Industry bodies

Many credible commentators, such as the International Energy Agency (IEA), BloombergNEF, DNV, McKinsey, and bp, expect demand for crude and natural gas liquids to peak before 2030.[1] And yet, Carbon Tracker’s most recent holistic assessment of oil and gas companies, outlined in Paris Maligned III, found that the industry by and large is planning to grow output in the coming years. The hope is that the growth in petrochemical demand will help offset most of the oil demand that will be lost to electric vehicles and renewables. Indeed, some oil and gas companies are even planning to expand their downstream operations to produce petrochemicals themselves.

Meanwhile, leading chemical producers have pledged commitment to Paris-aligned decarbonisation pathways, aiming to meet regulatory requirements, technological needs, and investor expectations. Key to that will be replacing fossil-derived feedstocks with alternative materials, electrifying operations, achieving energy efficiencies, and transitioning to renewable energy sources.

These differing interests create a structural tension in the petrochemical value chain, with energy suppliers seeking to sell more of their products to an industry that seeks to wean itself off them. This note draws on recent research from Carbon Tracker and Planet Tracker to highlight this structural tension and the associated risks for each of the two industries.

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Building on our previous research into the automotive sector, this report takes a closer look at how major manufacturers are aligning with the low-carbon transition.  Focusing on BMW, we assess the credibility of its climate commitments and whether its financial strategy aligns with a net zero trajectory.

BMW is a relative leader in the electric vehicle transition, with robust science-based 2030 climate targets and is making progress on BEV rollout and supply chain decarbonisation, underpinned by its Neue Klass platform launching in 2025.

However, weak climate governance, missed ESG targets, and inconsistent climate lobbying undermine its alignment with long-term sustainability goals.

We evaluate BMW’s financial and climate alignment across four categories:

• Climate Goals: the credibility of its GHG reduction targets.
• Strategy Assessment: implementation of a decarbonisation strategy.
• Financial Outlook: capital allocation, profitability and margins.
• Governance & Lobbying: board oversight, incentives and policy engagement.

Corporate transition assessments can be transformed into tools for delivering transition intelligence with three key innovations:

• Transition Footprint Mapping
• Investment Alignment
• Dependency Mapping

Contains:

• Investment review, 2024
• Engagement overview
• Thematic focus: Financial inclusion (and why it’s a source of prosperity for all)
• Key holding examples: AIA Group, Mastercard, ICIC Bank
• Engagement case study: Credicorp

AptarGroup (Aptar) is a US-based manufacturer of consumer dispensing packaging and drug delivery devices. The group has manufacturing operations in 18 countries.

Note includes:

• Investment case
• Theory of change
• Practice of change
• Next steps

"We are proud to announce that we have retained our status as a Stewardship Code Signatory this year. As a signatory, we uphold high stewardship standards, responsibly managing capital to create long-term value and benefits for the economy, environment, and society. Read more about our milestones and successes in our latest report."

"In this report, we provide climate-related analysis for 80% (US$387.8 billion) of RBC GAM’s total assets under management (AUM), which represents approximately 96% of equity investments and 86% of fixed income investments, as at December 31, 2024.6 We report climate-related metrics by 
total AUM, asset class, and region.

This includes the following metrics: financed emissions (scope 1, 2 and 3), emissions/$M invested, weighted average carbon intensity, investment in issuers with climate targets, temperature alignment, and Climate Value at Risk."

Sustainability Factors Driving Business Forward

"ClearBridge has seen long-term success by investing in companies committed to ongoing improvement and innovation of their business models, capital allocation practices and operational execution. Explore our 2025 Stewardship Report to find out more. "

Country and subnational exposures to extreme weather events and chronic climate hazards represent clear financial risks to holders of sovereign and corporate debt.

The frequency and intensity of climate hazards such as extreme heat, water stress, drought and tropical cyclones are projected to continue rising globally, with lower income regions facing the greatest increases in hazard exposures, compounded in many cases by greater vulnerabilities, financial resource constraints and limited adaptation readiness. 

"The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) launched its first two sustainability-related standards in June 2023, effective for annual reporting periods on or after Jan. 1, 2024.

The standards could form the basis of a consistent sustainability disclosure framework for companies and investors around the world. 

In this quarterly report, we bring you the latest global developments in the uptake of the ISSB’s standards."

"In this episode of the All Things Sustainable podcast, we’re on the ground in Mexico City, Mexico, to explore how companies in Latin America are embedding sustainability into their business strategies amid shifting market dynamics and new regulations. 

We speak with Mauricio Bonilla, Executive Director of UN Global Compact Mexico, on the sidelines of the organization’s annual Business Meeting for Sustainability, which took place in June. 

The UN Global Compact is a voluntary corporate sustainability initiative involving more than 20,000 companies across 160 countries. Participating companies have committed to operate responsibly in line with sustainability principles on human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption, and to support the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals...."

"The importance of (and challenges facing) renewable generation and independent power producers (IPPs) in increasingly green Spanish and French electricity systems.

Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are gaining ground thanks to lower technology costs, supportive regulation, and growing demand for clean energy.  

But challenges remain: price volatility, grid constraints, and financing hurdles are testing even the most experienced players. 

Our take? Fundamentals remain solid – but selectivity is key. 

Read the full report to explore how we assess credit quality and risk in this dynamic, fast-changing sector."

"This comprehensive report analyses the sustainability performance of approximately 1,900 European small and mid-sized enterprises (SMEs), drawing from EthiFinance’s 2024 ESG Rating assessment of company data from 2023...

..The analysis reveals key sustainability trends and performance patterns across 11 industry sectors and seven European geographic regions, providing valuable benchmarks for SME sustainability practices."

Estelle Cantillon, Eric F. Lambin and Beatrice Weder di Mauro
Université libre de Bruxelles and CEPR; UC Louvain and Stanford University; Geneva Graduate Institute and CEPR

The natural carbon cycle provides a critical lever to fight climate change. Overall, the biosphere is a net carbon sink (Rockström et al., 2021). Carbon sequestration in plants and soils currently absorbs around 4.8 Gt of CO₂ annually (Friedlingstein et al., 2023). 

By some estimates, it could contribute 37% of cost-effective emissions reductions through 2030 (Griscom et al., 2017). This has not landed on deaf ears. According to Grassi et al. (2017), land use and forests made up a quarter of the emissions reductions planned under the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) submitted by signatories of the Paris Agreement.

Nature is also a carbon stock. Natural forests cover 28% of global land cover and non- natural tree cover represents 2%. Carbon stored in all forests (accounting for all carbon pools – living biomass, dead wood, litter, soil organic matter and harvested wood products) is estimated to represent 870±61 Gt of carbon, of which tropical forests represent 54% (Pan et al., 2024). Preserving these forests is, therefore, essential. 

Emissions from deforestation are estimated to release around 7 Gt of CO₂ per year, cancelling and reversing the carbon absorbed through afforestation and reforestation (Friedlingstein et al., 2023).

But nature’s services go well beyond climate change mitigation....

"Our latest Glass Box Summary report flags key ESG risks at Netflix with regulatory and operational implications, including:

• Antitrust scrutiny across markets, with no formal competition policy disclosed
• 96% spike in emissions, ranking Netflix among the top emitters in its sector
• Volatile climate exposure tied to production cycles"

The green economy generated over US$5 trillion in annual revenues for the first time last year, making up nearly 9% of listed market capitalisation. It represents a significant growth opportunity and an increasing number of companies and investors are keen to understand its parameters and its potential.

The green economy is composed of companies that provide products and services with environmental benefits. These include climate and environmental solutions such as renewable energy generation, energy-efficient buildings, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing, clean water infrastructure, waste management and pollution control.

Spanning a wide range of industries, the green economy is large, diverse and expanding rapidly. It is playing an increasingly important role in the global economy as communities seek to address environmental challenges. However, it is also volatile, influenced by both the cyclical nature of the capital goods sectors and shifts in government policy.

To tap into the green economy’s growth potential, it is important for investors and companies to understand its unique characteristics.

Includes:

• The green economy is large and growing rapidly
• The green economy by products and services
• The green economy across traditional industries
• A global story
• The green economy is outperforming amid short-term volatility
• Performance, progress and future potential

This framework is designed for use by asset owners in their engagement with asset managers to identify and analyse the actions that they are taking to advance racial equity in their roles as employers, economic actors, shareholders and capital providers.

"Institutional investors in Canada are taking steps to advance racial equity and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), both within their own organizations and across their investment portfolios. To support these efforts, SHARE launched the Investors for Racial Equity project and convened a group of asset owners based in Canada and the U.S. as a community of practice to explore opportunities to align their investments with their values and commitments to advancing racial equity and DEI. One of the key gaps identified by the community of practice was a standardized framework to collect, evaluate and compare asset manager performance on these issues.

To address this gap, SHARE and the Urban Alliance on Race Relations (UARR) developed the Investors for Racial Equity Asset Manager Evaluation Tool to help asset owners identify and analyze the commitments, strategies and actions asset managers are taking to advance racial equity and DEI within their operations and investment strategies.

To supplement the tool, SHARE and UARR developed this guide to support asset managers as they take meaningful action and measure their progress in advancing racial equity and DEI within their firms and in their investment decisions."

The European Commission has adopted a Delegated Act to streamline the EU Taxonomy framework, significantly easing the compliance load for financial and non-financial companies.

Key changes relevant to asset managers include:

• Reporting requirements reduced

The revised framework slashes the number of required datapoints by 64% for non-financial undertakings and by 89% for financial institutions.

• Materiality threshold introduced

Companies will no longer need to report on activities that are deemed financially immaterial - specifically, those contributing less than 10% of turnover, CapEx, or OpEx.

• Refined DNSH criteria

The 'Do No Significant Harm' requirements - especially regarding pollution prevention and chemical use - have been refined to reduce complexity in ESG due diligence and classification.

The updated rules will apply from 1 January 2026 (covering FY2025), with an option to defer implementation to FY2026.

Companies with a climate target had, on average, lower borrowing costs than their counterparts without targets over the two years ended March 31, 2025.

But among companies with climate targets, execution mattered more than ambition.

MSCI ESG Research: Sustainability and fundamentals: 12 years on

"We explore how MSCI ESG Ratings relate to core business fundamentals like profitability, sales variability and asset turnover."

MSCI ESG Research: Demystifying Article 8 funds: Why an 'ESG Collection' category matters 

"Would narrow categorization undermine innovation?

Our analysis shows an inclusive ESG category reflects real-world fund diversity, supporting investor clarity and evolving sustainability approaches."

MSCI ESG Research: Insights on MSCI ESG Ratings and business performance

"This paper explores the financial implications of how companies manage financially-material sustainability risks and opportunities, as measured by MSCI ESG Ratings, and how this transmits to corporate fundamentals. The analysis shows that firms with higher ESG scores tend to enjoy more stable revenues and cash flows while firms with higher governance scores demonstrate higher profitability from more efficient asset use, indicating greater operational stability and efficiency.

While our study does not find strong relationships between MSCI ESG Ratings and all aspects of fundamentals, including growth or leverage, this may reflect sector-specific dynamics or longer time horizons for sustainability risks and opportunities to manifest. These findings align with earlier MSCI research and provide further evidence that the effective management of sustainability risks contributes to financial stability and higher profitability, ultimately resulting in longer-term value creation.  

The report not only offers empirical evidence for understanding how MSCI ESG Ratings may contribute to better financial outcomes, but also underscores the importance of integrating sustainability data into corporate strategies and investment decisions for enhanced risk management and sustainable performance. "

Since 2022, Zalando’s combined non-financial declaration can be found in the annual report. The 2024 Annual Report was published in March 2025.

Focal Points:

• "Our net-zero targets replace Zalando’s first generation climate targets, which run until 2025. As of 2024, we reduced scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 82% (versus 2017). In our private labels, we achieved an economic intensity reduction of -48%GHGs/ million euros gross profit (versus 2018).
• Summary of Zalando's 2024 sustainability progress and how our strategy addresses the deep-rooted challenges in the fashion industry."

Parameters:

• Data to: 31 Dec 2024
• Published: March 2025
• Materiality Matrix: See page 179
• ESG data centre: Not found

Focal Points:

• "We are making solid progress towards achieving our target of 40% women in management by the end of 2025/26. This year 30.1% (2023/24: 28.6%) of senior leaders and 39.8% (2023/24: 39.6%) of managers are women.
• In 2024 we announced new science-based emissions targets across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, as part of the next stage of our Net Zero Climate Plan. 
• We have also reduced absolute Scope 3 emissions from supply chain and product use by 30.4%, with a delivered intensity reduction of 38.7% since 2017/18, ensuring we are on track to deliver our 2025/26 
  target of 40%."

Parameters:

• Data to: 31 January 2025
• Published: June 2025 (assurance date)
• Materiality Matrix: See page 3 of the ESG Performance data appendix (link below)
• ESG data centre: ESG Performance data appendix (pdf) and Excel data book

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND SUSTAINABILITY INFORMATION 2024

Focal Points:

• "By launching the Creatives initiative we identify and foster a talented new generation of designers in our creative teams.  
• Inditex and the trade union federation UNI Global Union - which represents 20 million workers in more than 150 countries- renewed their Global Agreement to implement best labour practices.       
• Inditex has announced a capital investment in Galy, a US startup that has developed innovative technology for lab-growing cotton from cotton stem cells.
• In August 2024 we launched our second CIRCxZara collection, designed by Zara Studio and made from 
  textile waste."                                                                                                         

Parameters:

• Data to: 31 December 2024
• Published: March 2025
• Materiality Matrix: Not found
• ESG data centre: Not found

Investor interest in climate transition strategies remains resilient, even amid shifting policy landscapes and market uncertainty. As the urgency of climate action intensifies, implementation is evolving beyond traditional carbon metrics toward more forward-looking climate analytics.

Summary

• Climate investing developments amid shifting policy landscapes
• Implementation is evolving toward forward-looking climate analytics
• Balancing risk, return and sustainability without compromising objectives

A quarterly report on financing the shift to a low-carbon economy - July 2025

The MSCI Sustainability Institute’s Transition Finance Tracker details progress by companies and investors to navigate the shift to a low-carbon global economy. The quarterly report offers a snapshot of the transition in charts and analysis covering emissions, physical risk, targets, disclosure and financial flows using data from MSCI and others.

The world’s listed and unlisted companies together directly generate nearly one-third (32%) of global greenhouse gas emissions. Nearly two-thirds of listed firms are on warming paths above 2°C, with a global average of 2.7°C (4.86°F) above preindustrial levels.

Assessing the transparency, integrity and progress of corporate climate strategies

... includes ...

• Section A: Trends in Corporate Climate Responsibility
• Section B: Company Analysis
  • Food and agriculture sector: Danone, JBS, Mars, Nestle, PepsiCo
  • Tech sector: Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft
  • Fashion sector: adidas, H&M, Inditex, lululemon, Shein
  • Automotive manufacturers: Ford, General Motors, Stellantis, Toyota, VW

"This report articulates why investors—and particularly asset allocators, who direct the largest flows of capital to fixed income—should channel their impact assets towards this asset class, what they need to know about the current state of this market, and how they can navigate it with confidence and integrity.

We argue that impact investing in fixed income (which we refer to as “impact fixed income”) is an immense opportunity hiding in plain sight."

SONAR promotes awareness of risks that matter to insurers today and those that will in the future.

• Structural risks impacting the insurance industry already today include lack of consumer trust and excess mortality. 
• In terms of risks for the future, rising global temperatures could increase claims in many lines of business.
• Plastics are another concern, given environmental and health impacts. Earliest claims traction is likely to show in liability insurance.
• Ultra-processed foods could trigger liability and health claims…
• …while the broadening scope of use of digital technology in daily life presents both opportunities and challenges for insurers.

Covers: Structural risks, emerging risks (short-term), emerging risks (medium-term)

• Electric vehicles (EVs), including battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, continue to significantly penetrate global car markets.
• Worldwide cumulative EV sales grew 45% between 2023 and 2024 to 58 million electric passenger cars – more than eighty times the 710,000 vehicles sold in 2014.
• The U.S. had the second largest deployment ... 

Private equity is undergoing a profound transformation. Within the sustainability space, one of the most compelling developments in this evolving landscape is the rise of timber and forestry funds – a niche that is rapidly gaining traction due to its dual promise of financial return and positive environmental impact.

Focus

• Global Nuclear Resurgence
• Nuclear: Near Perfect and Indispensable
• AI, Quantum & the Paradox of Power Demand
• Investing Across the Nuclear Value Chain

Topics

• Uranium
• Geopolitics and Energy Security
• Comparing Energy Solutions
• Key Demand Drivers for Nuclear Energy
• New Innovations in Nuclear Technology
• Risks in the Nuclear Thematic
• Investment Expressions

• Social issues are central for the Sector, in particular, Access to Healthcare
• ESG ratings vary on social, environmental impacts; Governance is a key concern
• A modest presence on ESG-labelled bond markets

Topic in focus

• Poor Risk Management, Litigation and Reputational Risks Are Systemic Issues
• Opioid CrisisPromptsStep-Change in Fines and Settlements
• Product Liability Litigation
• Kickbacks, Bribery and Pay-and-Delay Prevalent
• Sustainability-related regulations to watch

Analysts:

• Frank Zhang
• Desana Rose
• Daniela Sedlakova

Analyzing voting results on shareholder resolutions on environmental, social, and political topics

Executive Summary

"This is the fifth year that we have published analysis of our voting results on shareholder resolutions on environmental, social, and political topics. The 2021 proxy voting season was the high‑water mark for overall support of such resolutions. In this year’s report, we explore the reasons for the subsequent changes in voting outcomes."

The outcome of talks with both countries and companies to mitigate climate change leads the Robeco Active Ownership team’s report of activities in the second quarter.

Summary

• Reports on engagement with Indonesia and with high-emitting companies
• Voting season update on how the ‘road to hell is paved with good governance’
• Trying to align executive performance with fair remuneration still an issue

Last week Ryan Mangold - FirstGroup CFO, sat down with Chris Armstrong, the ESG analyst at Berenberg to discuss the company's sustainability journey and its recently published Climate Transition Plan.

Please find a link to the video recording of the interview and accompanying slides.

In 2024, the European Union took a bold step toward climate action by finalizing its methane regulation, a first-of-its-kind measure to curb one of the most potent greenhouse gases. The law aims not only to cut emissions, but to restore accountability to the energy sector and align Europe’s fossil fuel supply chain with its climate responsibility. That vision wouldn’t have been possible without pressure from the global investor community.

But the job isn’t finished.

Part of the fossil fuel industry is now pushing to delay, dilute or distort the implementation of the EU Methane Emissions Regulation. For this historic law to deliver the methane reductions it was designed to achieve, investors must remain engaged. Their voices — trusted in both boardrooms and ministries — are essential to resisting attempts to weaken the regulation and preserving its ambition.

Catch the AI wave: water risk in big tech

Access to usable fresh water is fundamental to livelihoods, health, ecosystems, and the global economy.

Water-related natural hazards such as floods and droughts can have such devastating effects that we believe that water-related risks and opportunities can be financially material factors that need to be increasingly integrated into technology sector decisions and the investment strategies that support them.

"As we cross the midyear mark for 2025, we may take some lessons from a volatile first half, looking to adapt with the changing investment landscape while staying focused on our long-term goals. As disruption reshapes global markets, investors are turning to active management to deliver value and capture opportunities for outperformance—80% of investors say they are more likely to increase their use of active approaches in the year ahead, according to Schroders Global Investor Insights Survey 2025.

Themes driven by changes in technology and society’s structural needs can add value for investors over time as these thematic investments are designed to benefit from this change.

As we see it, sustainable investment is as much about identifying opportunities over the long term as it is about mitigating risk. Recently, I hosted a webinar discussion with three Schroders portfolio managers—Alicia Alisa Craig, Marek Poszepczynski and Paddy Flood—on major thematic investment opportunities: changing demographics, technological innovation and the energy transition. These themes are examples of thoughtful, research-based investing at the intersection of society’s evolving needs, in innovative companies poised for growth."

"PIMCO’s Sustainable Investing Report provides our latest thinking on sustainability. Here, we highlight the report's key takeaways, including how we are advancing our analytical capabilities."

"The global energy landscape continues to evolve, and nuclear is emerging as a critical player in the energy transition. With recent policy shifts and growing energy demands—as we explored in our last newsletter on sustainability trends to watch—nuclear presents unique potential to provide reliable power while reducing carbon emissions. 

In this newsletter, Alexei Viarruel, Executive Director, Global Natural Resources, Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan, shares valuable insights into the revitalization of U.S. nuclear energy, reflecting on challenges and opportunities within the sector.

Also in this update, we showcase innovative companies in industries across the green economy, from sustainable foods to energy storage."

Key Takeaways

• "What Happened and Why: The performance of sustainable funds has seen ups and downs in recent years. Analysis of the data shows that this dynamic was often driven by funds’ style and sector tilts rather than anything intrinsic to sustainability itself.
• Focus on Performance: We think performance will be the key driver of sustainable-investing market growth in the years ahead, with investors increasingly focused on linkages to alpha, value creation and the fundamentals of investing.
• Investing at the Intersections: The underlying secular themes driving the transition to a low-carbon economy are resilient, in our view. Investment opportunities may be found at the confluence of factors such as rising power demand, higher temperatures and aging infrastructure."

I have written before about the wedge in conviction about the importance of ESG to investment decisions. The closer you come to the sell side, the less analysts care about climate change and ESG considerations. So far, this impression has been chiefly based on anecdotal evidence, but Jesse Chan provides some numbers that are indeed alarming.

Chan trawls through 526,740 analyst reports on US companies issued by 2,627 analysts between 2009 and 2020. Note that this period coincides with the rise in ESG awareness and does not include the recent backlash against ESG, during which climate change-related discussions in analyst reports are likely to have declined again.

However, even during these days of growth in climate change-related discussions, only one in ten analysts included climate change-related topics in any of their analyses, and only one in a hundred reports did so, rising to 1.4% of reports in 2020. In all honesty, I find these numbers shockingly low.

In the past, the focus of professional ESG investors was on getting better disclosure and increased transparency of a business’ environmental and social practices. As transparency improved, the focus increasingly shifted to concerns about greenwashing activities. Today, a company that engages in misleading communication about its environmental or social practices will be punished by investors. But how significant is the effect of this punishment in practice?

To find out, the authors of a new study examined more than 5,000 cases of greenwashing uncovered by RepRisk between 2007 and 2022. The study focused solely on the 12 largest developed stock markets to ensure that these markets were sufficiently transparent, with high standards of corporate governance and a large share of institutional investors. The chart below shows that more than half of all incidents of greenwashing were attributed to US companies. UK companies are the second most common culprits.

Focal Points:

• "The Sustainability Report 2024 includes the company's inaugural Climate Transition Plan. The Climate Transition Plan, which outlines our transition approach and action plan for decarbonising the business while developing related opportunities and includes existing as well as new targets.
• We met all climate-related targets for the year and made progress towards targets beyond 2024. For example, we increased the share of gross written premiums from companies with science-based targets validated by a third party in our single-risk re/insurance and further reduced the greenhouse gas (GHG) intensity of our corporate bond and listed equity portfolio (covering Scope 1 and 2).
• In addition, our absolute GHG emissions from business air travel remained more than 60% below their value in 2018."

Parameters:

• Data to: 31 December 2024
• Published: March 2025 (assurance date)
• Materiality Matrix: DMA details p17
• ESG data centre: Sustainability data here

Focal Points:

• GHG EMISSIONS (SCOPE 1 AND 2)  -10.3%
• LOST TIME ACCIDENTS PER 1,000 FTEs - 36.6%
• SHARE OF WOMEN IN GROUP MANAGEMENT  25.0%

Parameters:

• Data to: 31 December 2024
• Published: Feb 2025 (assurance date)
• Materiality Matrix: DMA to be published in 2025 reporting year.
• ESG data centre: Sustainability data here

Focal Points:

Targets and results:                                                                                                                           

• Maintain the frequency rate (Fh) Lost Workday Cases (LWDC) at or below 1.5    1.7
• 30% share of women in senior leadership positions by 2030     21%
• Technology and innovation for sustainable building design > 50% connected units by 2025 compared to total maintenance portfolio of elevators, escalators, and moving walks      40%     
• Energy management and climate change – 100% renewable electricity by 2025     99%

Parameters:

• Data to: 31 December 2024
• Published: Feb 2025
• Materiality Matrix: p131
• ESG data centre: Sustainability data here

JobPost: ShareAction - Senior Engagement Manager - Investor Engagement (London, close unknown)

JobPost: Goldman Sachs - Asset & Wealth Management, Sustainability & Impact, Value Creation, Associate - New York

See links below for further details and to apply

Account Manager, Fundraising

Senior Sponsorship Specialist, Events (8 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Senior Associate, Events (8 Month Fixed Term Contract)

JobPost: Bloomberg - Senior Sustainability Analyst, Reporting & Data - Global Sustainability Office (NYC, close unknown)

JobPost: Mondelez - ESG Data & Digital Manager (various global locations)

The Senior Engagement Manager role will sit within the Investor engagement (IE) team. The IE team is responsible for challenging asset managers and asset owners on their responsible investment practices (climate, biodiversity, social…), socialising ShareAction research relevant to advancing responsible investment standards, as well as coordinating investor engagement and outreach across the organisation.

ShareAction intends to develop an ambitious engagement strategy with asset owners to persuade them to lead and drive change across the investment and stewardship chain. One of the main focus area will be engagement with UK and EU pension funds, aimed at mobilising them to drive greater ambition through the investment system by setting high expectations of their asset managers and holding them to account for the quality and ambition of their stewardship activity, including by moving mandates where appropriate.

The role involves establishing high-calibre relationships with senior decision-makers at mainly UK and European asset owners. These relationships are developed through regular dialogue via individual meetings, roundtables or webinars, exploring the application and evolution of responsible investment standards across selected thematic areas. The impact of this dialogue will rest upon the role holder working closely with colleagues across the organisation to leverage ShareAction’s expertise across workstreams.

The Senior Engagement Manager will also support the development of ShareAction’s responsible investment standards for institutional investors, working closely with the Head of Investor Engagement and Senior Research Manager to produce research on key thematic issues. They will lead engagement with investors to gather input, shape recommendations, and drive adoption of higher standards across the investment system.

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

Deadline for applications: 9:00 a.m. on Monday 4th August

JobPost: UGI Corp. - Manager - ESG & Investor Relations (US, close unknown)

The role will be based within the Carbon Performance or Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) team.

Do note, we are recruiting one candidate for each of the projects, so do express your interest in one of the listed projects and why you will be suited to it within the cover letter. While we will do our best to accommodate project preferences, we cannot guarantee placement in the preferred team.

• Collecting data from government documents, assessing the alignment of NDC emissions reduction targets with 1.5C and researching national policies on climate mitigation, adaptation, just transition and finance.
• Contributing to ongoing improvements in the existing ASCOR methodology.
• Supporting the maintenance of an internal assessment database using Excel alongside R or Python.
• Contributing to writing reports and related analysis and visualisations.  

JobPost: ISS - New Business Sales - Climate & Sustainability (NYC, close unknown)

Senior Associate, Stakeholder Experience
Principles for Responsible Investment
 
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, UK   
 
Seniority Junior
Closing: 8:00pm, 15th Jun 2025 BST

Specialist, Investor Initiatives
Principles for Responsible Investment
 
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, UK   
 
Team IIC
 
Seniority Mid-level
Closing: 8:00pm, 5th Jun 2025 BST

JobPost: M&G - Senior ESG Compliance Advisor (London/Edinburgh, close 30 June)