Industry bodies

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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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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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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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."

...

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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Caroline Cook, Head of Climate Change, explores whether artificial intelligence will prove a net climate cost or a climate dividend.

AI already drives a significant rise in data-centre electricity demand - currently around 415 TWh a year, projected to approach 1,000 TWh by 2030 - but could ultimately cut emissions by improving efficiency in power grids and heavy industry, with near-term grid applications alone estimated to avoid up to a gigatonne of CO2 under an ambitious scenario.

The piece cautions that outcomes hinge on the pace of grid decarbonisation, and flags risks such as “brown AI” (using AI to improve fossil-fuel extraction) and rebound effects that could offset efficiency gains.

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Analysis on how escalating wildfire risk is straining insurance markets and creating knock-on effects across capital markets.

The piece cites the 2025 California wildfires, which generated around $40 billion in insured losses, alongside a 42% rise in premiums in extreme fire-risk areas and a near-tripling of enrolment in California's FAIR plan since 2018 as private insurers withdraw from high-risk markets.

It explores emerging responses such as parametric insurance and home-hardening programmes, and argues that wildfire is becoming a material factor shaping credit risk, asset valuation, municipal finance and long-term insurability.

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Research examines the climate-policy engagement of the largest Fortune 500 company headquartered in each US state.

Using its Engagement Intensity climate-lobbying score, InfluenceMap finds that 67% of these 43 major employers - including Walmart, CVS Health, UnitedHealth Group and Home Depot - show minimal climate policy engagement, while the smaller group that is actively engaged skews toward energy, transport and technology firms.

InfluenceMap argues this "engagement vacuum" among the largest state employers leaves state-level climate policy debates more exposed to dominance by fossil-fuel and utility trade associations.

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Royal London Asset Management has published its Stewardship and Responsible Investment Report 2025, 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 activity — 356 company engagements conducted in 2025
• Voting practices — 4,397 votes cast across 53,314 resolutions
• ESG integration across equities, fixed income and sustainable investing capabilities

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Not specified
• Sectors of focus: Not specified

Team update

No details reported.

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New analysis examines how much renewable infrastructure a diversified portfolio should hold.

The paper argues that an allocation of 50–60% to renewables represents the optimal balance between capturing energy-transition returns and managing concentration risk, since allocations beyond that threshold compound exposure to power-price volatility, policy-continuity concerns and interest-rate sensitivity.

The authors recommend pairing this renewable allocation with broader diversified infrastructure exposure and internal sub-sector and geographic diversification to balance ambition with risk discipline.

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Research article argues that 'green' investment alone will not deliver decarbonisation, since real-world emissions keep rising even as portfolios have decarbonised since the 2015 Paris Agreement - in part because high-emitting sectors such as steel, cement and heavy transport remain under-represented in responsible investment strategies.

The authors ask whether investors are genuinely funding decarbonisation or simply reallocating carbon-intensive assets elsewhere, and make the case for transition finance to complement green finance by funding emission-intensive sectors as they shift toward cleaner but not-yet-competitive technologies.

They point to BNP Paribas's own framework for assessing transition-plan credibility, the Climate Transition Bond Guidelines, SFDR 2.0's proposed Article 7, and the UK's new 'Improver' label as building blocks, and call for global regulatory alignment and a shift from portfolio-level to real-world impact measurement.

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Investor guide to addressing electric-power risk from data centre growth, setting out how AI-driven data centre expansion is creating systemic risk for electricity utilities across affordability, interconnection delays, water stress and grid reliability.

It highlights that around 48 US data-centre projects worth over $156 billion were abandoned in 2025 amid local opposition, that roughly half of US data centres draw power from plants in water-stressed regions (with Phoenix's cluster potentially raising water use by nearly 400%), and that utilities such as Southern Company have cited data-centre demand to justify extending coal-plant lifespans.

The guide sets out seven investor-facing solution categories including:

• clean generation
• 24/7 hourly-matched power to flexible interconnection
• large-load tariffs and
• transmission upgrades

... plus a set of questions shareholders can put to regulated utilities on clean-energy strategy, demand-response coverage and counterparty credit protections.

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Article examines how ESG data needs are evolving alongside the sustainable-investing market, drawing on its 2025 State of ESG Data Report survey of global financial-market participants.

It finds that poor ESG data availability remains the top constraint on investor ambition - cited by 47% of respondents for coverage gaps, 41% for quality and 40% for vendor inconsistency - even as nearly half of respondents are expanding or sustaining sustainable-investing strategies.

While regulation-aligned disclosure data remains the top priority, demand is rising for forward-looking inputs such as transition-risk models, double-materiality assessments and nature-related data.

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The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) has published an update on its Net Zero Engagement Initiative (NZEI), reporting that:

• 113 investor organisations engaged 139 companies across 26 countries and 14 sectors during 2025 through more than 330 engagement activities
• Two-thirds of focus companies advanced against NZEI's core engagement objectives, and the initiative has now expanded for the first time to cover private-company engagement, adding 19 new companies across seven emerging-market countries in its next phase.

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EdenTree Investment Management has published its Sustainable Investment Activity Report for Q2 2026, covering engagement during the peak proxy-voting season.

The Sustainable Investment Team's work clustered around four priorities:

• a "just climate transition" with the highest-emitting portfolio holdings,
• water stress,
• social and financial inclusion, and
• good governance, with a notable strand pressing banks directly to reduce fossil-fuel lending and expand green financing.

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Boston Common Asset Management has published its Q2 2026 Active Shareowner Update, covering three engagement threads:

• On AI governance, it engaged Alphabet, Verizon and Home Depot on oversight of high-risk AI use cases, pushing for greater transparency and accountability on surveillance and digital human-rights risk.
• On women's health, it engaged Merck, Roche and Novartis on clinical trial design and disclosure gaps.
• On biodiversity, it published an updated framework shifting focus from impact measurement toward governance of nature-related risk, using Unilever as a case study.

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Amova Asset Management (formerly Nikko Asset Management) has published its Global Stewardship Report 2025, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: August'26
• Report type: Stewardship
• Period covered: 1 January to 31 December 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• Eight chapters: commitment, resources and governance; policies, procedures and review; conflicts of interest; clients; stewardship and investment integration; systemic risks and market influence; exercising stewardship rights and responsibilities; selection and oversight of external managers
• USD 274.3bn AUM as of 31 December 2025; a foreword from CEO Stefanie Drews notes growing use of AI in research to strengthen engagement

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Labour practices, forestry and biodiversity, mining safety, climate targets, decarbonisation, governance disclosure
• Sectors of focus: Materials and mining, industrials, technology, consumer and logistics, paper manufacturing
• Companies featured: Amazon (labour practices), Smurfit WestRock (forestry/biodiversity), Freeport-McMoRan (mining safety), Linde (climate targets), POSCO (decarbonisation), Venture Corporation (governance disclosure)

Team update

Foreword authored by CEO Stefanie Drews.

Differentiators

Amova AM Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group; the report notes growing use of AI in research to strengthen engagement analysis.

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Columbia Threadneedle Investments has published its Stewardship Report 2025, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: Inferred as H1'2006
• Report type: Stewardship
• Period covered: Calendar year 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• Structured across 11 chapters mapped to UK Stewardship Code principles: stewardship integration, engagement, voting and corporate governance, systemic risk, oversight of external managers, conflicts of interest, review and assurance
• Foreword by William Davies, Global Chief Investment Officer
• Delivered via the firm's reo® (responsible engagement overlay) service, in place since 2000

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Climate risk and energy transition, corporate governance and board effectiveness, labour standards and human rights, net-zero methodology, sustainable-finance disclosure
• Sectors of focus: Technology, automotive, banking, consumer goods, apparel, airlines, retail, professional services
• Companies featured: Keyence, Renault, Apple, PPG Industries, NatWest Group, Yadea Group Holdings, Microsoft, Alibaba, International Consolidated Airlines Group, Marks and Spencer, Unicharm, Toyota, Moelis & Company, InHealth Group, Corran Capital

Team update

Foreword by William Davies (Global Chief Investment Officer); the firm's separate Engagement Review names Claudia Wearmouth (Global Head of Responsible Investment).

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Examines nine years of workforce data (2016-2024) from 1,482 US public companies.

The analysis finds that companies with more racially diverse management consistently delivered stronger profits, faster revenue growth and better shareholder returns, while predominantly white-male-led firms - particularly those valued above $10bn - showed weaker financial metrics.

The report also flags a decline in voluntary EEO-1 disclosure in 2025, disproportionately among companies with less diverse leadership, and calls for continued shareholder engagement on transparency.

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Ninety One has published its Sustainability and Stewardship Report for the year to 31 March 2026, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: Not stated.  Inferred as H1'26
• Report type: Annual RI
• Period covered: 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Multi-category

Contents and focal points

• Structured around Ninety One's "Invest, Advocate and Inhabit" framework, underpinned by six sustainability principles
• 33 Transition Plan Assessments completed; £4.1bn in dedicated sustainable strategies; 353 stakeholder engagements (62% achieving stated objectives); 14,656 proxy votes cast; 52% reduction in operational emissions versus a 2019 baseline

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Net-zero transition, climate, governance, human rights, responsible technology adoption
• Sectors of focus: Technology, semiconductors, luxury goods, energy, agriculture, utilities
• Companies featured: Samsung Electronics, Eskom, TSMC, LVMH, Pemex, Corteva Agriscience, Microsoft, Jet2

Team update

Report credits Hendrik du Toit (Founder and CEO), Daisy Streatfeild (Chief Sustainability Officer) and Nazmeera Moola (Chief Commercial Officer, Private Markets).

Differentiators

References collaborative initiatives including Climate Action 100+, Nature Action 100, the EMDE Investor Taskforce, the Transition Finance Council, and the firm's own Changeblazers community/education programme.

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Nomura Asset Management has published its Responsible Investment Report 2025, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: 2026-05-12
• Report type: Annual RI
• Period covered: Calendar year 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Multi-category

Contents and focal points

• Eighth annual edition; approx. ¥108.4 trillion AUM across 10+ countries
• Structured around six ESG priority issues: climate change, natural capital, human rights, diversity/equity/inclusion, well-being, and corporate governance
• Covers governance structure (Responsible Investment Committee/Council), stewardship/engagement strategy, proxy voting, and ESG integration

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Climate change, natural capital, human rights, diversity/equity/inclusion, well-being, corporate governance
• Sectors of focus: Pharmaceuticals, food and nutrition, regional banking
• Companies featured: Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (access to medicine), Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. and Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. (food/nutrition and animal welfare)

Team update

Report credits Hiroyasu Koike (Chairperson), Shoichi Ohkoshi (President and CEO), Fuyumi Takeuchi (Senior ESG Specialist; Chair of the PRI Japan Advisory Committee for FY2025), Madoka Minagoshi (Senior ESG Specialist) and Jason Mortimer (Head of Sustainable Investment for Fixed Income).

Differentiators

Nomura AM reports a "Five Stars" rating across all eight modules of the 2025 PRI Assessment, and participates in the PRI, TCFD, TNFD and Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative.

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Guide examines carbon capture, utilisation and storage as a decarbonisation lever for hard-to-abate industrial sectors, distinguishing point-source capture from direct-air and atmospheric-removal approaches.

It documents substantial and growing global policy support for the technology via tax incentives, regulation and public funding, alongside corporate adoption by major energy companies.

The analysis is balanced, flagging persistent barriers - high capital costs, unproven technology maturity at scale, and dependence on continued regulatory support - as reasons the economics remain fragile outside subsidised projects.

It frames the technology less as a silver bullet and more as one component investors should weigh within a broader industrial decarbonisation thesis.

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Analysis argues that climate finance is no longer a purely North-South flow.

It finds that fourteen major non-Annex II economies - led by China, South Korea, India and Brazil - provided roughly $102 billion in climate finance between 2013 and 2023, using instruments that complement traditional donor models.

The authors argue these "non-traditional" providers should be recognised as established pillars of the climate finance system, and that integrating these multipolar flows, including through triangular partnerships between developing economies, advanced economies and multilateral institutions, is essential to mobilising private capital toward the $1.3 trillion annual climate finance target agreed at COP29.

The article is relevant to understanding shifting sources of climate capital and emerging-market financial counterparties.

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Analysis of how data-centre growth is reshaping renewable-energy strategy in real estate.

The piece argues that efficiency gains alone cannot offset rapidly rising electricity demand from cloud computing, and that data-centre operators are increasingly turning to power purchase agreements and renewable energy certificates as core procurement strategies rather than supplementary sustainability measures.

It frames the shift as a business-strategy issue as much as an environmental one, with implications for operating costs, tenant expectations and competitive positioning as real estate adapts to demand for cleaner energy.

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Opinion piece argues that the financial sector has failed to adequately address deforestation risk despite the availability of screening tools.

It cites that nine agricultural commodities drove 68% of global deforestation between 2013 and 2023, yet 59% of the 150 most influential financial institutions assessed via the Forest 500 initiative have no deforestation policy at all, including BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard.

The piece points to one UK asset manager’s Forest 500 score improving from 56% to 71% as evidence that progress is possible, but concludes that voluntary action has largely failed and calls for regulatory intervention, framing nature protection as economically material rather than a peripheral ESG concern.

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Redwheel has published its Stewardship Report 2025, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: March 2026
• Report type: Stewardship
• Period covered: Calendar year 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• Covers all seven of Redwheel's independent investment teams, managing $22.0bn AUM
• Stewardship governance (Sustainability Committee oversight, investment-team autonomy model), specialist enabling teams including a "Greenwheel" thematic research unit, and proxy voting via an ISS partnership
• Participation in Climate Action 100+, Nature Action 100, CDP and Votes Against Slavery

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Climate, nature, modern slavery, market volatility and product rationalisation
• Sectors of focus: Mining, energy, consumer goods, technology, pharmaceuticals, investment trusts
• Companies featured: Barrick Mining Corporation, Shell, Reliance Industries, Anglo American, Vale, Centrica, Samsung Electronics, Mondi plc, Merck & Co., Temple Bar Investment Trust

Team update

Report credits Arthur Grigoryants (Head of Investments), Chris Anker (Head of Stewardship & Regulatory Change, 2025 Simon Fraser Stewardship Award recipient) and Olivia Seddon-Daines (Head of Sustainability Strategy, Governance & Policy).

Differentiators

Chris Anker's 2025 Simon Fraser Stewardship Award is a notable external recognition of the firm's stewardship practice.

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CWR has published an analysis questioning the reliability of desalination as a water-security solution amid rising geopolitical and climate risk.

The piece highlights three compounding vulnerabilities:

• heavy geographic concentration of desalination capacity leaves supply exposed to military conflict, with Kuwait’s near-total reliance on just eight plants cited as an example;
• petrochemical and war-related ocean pollution risks introducing heavy metals and "forever chemicals" into intake seawater; and
• rising sea levels threatening to submerge coastal plants, power infrastructure and ports within decades.

It frames these as material risks for water utilities, energy companies with coastal assets, and food producers dependent on Gulf-region water supply chains.

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Analysis of investment opportunities in Europe’s cement and steel industries, arguing that favourable macro conditions and evolving climate policy are driving a demand recovery.

The piece cites Germany’s €500 billion infrastructure fund, the region’s renewables build-out, and rising defence spending as demand drivers, alongside the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and measures such as the Industrial Accelerator Act as policy tools aiming to reconcile decarbonisation with competitiveness.

It contrasts low-carbon cement, which is commercially viable with strong early demand, against low-carbon steel, which remains nascent, and argues that firms pursuing well-planned decarbonisation strategies could gain durable cost and market-consolidation advantages.

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Analysis argues that human rights violations create material, quantifiable financial and credit risk for issuers rather than merely reputational concern.

The piece draws on an internal educational session with a former US Assistant Secretary of State and a B Corp board director on frameworks such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

It presents case studies in consumer staples and apparel where stronger labour standards, wage practices and supply-chain transparency were associated with improved business performance, alongside an example of a chemical manufacturer’s commitments to Indigenous communities.

The authors frame human rights due diligence as a natural extension of Breckinridge’s credit-risk process, while noting data limitations.

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Eurosif has published a discussion paper examining how the sharp rise in European defence spending intersects with sustainable investment practice.

It distinguishes government from private-investor roles in defence financing, sets out current data on sustainability-focused funds’ existing exposure to the sector, and clarifies that EU sustainable finance rules, notably SFDR, apply on a sector-neutral basis and neither favour nor penalise defence specifically.

The paper maps the spectrum of investor approaches in practice, from outright ethical exclusion of defence and controversial-weapons exposure to selective inclusion based on criteria such as distinguishing dual-use or cybersecurity-adjacent activity from weapons manufacturing.

Eurosif is explicit that the paper is descriptive rather than a policy position, offering a neutral primer for investors navigating the "defence in ESG portfolios" debate.

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Minerva’s UK Proxy Season Review 2026 examines a season of targeted, consequential shareholder dissent rather than broad-based rebellion. Covering 186 AGMs across the Solactive UK 350 Index, the briefing highlights the key voting trends, governance flashpoints and investor pressure points shaping the UK market, from board accountability and remuneration outliers to capital governance, climate votes and the emerging stewardship implications of AI.

Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS) has published its Impact & Justice Quarterly Review – Q1 2026, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: April 2026 (exact day not stated)
• Report type: Engagement
• Period covered: Q1 2026
• Frequency: Quarterly
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• An interview with Julie Tanner (Managing Director, Catholic Responsible Investments) and Raymond J. Burnell (Senior Director, Catholic Responsible Investments), tracing a decade-long CBIS shareholder engagement on child safety in technology
• The engagement is framed as originating from a papal challenge on investor accountability (Pope Francis referenced)

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Child safety on digital platforms, ethical AI development and governance, corporate accountability in technology
• Sectors of focus: Technology, telecommunications
• Companies featured: Verizon, AT&T, Apple, Meta, Alphabet

Team update

Interview features Julie Tanner (Managing Director, Catholic Responsible Investments) and Raymond J. Burnell (Senior Director, Catholic Responsible Investments).

Differentiators

CBIS references the World Benchmarking Alliance's Collective Impact Coalition on Ethical AI as a collaborative investor initiative, and frames the decade-long engagement as directly inspired by a papal challenge on investor accountability — a distinctly faith-based stewardship narrative.

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Aberdeen Investments has published its Stewardship Report for the year ended 31 December 2025, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Report type: Stewardship
• Period covered: Year ended 31 December 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• Structured per the UK Stewardship Code's six principles: a Policy and Context Report followed by an Activities and Outcomes Report
• Active ownership activity spans public equities, fixed income/credit, direct and indirect real estate, economic and concession infrastructure, and private markets

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Climate transition and scenario analysis, corporate governance improvement, sustainable investment governance, systemic risk management, transparency and reporting standards
• Sectors of focus: Financial services, community infrastructure, energy transition, sustainable transport
• Companies featured: JPMorgan Chase & Co. (audit committee governance), Water Gardens Harlow (community/social value), Auris Energia Oy (energy transition/biomethane), an EV Bus Platform (sustainable infrastructure)

Team update

Contributions credited to Peter Branner (Chief Investment Officer) and Dan Grandage (Chief Sustainable Investment Officer).

Differentiators

Published under the freshly-effective UK Stewardship Code 2026, the report reflects the group's rebrand from "abrdn" back to "Aberdeen Investments," completed across its site and legal entity names during the same period.

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Union Investment has published Engagement 2025: Voting Report, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: no specific date stated; the document covers the full 2025 calendar year and, based on prior years' cadence, was likely issued in early 2026
• Report type: Other (A ballot-level proxy-voting registry rather than a narrative report)
• Period covered: 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• Company-by-company voting record across 400+ portfolio companies worldwide
• Item-level voting positions (for/against/withhold/abstain/not voted) on board elections, discharges, remuneration, auditor appointments and capital authorisations
• AGM items touching sustainability disclosure, including sustainability-report assurance and climate transition plans

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Non-financial and sustainability reporting assurance, climate action plans, environmental and social governance resolutions
• Sectors of focus: Diverse — industrials, financials, technology, energy, consumer, materials, healthcare and real estate; no single sector emphasis

Team update

No details reported.

Differentiators

Union Investment publishes this as a granular, ballot-level voting registry rather than a narrative stewardship report; an English-language version is available alongside the German original, resolving a previous access gap for this org.

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PIMCO has published Sustainable Investing: Engagement at PIMCO, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: May 2026
• Report type: Engagement
• Period covered: Primarily 2025 engagement activity, with historical context back to February 2019
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• Our Engagement Philosophy
• Engagement Integration in Portfolio Management
• Engagement in Practice and Thematic Priorities, with Case Studies

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: ESG risk integration in fixed income, climate transition and decarbonisation, GSSS (green/social/sustainability/sustainability-linked) bonds, natural capital and biodiversity, human rights and labour practices, corporate governance
• Sectors of focus: Utilities (renewable transition), oil & gas (methane), data centres (energy efficiency), personal care/consumer, mining, financial services

Team update

No details reported.

Differentiators

This is a dedicated engagement report sitting alongside PIMCO's broader Sustainable Investing Report, organised around engagement philosophy, thematic priorities and case studies rather than general sustainability commentary.

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Clean Yield Asset Management has published its 2026 Shareholder Advocacy and Engagement Report, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: 2026-07-08
• Report type: Annual RI
• Period covered: July 2025 to June 2026
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations
• Fundamental focus: Engagement & stewardship

Contents and focal points

• The Current Environment
• 2025-26 Dialogues and Engagement
• Proxy Voting, Proxy Voting Guidelines and Votes Cast

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Diversity, equity and inclusion, and workforce demographics; human capital management and employee retention; reproductive and maternal health; employee healthcare access; environmental disclosure and climate commitments; AI oversight; water risk management; corporate lobbying alignment; anti-DEI/anti-ESG resolution trends
• Sectors of focus: Basic materials, food service, retail, technology, financial services, real estate, energy, pharmaceuticals
• Companies featured: Ferguson Enterprises, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Uber Technologies, Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase

Team update

Report authored by Elizabeth R. Levy, CFA, who joined Clean Yield in June 2024 and brings over 20 years of sustainable-investing experience managing divested, fossil-fuel-free and clean-energy portfolios.

Differentiators

Clean Yield frames its independence as giving it more freedom to engage companies on potentially controversial subjects than larger firms, and highlights collaborative memberships (Shareholder Rights Group, US SIF, Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility) as amplifying its advocacy reach.

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GMO has published its Stewardship and Sustainability Report 2026, containing the details summarised below.

Key data

• Publication date: April 2026
• Report type: Annual RI
• Period covered: 2025 activity year
• Frequency: Annual
• Scope: Whole-of-operations

Contents and focal points

• Organisation, investment beliefs and stewardship approach
• Integrating stewardship and investment, promoting well-functioning markets, and engagement
• Exercising rights and responsibilities, monitoring service providers, and a TCFD supplement

Specifics

• Sustainability themes: Climate transition risk and Scope 3 emissions via GMO's proprietary Indirect Emissions Model; corporate governance quality; an emerging focus on nature-related risks; UN Global Compact/OECD Guidelines compliance monitored via a "Heightened Review" escalation process
• Sectors of focus: Clean energy, batteries and storage, electric grids, energy efficiency, pollution control, agriculture, water treatment, recycling, defence contracting, commercial real estate, structured products, emerging-market sovereigns

Team update

Deborah Ng leads as Head of ESG and Sustainability and chairs the ESG Oversight Committee; other named contributors include Phil Zachos (General Counsel; Stewardship Subcommittee co-chair), Anna Chetoukhina (Head of Investment Risk), George Sakoulis (Head of Investment Teams) and Melissa Gallagher (engagement lead).

Differentiators

The report leans on GMO's proprietary ESG Score and Indirect Emissions Model rather than vendor ratings alone, and gives unusual detail on a centralised "Heightened Review" escalation process for UN Global Compact/OECD breaches; it also includes jurisdiction-specific sections (Japan and Singapore stewardship codes) and an appended TCFD supplement.

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TPI Centre Policy Officer and Project Lead Algirdas Brochard features in LSE's award-winning Research for the World magazine, discussing findings from the State of the Banking Transition 2025 report and other publications. The article examines what the TPI Centre's banking research reveals and how banks' progress in decarbonising their portfolios is slow, uneven and often hindered by economic and political constraints.

Read the article here.

ShareAction's assessment of 40 of the world's largest insurers

ShareAction has published its fourth assessment ranking 40 of the world's largest property and casualty insurers - 30 conventional insurers and 10 Lloyd's of London managing agents - on climate change, fossil fuel extraction, biodiversity loss, social risk and governance.

The benchmark finds only 60% of insurers have set 2030 investment targets and just 25% have done so for underwriting, while 33% still have no underwriting restrictions on coal mining or coal-fired power.

It further finds that 73% of insurers have no restrictions on new conventional oil and gas expansion, underlining how far the sector lags on climate ambition.

ShareAction frames the findings as evidence that progress across the insurance sector continues to stall.

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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)

Responsibilities:

• Customer support: Fill sustainability customer questionnaire & answer sustainability customer requests.  Assure the transparency initiative for TRASCE consortium by filling transparency-one platform, coordinating the topic internally and securing confidentiality requirements
• Product Carbon Footprint:  Assure bridge with the Clariant climate team.  Continue the realisation of Product Carbon Footprint with third-party consulting firm.
• Responsible sourcing: Coordinate cosmetic ingredients responsible sourcing program: manage risks with the supply chain team, analyze business and product impact of at-risk raw material, implement and follow-up action plan, support product development team in sourcing new raw material, participate in industry events and association. Main initiatives: lecithins, Palm, EUDR and Quinoa..

We are seeking a Client Success Specialist to join our Paris team in helping our clients in France and Southern Europe maximise the value they get from our award-winning Sustainability solutions.

In this role you will be the subject matter expert on the breadth of ISS STOXX Sustainability solutions - spanning topics such as corporate sustainability ratings, controversy screenings, SDG impact measurement, climate research, sustainable finance regulatory solutions (EU Taxonomy, SFDR PAI) or engagement initiatives. You will assist clients with queries on research content and methodology and provide technical assistance on the usage of online platforms and data delivery.

The Responsibility Specialist provides operational and administrative support to the Responsibility Lead across ESG-related activities. The role supports ESG data collection, reporting, project coordination and supply chain due diligence activities, helping to deliver Responsibility initiatives across the business while ensuring alignment with legislation, reporting requirements and Group Responsibility objectives.

Key job responsibilities
• Serve as the primary drafter of all ISSB-aligned disclosures, in multiple jurisdictions around the world, ensuring they meet the requirements of IFRS S1 and S2 including governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics and targets pillars,
• Coordinate with external assurance providers to ensure disclosures meet limited and reasonable assurance readiness standards
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting processes, including automation requirements for the sustainability technology team, to increase efficiency and reduce control risk across reporting cycles...

We're looking for a Sustainability Reporting Specialist to strengthen how we measure, manage and communicate our environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance. This role will help build a finance-grade sustainability reporting capability that supports customers, investors and regulators while enabling better business decisions.

Business Unit:  Fitch Solutions
Category:  Credit Analysis & Research
Location:  New York, NY, US
Date Posted:  Jun 15, 2026

Jefferies is seeking a high-performing Governance and Sustainability Junior Associate (AVP) to support the firm’s corporate governance and sustainability programs, with a focus on legal, compliance, and disclosure-related work. This role supports board and committee processes, regulatory and proxy disclosures, sustainability reporting, and corporate records, and works closely with Legal, Compliance, and senior management, including regular interaction with C-suite executives.

This role requires exceptional organizational skills, sound judgment, discretion, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-pressure financial services environment.

The ideal candidate is proactive, detail‑oriented, and comfortable managing competing priorities while serving as a trusted partner to senior leadership.

As the Senior Manager of Corporate Sustainability, you will support the development and implementation of our global CS strategy. This role involves working closely with various stakeholders to ensure that sustainability initiatives are integrated into all aspects of the business.

The Senior Manager will be responsible for driving sustainability goals, managing sustainability reporting including Aon’s annual Impact Report, and ensuring compliance with environmental regulations. You will report into the Head of Strategic Finance & Corporate Sustainability.

Location:London
Category:Product Management
Solution:Indexes
Role Category:Hybrid

In this role you will be the subject matter expert on the breadth of ISS STOXX Sustainability solutions - spanning topics such as corporate sustainability ratings, controversy screenings, SDG impact measurement, climate research, sustainable finance regulatory solutions (EU Taxonomy, SFDR PAI) or engagement initiatives. You will assist clients with queries on research content and methodology and provide technical assistance on the usage of online platforms and data delivery. 

Permanent/Regular or Fixed Term Contract/Temporary: Permanent (UK and ROW) / Regular (US)
L&G Business Unit: Legal & General Investment Management
L&G sub Business Unit: LGIM
Primary Location: London, One Coleman Street
Job Family: Investments LGIM

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 14th July 2026

Type of role
Environment and Sustainability
Working pattern
Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
Number of jobs available
2

Provides scientific and analytical expertise to develop CDP's climate-change disclosure framework — question bank, reporting guidance and scoring. London-based hybrid, 14-month maternity-cover contract (£32,157–£40,197).

Manages CDP's capital-markets signatory relationships, helping financial institutions use CDP environmental-disclosure data on financed emissions and nature.

Berlin-based hybrid role, 12-month fixed-term contract (€46,000–€55,807).

Leads BloombergNEF's West Coast commercial team, growing client relationships for its energy-transition research across the Western US and Canada.

San Francisco-based sales-leadership role, requiring 8+ years' client-facing energy/financial-services experience ($185k–$265k).

Leads enterprise sustainability and decarbonisation strategy across Bloomberg's global business, turning ESG objectives into roadmaps, governance and KPIs.

New York-based, requiring 8+ years' corporate-sustainability experience ($175k–$215k).

Defines and scales Bloomberg's regulation-aligned (EU Taxonomy, SFDR, CSRD, SDR) and thematic sustainability datasets for Terminal and Enterprise clients. New York-based product role, requiring 5+ years in sustainable finance / ESG data ($140k–$295k).

Leads investor-backed corporate engagement with listed Indonesian agri-food companies and banks to advance sustainable, higher-welfare protein systems.

Full-time one-year starter contract, ideally Jakarta-based (working remotely).

Leads AIGCC's India programme, driving engagement with Indian asset owners and managers on climate risk and low-carbon investment.

Full-time permanent role based in Mumbai or New Delhi with regional travel; immediate start.

This is a grant-funded role. The PRI intends to continue the position beyond this date, conditional on securing funding.

Senior Responsible Investment Manager, West Coast US - Markets - Principles for Responsible Investment

Specialist, Technical Product Owner - Solutions - Principles for Responsible Investment

Specialist, Product Owner - Solutions - Principles for Responsible Investment

Manager, NZAOA & Collaboration - Investor Initiatives & Collaboration - Principles for Responsible Investment

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

Seniority Mid-level
Closing: 11:59pm, 30th Jun 2026 BST

Meta is hiring a Sustainability Program Manager to join the Sustainability Team focused on the Responsible Supply Chain (RSC) program. Our team enables Meta to operate and grow sustainably and responsibly. 

The GSF Products & Solutions team is seeking an Analyst based in New York to support research on sustainable finance topics and trends, development and maintenance of client-facing materials, and coordination of key internal projects, meetings and events. Successful candidates will have a demonstrated ability to conduct insightful research, perform quantitative analysis, and synthesize findings as well as an interest in sustainability issues. Additionally, successful candidates will be well-organized and detail oriented, and will work well in team environments.

You will join the freshly formed Sustainable Sourcing team, a global section within Global Procurement Operations at the LEGO Group. We hold a vital position in advancing the LEGO Group’s Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) agenda by elevating the sustainability performance of the company’s supplier base.

You’ll take on a purpose-led role where you’ll nurture and deliver meaningful sustainability and social value outcomes for a key utilities client—while helping shape a more responsible and inclusive future across Vodafone Business. As a trusted and thoughtful advisor, you’ll collaborate closely with teams, bring fresh ideas to life, and gently guide strategy into action, creating lasting environmental and social impact.

Key features

• Job title: Senior Communications Consultant
• Location: Geneva
• Employment type: Consultancy
• Seniority level: Senior
• Sustainable Investment focus: Sustainable finance — supporting financial institutions to integrate sustainability into market practice (covering PRB, PSI and related UNEP FI frameworks)
• Key requirements: Minimum 7 years' experience in communications, PR or marketing; experience working with or within the finance industry highly desired; fluency in English required
• Closing date: 3 July 2026

Key features

• Job title: Communications Consultant
• Location: Geneva
• Employment type: Consultancy
• Sustainable Investment focus: Sustainable finance — communications supporting financial institutions on sustainability integration, including biodiversity and nature-related themes (Biodiversity COP 17 focus)
• Key requirements: Minimum 3 years' experience in communications, PR or marketing; digital communications and social media proficiency required; experience in the finance sector desirable
• Closing date: 3 July 2026

Employment Type Full time Please note, where PRI has an office there is an expectation to work a minimum of 2 days per week
Location Hybrid · London, City of, UK

Seniority Mid-level
Closing: 11:59pm, 21st Jun 2026 BST