957 shareholder meetings and over 146,000 resolutions
• Launch of the proprietary Northern Trust ESG Vector Score™ and a sector-focused engagement approach

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Risk and business strategy, governance, environmental, social
• Sectors of focus: Not specified
• Companies featured: Alphabet, Freeport-McMoRan

Team update

15 full-time stewardship specialists (67% holding master's degrees) and 12 sustainable investing partners, based across Chicago, London, Melbourne and India, with around 14 years' average professional experience.

Differentiators

Northern Trust plans to move from its external EOS stewardship partnership to a fully internal stewardship model by March 2026 - a notable structural shift from its prior delegated-engagement approach.

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LGIM has published its Active Ownership 2025 report, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: Not identified
• Report type: Stewardship
• Period covered: year to 31 December 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• Climate and Nature — mitigation, adaptation, land and water management
• Social Resilience — human capital, living wages, diversity and wellbeing
• Corporate Governance — board quality, audit, investor rights and remuneration

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Climate and Nature, Social Resilience, Corporate Governance
• Sectors of focus: Not specified
• Companies featured: Fortum Oyj (engagement led the company to advance its carbon-neutrality target from 2050 to 2030 and commit to a 2027 coal exit)

Team update

Investment Stewardship was brought together with the Investment teams under the CIO's leadership in early 2025. The dedicated stewardship team comprises 21 professionals with around 12 years' average experience, representing 10 nationalities and speaking 15 languages.

Differentiators

LGIM reports 3,761 engagements across 3,201 companies and voting on 148,846 resolutions worldwide in 2025 — a scale that reflects the newly integrated stewardship/investment structure rather than a standalone advisory function.

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Quantifies the financial returns of corporate environmental disclosure and action.

The analysis finds that companies addressing environmental risks achieve a median return of $8 for every $1 invested, with emissions-reduction initiatives generating around $2.4 per dollar spent, and that CDP disclosers carry roughly a third less transition-related climate risk than non-disclosing peers — equivalent to over $1 trillion in enterprise value protected.

The report, produced with a research contribution from Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), notes that 71% of companies now explicitly link environmental risks to financial metrics.

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Global sustainable funds attracted an estimated USD 3.7 billion in net inflows in the second quarter.

"Global sustainable funds, excluding China, attracted an estimated USD 3.7 billion in net inflows in the second quarter of 2026. Europe remained in positive territory, gathering USD 3.5 billion, although inflows slowed from a restated USD 8.2 billion in the first quarter. Passive sustainable strategies attracted USD 11.4 billion, while active funds recorded USD 7.8 billion in outflows.

Explore how regional differences are shaping the sustainable investing landscape, with Canada and Australia/New Zealand recording modest inflows, while Asia ex‑Japan continued to see net outflows.

Download the report to learn how regulatory changes and evolving investor preferences are influencing ESG fund flows, product launches, and market dynamics. "

Why the transition to electric vehicles will take much longer than many people realise

Record EV sales are rightly celebrated, but they represent only part of the transport decarbonisation story. What ultimately determines emissions is not annual vehicle sales, but the huge, and dirty, global fleet already on our roads. Economists describe this as the difference between flow (new sales) and stock (the existing vehicle parc).

With more than 1.7 billion road vehicles worldwide, many remaining in service for 15–20 years, replacing internal combustion engines is one of the largest capital replacement programmes in history. Even under optimistic projections, EVs will continue to share the roads with petrol and diesel vehicles for decades, particularly in heavy transport and lower-income economies, of which there are many, with enormous polluting fleets, often bought second hand from Europe, the US and Japan.

This creates an uncomfortable paradox. As wealthier countries electrify their new vehicle markets, older combustion vehicles may continue operating elsewhere for another decade or more. In effect, the lifetime of the global internal combustion engine may be extended through international second-hand markets rather than shortened. 

In my latest LinkedIn article I explore why understanding fleet turnover is essential for realistic climate policy, investment decisions and transport planning. The transition to electric mobility is real—and accelerating—but its pace will ultimately be determined by the very slow mathematics of replacing the world's existing vehicle fleet.

There is little scope for optimism on vehicle emissions at the global level. The alarming truth is that asset turnover in other sectors such as power, buildings, steel, aircraft...will be even slower. Adaptation is therefore going to be key.

EU Unbundling limits Sustainable Fitch Entity Rating Impact

"German multinational energy company RWE AG announced it will increase its stake in Amprion GmbH, one of Germany's four transmission system operators, to 55% from around 20%, for a purchase price of EUR3.6 billion. Sustainable Fitch provided its view on the transaction, noting that it is likely to have a limited direct impact on RWE's Sustainable Fitch entity rating or green bond framework assessments."

"The 2026 Clean Edge 100, our third annual ranking of the 100 top publicly traded clean-tech companies in clean energy, transportation, water, and the grid, finds continued global industry leadership in the U.S., Europe, and China. Eligible clean-tech companies are members of our global equity research universe of more than 800 companies and must receive at least 50% of their revenue from clean-tech activities (pure plays). Companies are ranked according to an equally weighted composite of market capitalization, revenue, and operating profit. Revenue and operating profit are adjusted by business exposure as evaluated by Clean Edge."

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Event details

"Extreme weather is no longer a side note in financial analysis — it is a daily input into capital allocation. Company filings citing extreme weather as a material risk are up 282%, profit warnings linked to extreme weather are up 147%, and companies are now more than 6.5x as likely to issue a profit warning following an extreme weather event than they were two decades ago. According to MSCI Research, listed companies worldwide face an estimated USD 1.3 trillion in annual losses from physical climate hazards."

What you'll learn:

• "How MSCI and First Street are coming together to strengthen physical risk intelligence and what it means for your existing climate and risk workflows.
• The research behind the numbers: why physical risk is now a direct input into investment, lending and underwriting decisions.
• How the platform works end to end from screening exposure across MSCI’s mapped universe of 4.5 million asset locations and 780,000 companies, to drilling down into any structure worldwide using First Street’s geospatial “digital twin” data.
• A live workflow walkthrough showing how physical risk analysis can be applied across financial processes from origination to portfolio monitoring."

Oversight Risk and Return Signals in Tech

Key Findings

"Companies with observable corporate governance structures addressing societal concerns exhibited lower idiosyncratic volatility and stronger excess returns.

The strongest individual governance signal associated with lower volatility was whether a company has an executive to oversee the company's societal responsibilities, such as a Chief Impact Officer, which showed an average correlation of -19.5% with idiosyncratic volatility across the study period. The other criteria most consistently associated with lower idiosyncratic volatility were:

• whether the companies conduct human rights or materiality impact assessments, and
• whether the company sets quantitative goals for societal impact

The strongest single signal related to excess return was a stated commitment to the precautionary principle, with an average excess return correlation of 15.7% across the study period, strengthening year-on-year. The other criteria most consistently associated with higher excess returns were:

• whether the companies had constituted an external advisory group for societal impact, and
• whether internal mechanisms existed for employees to anonymously raise concerns.

Four criteria delivered both meaningful lower idiosyncratic volatility and higher excess returns. These dual-signal criteria were:

• references an established AI governance framework,
• gives end users the right to opt out of certain types of data usage,
• takes active measures to protect children on services, and
• publishes child online safety policies"

BNP Paribas Asset Management has published an article on why it sees technology as the cornerstone of European strategic autonomy, spanning:

• digital sovereignty and AI (the EU Chips Act's push to double Europe's semiconductor market share to 20%, and the €200bn InvestAI programme),
• defence technology (EU defence spending projected to reach €380-390bn in 2025, potentially approaching €800bn by 2030 per McKinsey), and
• space and clean-tech, including the roughly 290-satellite IRIS² constellation.

It argues that European tech stocks' lower valuations relative to US peers — against a backdrop of $757bn in US private AI investment since 2013 versus $17bn in Germany and $16bn in France - create a diversification opportunity as Europe builds out its own AI and defence-tech capacity.

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Explores the investment case created by growing water infrastructure needs.

Research article argues that meeting an estimated $13.2 trillion in global water-infrastructure investment by 2040 creates opportunities across three approaches:

• managing downside risks from water scarcity,
• improving operational efficiency, and
• capturing growth from rising demand.

It notes that water-sector companies have outperformed broader markets over the past decade, with rising corporate capital expenditure supporting "pick-and-shovel" providers of water solutions.

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SSE's annual Sustainability Report discloses information on the most material economic, social and environmental impacts of our business activities. Designed to be the sister document to the Annual Report, it demonstrates the way we create value for shareholders and society in a sustainable way.

Key performance updates for 2025/26 include carbon intensity falling below 200gCO₂e/kWh for the first time, contributing over £10.8bn to UK and Ireland GDP and a record year for the community investment funds with nearly £25m awarded. But we also acknowledge that delivering the energy transition is becoming more complex and the report retains transparency around the challenges we're navigating as we progress towards our 2030 Goals. 

Analysis of energy-market trends emerging from the Iran conflict, which disrupted around 20% of global oil and LNG supply through the Strait of Hormuz earlier in 2026.

Despite an initial spike toward $120 a barrel, oil prices settled into an $85–$100 range as ample inventories and confidence in a swift resolution cushioned the shock, and the authors set out seven themes to watch, including:

• strategic oil-reserve restocking,
• a possible OPEC+ production increase led by Saudi Arabia,
• renewed E&P investment,
• continued US LNG expansion, and an
• “all of the above” generation strategy blending renewables, gas and nuclear.

The analysts expect balanced markets to persist provided no further prolonged disruption to Strait of Hormuz flows occurs.

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Examines water scarcity as an emerging material risk for semiconductor manufacturers as AI-driven demand accelerates.

Chip fabrication requires vast supplies of ultra-pure water that municipal systems can struggle to provide during droughts, and the piece forecasts industry-wide water withdrawal rising from around 260 billion gallons a year today to 390–455 billion by 2030 — with roughly 40% of existing fabrication facilities already operating in water-stressed watersheds.

The analysis highlights how TSMC, Samsung and Intel are responding through water-reclamation and recycling investment, and argues investors should assess semiconductor companies on water-reuse investment and watershed understanding rather than on disclosure alone.

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Bloomberg seeks a Product Manager for Sustainable Indices to build and maintain climate/ESG benchmarks, including Paris-aligned and transition frameworks. Requires 7+ years in indices, sustainable investing or ESG research, with strong index-construction expertise across equities and fixed income.

CAAT Pension Plan is hiring a Responsible Investing Manager to oversee RI data governance, quality assurance and reporting, and to translate RI strategy into action for senior stakeholders. Permanent Toronto role; 6-8 years' experience in investment management, pension investing or sustainable finance ($125,800-$157,200 CAD).

HOOPP is hiring a Principal, Sustainable Investing to lead multi-asset-class climate pathway analysis and scenario-based modelling (e.g. IPCC pathways), reporting to a Managing Director. Toronto/London ON role; 7-10 years' relevant experience, advanced analytical/financial/technical degree, CFA an advantage.

ShareAction is hiring a Responsible Investment Standards Programme Lead to drive its programme of pension-fund engagement on responsible investment standards. Permanent, hybrid London role (£68,843.95 + 8% pension); seeks a track record leading complex advocacy/non-profit programmes and securing significant funding.

Company Description
ShareAction is an independent charity and an expert on responsible investment. We work to build a world where the financial system serves our planet and its people. We set ambitious standards for how financial institutions, through their investment decisions, can protect our planet and its people and campaign for this approach to become the norm. We convene shareholders to collectively push companies to tackle climate crisis, protect nature, improve workers’ rights and shape healthier societies. In the UK and EU, we advocate for financial regulation that has society’s best interests at its core. 

Position
What you'll do (key responsibilities)
This role sits at the centre of ShareAction's five year strategy for the period 2026-2031. As Programme Lead for Responsible Investment Standards (RIS), you'll steward one of our most strategically important programmes – defining, defending and advancing the standards that underpin responsible investment, and driving leadership among pension funds; ensuring the programme contributes directly to the organisation’s three strategic shifts: durable rules, asset‑owner accountability, and public legitimacy.

Asset owners such as pension funds sit at the top of the investment chain, controlling the retirement savings of millions of people. How they invest that capital – and how they hold their fund managers to account on risks like climate change – shapes whether the system serves people and planet. Your work will help push pension funds towards genuine leadership, and towards stronger laws and confident regulation across the UK and EU.

It's a varied role spanning policy advocacy, direct engagement with asset owners, coalition-building and research. Early priorities include activating asset owners as system stewards, and delivering our flagship benchmark of global asset managers. You'll also work closely with colleagues developing new work to strengthen the voice of pension savers, ensuring the millions of working people whose retirement incomes are at stake stay at the heart of everything we do.

You'll join a cohort of senior Programme Leads – spanning Energy Transition, Health and Pension Saver Power – helping to embed ShareAction's new programmatic way of working. You'll report to the Director of Investment Standards & Policy, working closely with the wider Leadership Team, including the CEO, COO and Director of Campaigns & Communications.

On the strategy side, you'll set the direction for campaigns that influence investors, companies and policymakers, with clear change goals and a strong theory of change behind them. You'll hold strategic oversight of the whole RIS portfolio, build a shared framework for planning and measuring impact, and report regularly to the Leadership Team on how things are progressing. You'll also lead the programme's evolution in line with our 2026-2031 strategy, and make sure RIS acts as the organisational hub for responsible investment standards – working closely with our thematic programmes and the Pension Saver team to keep everything joined up.

Funding is a big part of the role too. You'll take the lead on securing funds for the programme, working closely with the Director of Investment Standards & Policy and our Fundraising team, and you'll build and manage funder relationships directly, supporting Directors and the CEO on the bigger, cross-programme funder conversations. You'll also represent ShareAction externally – at events, in the media, and in the rooms where the debate gets shaped.

Day to day, you'll oversee delivery of the whole programme portfolio, holding responsibility for its objectives and outputs. At the heart of this is our Investor Engagement and Research team, which you'll lead directly – overseeing everything from benchmarking the asset management industry, to publishing research and guidance for asset owners, to building the relationships that drive up standards, to providing secretariat support for our CRIN and RINU networks. You'll keep an eye on risk across the portfolio, and work closely with peers across ShareAction's Extended Leadership Team to keep it all well-coordinated.

You'll take overall responsibility for the programme's financial performance, working with programme staff to manage budgets that flex in line with fundraising income. On the people side, you'll directly manage 5 members of staff and oversee the work of 12 more, building a team culture that's healthy, inclusive and genuinely supportive. You'll also matrix manage colleagues across the wider portfolio, and share learning and best practice to build consistency across programmes – including helping shape how ShareAction approaches research governance more broadly.

We'll also look to you to stay on top of best practice across communications, campaigns, policy, research and investor engagement, and to keep pace with political, commercial and sector developments – including horizon-scanning on emerging themes like AI, bondholder stewardship and pension governance, so RIS is always ahead of the debate, and coordinating engagement with investors across the organisation.

You'll work closely with other Programme Leads, the Leadership Team, and stakeholders including asset owners, asset managers and funders – using your skills to influence real change in how the financial system serves people and the planet.

If this role sounds like something that would build on your current skill set and engage you, we'd love to hear from you!

Requirements
What you'll bring to the team
We're looking for someone with:

• A proven track record of leading complex programmes or portfolios that influence the choices of decision-makers. These should be programmes which integrate a range of disciplines and levers, ideally in a not-for-profit or campaigning context.
• Broad subject matter expertise across relevant campaign or thematic areas, and the ability to hold strategic oversight across multiple topics.
• Knowledge of the pensions industry: how it works and what incentivises pension funds to take action.
• Experience leading bid development and managing funder relationships, with a track record of securing significant funding.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including developing senior-level external relationships.
• Experience leading and developing teams, including through matrix management structures, and creating cohesive, healthy and supportive team cultures.
• The ability to develop and communicate strategy clearly, connecting programme-level work to organisational priorities.
• Excellent project and programme management skills, including designing consistent frameworks in fast-moving, contested contexts.
• Strong financial management skills, including managing complex, flexible budgets.
• The ability to translate strategy into actionable plans in contexts where there might be no tried and tested playbook, with enthusiasm for innovation and confidence in leading others through change.
• Some understanding of responsible investment standards, stewardship, and the political and regulatory landscape shaping investor behaviour in the UK and EU.

It would also be great if you have:

• Experience as a lead spokesperson in an advocacy context, through public speaking or media engagement.
• Experience leading and/or running high-profile campaigns that mobilise diverse stakeholders, including investors, civil society and policymakers.
• Experience using external communications and media as a tool for change.
• Familiarity with risk management frameworks in a programme or portfolio context.
• Experience conducting and overseeing large research projects.

While we hope we'll find someone with the majority of these skills and experience, we're keen to hear from you even if you don't have them all. We appreciate lots of skills are transferable, and we welcome opportunities to explore different ways of achieving our goals.

We have a formal hybrid working policy in place. As this role involves regular engagement with London-based stakeholders, you can expect regular time in our Aldgate office (typically at least once or twice a week), alongside the flexibility to work in a way that suits you.

What we will do for you:

We are a fast-paced organisation that has grown substantially over the past few years. We recognise that our people work hard to advocate for responsible investment and drive meaningful engagement with those who have the power to create a brighter future. Every day they bring their expertise, passion and persistence to build a world where the financial system serves our people and planet. We want to ensure we provide the right environment for our colleagues to thrive and we are committed to improving our employee offer where possible.

Currently we are pleased to offer:

• Commitment to flexible working; over 60% of our employees have some sort of flexible working arrangement in place
• Hybrid working; we are committed to supporting our staff to work in a way that suits their lifestyle and meets the requirements of their role
• Internal promotion and development opportunities; we offer a range of ways to improve your skills and focus on what you love, including promotion, secondment, or sideways development opportunities. For some levels of roles, we also offer direct progression.
• Opportunity to help make a difference; we tackle some of the world’s biggest social and environmental challenges. We offer opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience in a friendly, flexible and supportive working environment.
• Unionised work environment; our staff have the opportunity to join the union, and are supported by our recognised union, Unite. We regularly consult and negotiate with our employees on workplace matters ranging from working conditions to pay.
• Regular in-person meetings; including all-staff away days, retreats and directorate strategy days to create connected teams.
• 8% non-contributory pension; invested with NEST and their green funds.
• Healthcareplan; with Bupa 
• Employee assistance programme;advice and support, lifestyle discounts and short-term counselling  
• Death in Service cover of 3x salary 
• 25 days’ annual leave (increasing with length of service) plus office closure at the end of the year; ensuring everyone gets time to switch off together.
• Enhanced family leave pay; up to 18 weeks’ paid at 90% for either parent.
• Enhanced sick pay; starting at 5 weeks’ full pay from day 1.
• Season ticket loan and cycle to work scheme.

Who it reports to: Director of Investment Standards & Policy

Salary: £68,843.95 + 8% pension contribution

Deadline for applications: Monday 24th August at 9:00 a.m.

Interview dates: First round interviews will be held online during the week commencing 31st August. Second round interviews will be held in person at our London office during the week commencing 14th September.

ShareAction values and respects all differences in people (seen and unseen) and welcomes applications from all backgrounds, communities and industries. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities and we are working hard to provide an environment where all can bring their authentic selves to work. We know that some people won’t apply for a role unless they meet all the requirements listed in the job description. If this is the case for you, but you think you would excel in this role, we want to hear from you!

Our hiring process is anonymised, we won’t ask for a cover letter and we don’t look at CVs until the interview stage. We do this so that we reduce the opportunity for unconscious biases to affect our decision making and so we prioritise skills and expertise over how well you can write a CV. 

We also actively encourage incoming staff to consider flexible working arrangements; recognising that a better work-life balance can improve employee motivation, performance and reduce stress. Please talk to us at the interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

While we embrace hybrid working at ShareAction, we also think there is a lot of value in spending time together in person. We run all-staff away days, a yearly retreat and more regular team and directorate meet-ups so that we can develop our ideas and plans together. As part of the induction process, we’ll invite you to our office in Aldgate so you can meet and get to know your line manager, team and others from across the organisation.

To be considered for this post you must be legally eligible to work in the UK, unfortunately we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

Please note that using Artificial Intelligence to answer the application questions is not recommended, and it could negatively impact your chances of success in the application process. While AI can help streamline the writing process, these tools will not accurately reflect your skills, knowledge or experience. It is crucial that you personalise your application by articulating these in your unique voice. If you choose to use AI or other tools to assist in writing your application, we ask you to declare this clearly in your submission.

Key features

• Job title: Sustainability Research Analyst
• Location: London
• Employment type: Full time (80–100%)
• Sustainable Investment focus: Sits within Lombard Odier's Sustainable Investing team, assessing companies and labelled debt instruments against the firm's proprietary sustainable investment framework
• Key requirements: Degree/postgraduate qualification in sustainability or a related field (or equivalent experience); prior experience in sustainability/ESG research, consulting or sustainable finance; demonstrated ability to analyse companies and sectors through a sustainability risk/opportunity lens

(12 Month Fixed Term Contract - Possible extension)

This role sits in the PRI’s Investor Initiatives and Collaboration team and will primarily focus on the UN-Convened Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), co-convened by the PRI and UNEP FI.

The successful candidate will work at the heart of this flagship net zero initiative to ensure smooth operations and management of the NZAOA.

This is a senior role in the Policy and Research team, serving the PRI’s global signatory base by leading the organisation’s work on social issues, including human rights and socio-economic developments of relevance to responsible investors. The role is responsible for shaping PRI’s strategic direction across these issue areas, ensuring high-quality insights and practical support for signatories, and driving delivery through regional markets, guidance and tools, policy engagement and collaborative investor initiatives. 

The successful candidate will bring significant international expertise in applying social issues in business and investment contexts, alongside the credibility to represent the PRI externally and influence thinking across the responsible investment ecosystem. Success in the role will depend not only on deep expertise in social issues, but also on the ability to identify connections between social, economic, political and environmental developments, and generate insights relevant to the strategic challenges facing investors and the broader financial system. The role reports directly to the Chief Policy and Research Officer, is part of a small group of senior issue experts working across the organisation.

We’re seeking a talented, proactive and outcome focussed Salesforce Functional Specialist to join our shape and deliver our Salesforce capabilities. In this role, you will play a vital part in advancing the organisations goals in relation to Responsible Investment by partnering with stakeholders across the organisation to understand strategic objectives, redesign end-to-end processes and translate and deliver them an improved CRM ecosystem.

The person will work closely with most areas of the business, working within the technology team, you will provide architectural guidance, process rationalisation/transformation and deliver the declarative changes in Salesforce. You will ensure that solutions are aligned with company strategy, deliver measurable outcomes, establishing standardised ways of working across the organisation.

The Head of North American Policy will lead the development and delivery of PRI's policy strategy and engagement program across the United States and Canada. The role will position PRI as a credible, non-partisan and market-focused organization, advancing a responsible investment policy agenda that supports long-term investor returns, economic growth, job creation and capital formation in both markets.

Working across PRI's regional and global teams, the role will provide tools, insight and practical analysis to policymakers and PRI signatories in the US and Canada. It will oversee the development of evidence-based policy positions, briefings, submissions and engagement strategies, ensuring that PRI's policy work in both markets is grounded in regional signatory needs and realities and aligned with PRI's Strategy, the Six Principles and global policy positions.

We’re looking for someone to join the EMEA Sustainability Research team, sitting at the heart of UBS Global Research. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to differentiated, investment-focused ESG research, working closely with sector analysts across regions to help shape insights that inform investment decisions.
The role is initially a support-focused position, giving you the opportunity to build a strong foundation in ESG research, data analysis and the investment process. Over time, and depending on your development, there will be opportunities to take greater ownership of research outputs and products.

We are seeking an ESG Quant Analyst - Stewardship Specialist to join the Responsible Investing team in London. Unlike a traditional stewardship role, this position sits within a quantitative investment environment and will help drive Acadian's ESG research by combining direct company engagements with the development of scalable research tools and datasets. The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious, highly analytical, and equally enjoy working with large datasets as engaging with company management teams. They will thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and be excited by the opportunity to apply AI techniques.

We are seeking an ESG Quant Analyst -  Stewardship Specialist to join the Responsible Investing team in Sydney. Unlike a traditional stewardship role, this position sits within a quantitative investment environment and will help drive Acadian's ESG research by combining direct company engagements with the development of scalable research tools and datasets. The ideal candidate will be intellectually curious, highly analytical, and equally enjoy working with large datasets as engaging with company management teams. They will thrive in an entrepreneurial environment and be excited by the opportunity to apply AI techniques.

To our office in London we are looking for strong Sustainability Reporting technical SME to support  the existing team. This is a demanding and exciting new role within the newly created Sustainability Reporting team in Group Finance.  

An opportunity has arisen for a Sustainability Research Analyst, ideally with materials and/or industrials sector experience, to join M&G’s Sustainability Research Team. The role will support thematic and company-level sustainability research, producing high-quality, investment-ready analysis that informs decision-making across the investment platform.

The ideal candidate will be a proactive self-starter with strong investment knowledge, capable of independently developing high-quality sustainability research and translating complex issues into clear investment implications.

We're looking for a Resilience Analyst to help shape the future of climate resilience. You'll research what A&R really means for specific sectors, engage with the world’s leading experts, and help to write the criteria that investors and issuers will use globally and in South-East Asia specifically. You will work at the intersection of climate science, policy, and finance, contribute to criteria that are scientifically credible, market-relevant, and practically applicable.

Employment Type Contract Please note, where PRI has an office there is an expectation to work a minimum of 2 days per week

Location Hybrid · London, UK

Team Technology

Seniority Senior

Closing: 11:59pm, 9th Aug 2026 BST

Employment Type Contract Please note, where PRI has an office there is an expectation to work a minimum of 2 days per week

Location Hybrid · Tokyo, Japan

Team IIC

Seniority Mid-level

Closing: 11:59pm, 9th Aug 2026 KST

NB Link is to NIMI French careers site

As our Head of ESG Reporting, you will lead the developement, implementation, and oversight of Environemental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures for HSBC Continental Europe. This role is central to ensuring high-quality, transparent reporting that meets regulatory expectations, aligns with sustainability standards, and supports the bank’s strategic objectives.

As Sustainability Executive, you will support the delivery of our sustainability roadmap, helping to embed responsible and sustainable practices across product sourcing, development and procurement. Working closely with the Sustainability Manager and a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, you will contribute to initiatives that improve supply chain visibility, strengthen ethical sourcing standards and support the achievement of sustainability objectives across the business.

As a Product Manager within the Sustainable Index Product team, you will be responsible for the development and enhancement of Bloomberg’s ESG, Climate, and Sustainable index offerings. You will focus on sustainable methodology design, ESG data integration, and bringing innovative benchmark solutions to market.

We are seeking a Social Impact Reporting and Operations Analyst to lead and manage Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI), and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reporting across the organization. This role will develop and maintain reporting frameworks, ensure data quality and governance, support external disclosures, and provide insights that drive strategy and measurable outcomes.

You will own the day-to-day relationship with our Fitch community platform partner to source volunteering and giving data, and lead the end-to-end process to collect, standardize, and validate impact reporting data from charity partners. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, experience with DEI/ESG/social impact and human capital metrics, and a collaborative approach to stakeholder engagement. The role will also seek opportunities to increase team analytic capability, create meaningful, value-added reporting, and continuously streamline and automate reporting to reduce manual tasks.

We’re seeking a Senior Manager, ESG Reporting to join the team and this role sits in the Controllership Team function, itself part of Finance, a global team responsible for leading internal and external financial reporting, controls oversight, forecasting, stress testing and other key finance functions.  (posted 20 Jul)