NGOs
The NGO spectrum ranges from direct-action headline-seeking campaigners at one end to cerebral policy wonks at the other. While both are essential for the broader processes of change, the SRI community has (unsurprisingly!) found it easier to engage with the policy wonks. This is because most SRI engagement with companies takes place within a trusted relationship and behind closed doors using the shared interest of owners and executives as the point of leverage.
Over a long(ish) period of trial and error, NGOs have found that SRI investors can sometimes be an effective channel for NGOs to promote corporate change, but often are not.
The SRI industry is not one of the primary stakeholders or communications targets for NGOs (as their attention is more normally directed towards the political, commercial or civil spheres). However, it can be incrementally useful to them to promote discussion of their ideas and objectives within the investment sphere and to receive reciprocal feedback on the interest of capital markets in their activity. NGOs can rarely justify the cost of maintaining their own SRI communications programme and therefore need to ensure that the engagement that they do undertake is as efficient and targeted as possible.
Advice on this is contained within our SRI-Dynamics paper:
- Engaging SRI: top tips - (coming soon) which outlines to industry outsiders how to shape and communicate social and environmental news and research in a way that maximises its value to the SRI industry
SRI-Connect wishes to encourage greater NGO participation within sustainable investment because we welcome the information, insights, research and perspectives that this sector can bring to the investment debate.
However, primarily SRI-Connect is a space for trusted information exchange, research and communication between investors, research providers and companies. We, therefore, do not want the site to be used as a weapon in any campaigning arsenals.
Accordingly, we are selective about which NGOs we allow to participate in the network and asks all NGOs to respect the purpose of the site.
Build profile, distribute research, share ideas
NGOs can:
- Use Market Buzz to raise the profile of their research and share their opinions with investors and analysts (About Market Buzz | Post research & reports)
- Use the Directory to highlight their organisational and individual capabilities and interests (About Directory | Update your organisation's profile | Update your personal profile)
- Advertise events (About Events | All events)
- Monitor the developing profile of their firm and research with sustainable investment industry
- Response to requests for research made via the Research Marketplace
Learn & interact
NGOs can:
- Receive research that matches their areas of focus (About Market Buzz | View the latest buzz)
- Learn about the dynamics of the sustainable investment industry (SRI Primer | Ecology of SRI | Trends & opinion)
- Join discussions (All Discussion Groups)
- Make connections & send messages
Other
... and like all members of the network, they can:
- Careers, skills & jobs: Employ others and develop their own skills & careers
- People & networks: Network with, follow and engage with others
Note
These special conditions govern the access of NGOs to SRI-Connect
Individuals 50 of 5,782 results
Organisations 50 of 8,188 results
Buzzes 50 of 13,960 results
Foresight Group: Thirst Trap: Building a water-secure future
Foresight Group: Thirst Trap: Building a water-secure future
(https://www.whebgroup.com/our-thoughts/thirst-trap-building-a-water-secure-future)
Building water resilience goes beyond just using less. We need to redesign how we manage and protect water, ensuring it's safe, sustainable, and equitably shared, even as climate change, growing populations, and industrial demands increase the challenge.
Foresight Group: The DEI Hype Cycle: Learning to fail forward in a politicised landscape
Foresight Group: The DEI Hype Cycle: Learning to fail forward in a politicised landscape
The current backlash against DEI marks not an end, but a transition. We believe that the route forward lies in focusing less on labels and more on outcomes. As is typical of our approach, ensuring engagement objectives are grounded in evidence-based practices will help us navigate the heightened political challenges characteristic of this period.
Foresight Group: The rare earth reality check
Foresight Group: The rare earth reality check
(https://www.whebgroup.com/our-thoughts/the-rare-earth-reality-check)
The rare earth landscape presents both challenge and opportunity and will remain central to the green economy. Companies innovating in material efficiency, recycling technologies, and supply chain diversification are well-positioned to benefit from the global transition to net zero. The most compelling story is how industries are learning to do more with less, turning scarcity into a catalyst for innovation.
Foresight Group: The health of the net-zero transition is in the eye of the beholder
Foresight Group: The health of the net-zero transition is in the eye of the beholder
This piece explores why the net-zero transition may be slowed but will not be stopped. It outlines how renewable energy offers the fastest, most scalable solution to soaring global electricity demand, assesses renewables’ structural advantages over gas and nuclear power, and highlights Texas as a case study for clean energy growth despite political uncertainty. Further, it examines why banks still view the transition as a financial opportunity, and argues that emerging challenges facing the transition signal not failure but the inevitable growing pains of progress.
WHEB: Roundtable on the future of impact reporting in listed equities
WHEB: Roundtable on the future of impact reporting in listed equities
In late February, WHEB convened a select group of clients, consultants, data providers and fund selectors to discuss the future of impact reporting in listed equities (see attendee list below). Since WHEB’s first report in 2014, reports have grown dramatically in length and sophistication. From just one data point on carbon emissions in that first report, by 2024 WHEB’s report contained 23 separate carbon data points. Many of these are now required by clients and even regulators. After a decade of practice, it was time to take stock and reflect on where impact reporting has come from and where it might be going.
TPI Centre: ASCOR (Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks) progress note
TPI Centre: ASCOR (Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks) progress note
(https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/publications/uploads/2025-ascor-progress-note.pdf)
This progress note announces the countries that will be assessed by ASCOR in 2025 and provides the project’s timeline for this year.
MSCI: Cleaner Vehicles, Faster Transition: APAC’s Transport Opportunity
MSCI: Cleaner Vehicles, Faster Transition: APAC’s Transport Opportunity
Increasing the market penetration of zero-emission vehicles, such as electric vehicles (EVs) and fuel-cell vehicles (FCVs), could help accelerate the energy transition by shifting market demand away from fossil fuels toward cleaner energy sources. Challenges remain, however. While EV chargers reduce dependence on gas stations, many still rely on carbon-intensive fossil-fuel-fired power generation. Furthermore, long charging times or queue congestions at charging stations could make EVs less practical for long-distance drivers at present. Plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) could serve as transitional solutions and bridge the gap to cleaner energy systems.
... includes ...
- Companies driving the shift
- Sales-growth and revenue exposure to electric and hybrid vehicles
Klement on Investing: Train your employees
Klement on Investing: Train your employees
(https://klementoninvesting.substack.com/p/train-your-employees)
It is a common trope among business leaders that their employees are their biggest assets. another common trope is that businesses ‘invest’ in their employees by providing internal training and development opportunities. By now, every major company has internal training programmes. Then why are some companies so much worse at training and developing their employees than others? And what are the consequences of a bad internal training programme?
A thorough study by a team at Harvard University identified one key factor: middle managers. They gained access to three US companies, including one car manufacturer, one retailer, and one quick-service restaurant chain. They monitored how different middle managers worked with their teams and how they encouraged their team members to take up on-the-job and internal training opportunities.
Read more ... including ...
- Effect of demand shock on performance
- Effect of demand shock on absenteeism
JD Sports: Integrated Annual Report 2025
JD Sports: Integrated Annual Report 2025
Focal Points:
- "The Group achieved its first ever ‘A’ grade from the Carbon Disclosure Project, joining the global ‘A-list’ and surpassing our sector average by two grades.
- The Group achieved a ‘B’ grade for Water Security, two grades above our sector average.
- Our private label Team exceeded documented targets by sourcing 99% of our cotton via the ‘Better Cotton initiative’.
- The Group continued to celebrate the key dates throughout the year, supporting our inclusive culture.
Our colleagues are the voice in honouring these events in the right way. They include, Black History Month, International Women’s Day, Disability History Month, International Men’s Day and Pride."
Parameters:
Data to: 1 Feb 2025
Published: May 2025
Materiality Matrix: See page 59
ESG data centre: Not found
Carbon Tracker: Chemical Mismatch: Value Chain Under Strain
Carbon Tracker: Chemical Mismatch: Value Chain Under Strain
(https://carbontracker.org/chemical-mismatch-value-chain-under-strain/)
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.
...
Carbon Tracker: Financial & Climate Alignment: BMW
Carbon Tracker: Financial & Climate Alignment: BMW
(https://carbontracker.org/reports/financial-climate-alignment-bmw/)
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.
RMI: How banks can better assess companies' energy transition risks
RMI: How banks can better assess companies' energy transition risks
Corporate transition assessments can be transformed into tools for delivering transition intelligence with three key innovations:
- Transition Footprint Mapping
- Investment Alignment
- Dependency Mapping
Federated Hermes: Sustainable Global Equity / AR 2024 (Focus on Financial Inclusion)
Federated Hermes: Sustainable Global Equity / AR 2024 (Focus on Financial Inclusion)
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
Federated Hermes: Aptar Group (Engagement commentary)
Federated Hermes: Aptar Group (Engagement commentary)
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
Cambridge Associates: 2024 Stewardship Report
Cambridge Associates: 2024 Stewardship Report
"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."
RBC Global Asset Management: Climate Report 2024
RBC Global Asset Management: Climate Report 2024
(https://www.rbcgam.com/documents/en/other/2024-rbc-gam-climate-report.pdf)
"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."
ClearBridge: 2025 Stewardship Report
ClearBridge: 2025 Stewardship Report
(https://www.clearbridge.com/stewardship)
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. "
S&P Global: Climate risk and portfolio analysis (blog)
S&P Global: Climate risk and portfolio analysis (blog)
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.
S&P Global: June 2025 – Where does the world stand on ISSB adoption?
S&P Global: June 2025 – Where does the world stand on ISSB adoption?
"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."
S&P Global: How companies in Latin America are embedding sustainability amid shifting dynamics (podcast)
S&P Global: How companies in Latin America are embedding sustainability amid shifting dynamics (podcast)
"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...."
EthiFinance: IPP & Renewable Energies Sector Report
EthiFinance: IPP & Renewable Energies Sector Report
(https://www.ethifinance.com/publications/ipp-renewable-energies-sector-report/)
"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."
EthiFinance: Corporate Sustainability Performance 2024
EthiFinance: Corporate Sustainability Performance 2024
(https://www.ethifinance.com/publications/corporate-sustainability-performance-2024/)
"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."
CEPR: Designing and scaling up nature-based markets
CEPR: Designing and scaling up nature-based markets
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....
Integrum: Netflix - Antitrust, Emissions & Volatility
Integrum: Netflix - Antitrust, Emissions & Volatility
"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"
LSEG: Inside the green economy: what it is and why it matters
LSEG: Inside the green economy: what it is and why it matters
(https://www.lseg.com/en/insights/inside-green-economy-what-it-is-why-it-matters)
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
SHARE: Investors for Racial Equity - Asset Manager Evaluation Tool
SHARE: Investors for Racial Equity - Asset Manager Evaluation Tool
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.
SHARE: Advancing Racial Equity: A Guide for Asset Managers
SHARE: Advancing Racial Equity: A Guide for Asset Managers
(https://share.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/25.07.18_Final-Asset-Manager-Guide-on-Racial-Equity.pdf)
"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."
Integrum: EU Taxonomy Simplified - What's Changed?
Integrum: EU Taxonomy Simplified - What's Changed?
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.
MSCI ESG Research: The Costs and Benefits of Keeping Climate Promises
MSCI ESG Research: The Costs and Benefits of Keeping Climate Promises
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 (Podcast)
MSCI ESG Research: Sustainability and fundamentals: 12 years on (Podcast)
(https://www.msci.com/research-and-insights/podcast/sustainability-and-fundamentals-12-years-on)
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
MSCI ESG Research: Demystifying Article 8 funds: Why an 'ESG Collection' category matters
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
MSCI ESG Research: Insights on MSCI ESG Ratings and business performance
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. "
Zalando: Combined Annual Report 2024
Zalando: Combined Annual Report 2024
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
Kingfisher: Responsible Business Report 2024/25
Kingfisher: Responsible Business Report 2024/25
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
Inditex: Sustainability Reporting 2024
Inditex: Sustainability Reporting 2024
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
Robeco: Credit solutions for the climate transition
Robeco: Credit solutions for the climate transition
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
MSCI Sustainability Institute: Transition Finance Tracker: Q2 2025
MSCI Sustainability Institute: Transition Finance Tracker: Q2 2025
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.
New Climate Institute & Carbon Market Watch: Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor
New Climate Institute & Carbon Market Watch: Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor
(https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/CCRM2025_main-report_CMW_NewClimate-1.pdf)
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
Tideline & BlueMark: Scaling solutions - The Fixed Income Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight
Tideline & BlueMark: Scaling solutions - The Fixed Income Opportunity Hiding in Plain Sight
(https://tideline.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Scaling-Solutions-Report.pdf)
"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."
Swiss Re Institute: SONAR 2025: New Emerging Risk Insights
Swiss Re Institute: SONAR 2025: New Emerging Risk Insights
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)
CleanEdge: DataDive: EV Deployment by Country (2014-2024)
CleanEdge: DataDive: EV Deployment by Country (2014-2024)
(https://cleanedge.com/data-dive/ev-deployment-by-country-2014-2024/)
- 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 ...
EY: Timber and forestry funds in recovering PE and VC markets
EY: Timber and forestry funds in recovering PE and VC markets
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.
DBS Private Bank: The Nuclear Renaissance
DBS Private Bank: The Nuclear Renaissance
(https://www.dbs.com/content/article/pdf/CIO/2025/202506/250602CIOVP.pdf)
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
Sustainable Fitch: Sector Insight: Pharmaceuticals (June'25)
Sustainable Fitch: Sector Insight: Pharmaceuticals (June'25)
(https://www.sustainablefitch.com/corporate-finance/sector-insight-pharmaceuticals-06-06-2025)
- 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
T. Rowe Price: For or against? The year in shareholder resolutions - 2024
T. Rowe Price: For or against? The year in shareholder resolutions - 2024
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."
Robeco: Engagement to combat global warming leads Q2 Active Ownership report
Robeco: Engagement to combat global warming leads Q2 Active Ownership report
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
FirstGroup: Climate Transition Plan ('Fireside chat')
FirstGroup: Climate Transition Plan ('Fireside chat')
(https://staticcontents.investis.com/media/f/firstgroup/firstgroup.mp4)
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.
EDF: Investors helped build Europe’s methane rules. Now they must defend them
EDF: Investors helped build Europe’s methane rules. Now they must defend them
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.
Manulife AM: Catch the AI wave: water risk in big tech
Manulife AM: Catch the AI wave: water risk in big tech
(https://www.manulifeim.com/institutional/global/en/viewpoints/sustainability/water-risk-big-tech)
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.
Jobs 50 of 397 results
JobPost: ShareAction - Senior Engagement Manager - Investor Engagement (London, clsoe unknown)
JobPost: ShareAction - Senior Engagement Manager - Investor Engagement (London, clsoe unknown)
JobPost: ShareAction - Senior Engagement Manager - Investor Engagement (London, close unknown)
JobPost: Goldman Sachs - Asset & Wealth Management, Sustainability & Impact, Value Creation, Associate - New York
JobPost: Goldman Sachs - Asset & Wealth Management, Sustainability & Impact, Value Creation, Associate - New York
JobPost: Goldman Sachs - Asset & Wealth Management, Sustainability & Impact, Value Creation, Associate - New York
JobPost: Bloomberg - Senior Sustainability Analyst, Reporting & Data - Global Sustainability Office (NYC, close unknown)
JobPost: Bloomberg - Senior Sustainability Analyst, Reporting & Data - Global Sustainability Office (NYC, close unknown)
JobPost: Bloomberg - Senior Sustainability Analyst, Reporting & Data - Global Sustainability Office (NYC, close unknown)
JobPost: Mondelez - ESG Data & Digital Manager (various global locations)
JobPost: Mondelez - ESG Data & Digital Manager (various global locations)
JobPost: Mondelez - ESG Data & Digital Manager (various global locations)
Senior Engagement Manager
Senior Engagement Manager
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)
JobPost: UGI Corp. - Manager - ESG & Investor Relations (US, close unknown)
JobPost: UGI Corp. - Manager - ESG & Investor Relations (US, close unknown)
Research Assistant, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre (TPI Centre)
Research Assistant, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre (TPI Centre)
(https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/work-with-us)
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.
Research Assistant, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre (TPI Centre)
Research Assistant, Transition Pathway Initiative Centre (TPI Centre)
(https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/work-with-us)
- 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)
JobPost: ISS - New Business Sales - Climate & Sustainability (NYC, close unknown)
JobPost: ISS - New Business Sales - Climate & Sustainability (NYC, close unknown)
JobPost: PRI - Senior assoc. stakeholder experience, London, close 15/6
JobPost: PRI - Senior assoc. stakeholder experience, London, close 15/6
(https://app.beapplied.com/apply/yk2bn6z6ae)
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
JobPost: PRI - Specialist, Investor Initiatives (London, Closing: 8:00pm, 5th Jun 2025 BST)
JobPost: PRI - Specialist, Investor Initiatives (London, Closing: 8:00pm, 5th Jun 2025 BST)
(https://app.beapplied.com/apply/xc4mwxyer3)
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