Policy and research orgs
Policy and research organisations are non-governmental organisations that monitor environmental and social trends and develop suggestions for market interventions or policy changes.
The SRI industry has not traditionally been one of the primary stakeholders or communications targets for policy organisations (as their attention is more normally directed towards the political, commercial or civil spheres).
However, these organisations can be of great value to SRI investors that need to understand the scientific, regulatory and consumer background to sustainability trends. (While ‘mainstream’ investors receive considerable amounts of background research on issues and industries from sell-side analysts and specialist news providers, SRI analysts typically have to find this information themselves from other sources.)
Equally, policy organisations can benefit from promoting discussion of their ideas and objectives within the investment sphere and receiving reciprocal feedback on how the sustainability factors that they analyse are received within capital markets.
At present, however, much of the onus lies on investors to identify the relevant policy organisations and to find any appropriate research and/or experts. Policy organisations rarely consider SRI investors as an outlet for their research and do not tend to direct their research pro-actively at this community.
They 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
Policy and research organisations are likely to use the following services from SRI-CONNECT:
Market Buzz
- Receive news, research and reports from companies, SRI research providers and others – also notifications of discussions, events and blogs – all filtered to their own specific interests
- Search the SRI-CONNECT database for research and reports
- Channel their own news, research, ideas and questions to SRI industry participants with mutual interests
Directory
- Find and filter profiles to identify investors, companies and SRI industry participants with mutual interests
SRI Network
- Present themselves, their research capabilities, their current activities and areas of focus to the SRI marketplace
- Discuss issues of mutual interest with investors and companies
- Conduct research and exchange ideas via discussion fora
- Organise investor briefing events
- Build and manage their own SRI network via the groups, events and messaging functions
Build profile, distribute research, share ideas
Policy & research orgs 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
Policy & research orgs 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 5,802 results
Organisations 50 of 8,192 results
Buzzes 50 of 14,221 results
Coca Cola: 2024 Environmental Update
Coca Cola: 2024 Environmental Update
Latest sustainability update deck with KPIs and progress highlights.
Diageo: ESG Reporting Index 2025
Diageo: ESG Reporting Index 2025
Annual report with ESG Reporting Index and sustainability KPIs.
Asahi: Integrated annual report 2025
Asahi: Integrated annual report 2025
Comprehensive sustainability report and data book for FY2024.
Suntory: Latest sustainability downloads 2025
Suntory: Latest sustainability downloads 2025
(https://www.suntory.com/csr/data/report/2025/pdf/suntory_sustainability_en_2025.pdf)
Various sustainability reports/data downloads via here
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust AM: Sustainability Report 2024/25
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust AM: Sustainability Report 2024/25
(https://us.sumitrust-am.com/docs/stewardship-report-2024-2025pdf/download)
Annual sustainability report covering stewardship activities, ESG integration and governance.
First Sentier: Responsible Investment and Stewardship Report 2024
First Sentier: Responsible Investment and Stewardship Report 2024
Entity‑level report setting out stewardship governance, engagement activity, escalation and outcomes.
CCLA: Sustainable Investment Outcomes 2024
CCLA: Sustainable Investment Outcomes 2024
Outcomes report summarising stewardship and engagement activity; CCLA states firm‑level sustainability report due by 2 Dec 2026.
Integrating Climate Metrics into Sovereign Bond Portfolios
Integrating Climate Metrics into Sovereign Bond Portfolios
Integrating Climate Metrics into Sovereign Bond Portfolios 🌍📈
Together with the FTSE Russell, Robeco, and ING Investment Center, we’ve developed a new investment and engagement tool that embeds climate data into sovereign bond strategies.
Are you an asset owner, or asset manager looking to align your fixed income portfolios with climate goals? Join our upcoming BrightTALK webinar to discover how we’ve integrated ASCOR—a forward-looking, science-based dataset on sovereign climate risks and opportunities—into a practical investment solution.
in case you want to know more, you can explore: https://climatecollectivetransitionranking.com, or send me a direct message
Kind regards, Jochen Harkema
Allianz Trade: Feeding a warming world
Allianz Trade: Feeding a warming world
Over the past two decades, the world has made remarkable progress in the fight against hunger. Thanks to advances in agricultural productivity, international cooperation and targeted food security programs, the share of undernourished people has declined significantly in most regions.
The trend is especially striking in South-Eastern Asia, where the prevalence of undernourishment fell from 20.2% of the population in 2000 to just 6.1% in 2023, a reduction of 14.1pps.
Latin America and parts of South Asia also saw similar positive dynamics as governments combined agricultural expansion with nutrition programs and social safety nets. Nevertheless, global progress has been uneven.....
Forests & Finance: Mining and Money: Financial faultlines in the energy transition
Forests & Finance: Mining and Money: Financial faultlines in the energy transition
Key Findings
- Highly concentrated sector: Mineral production and financing are dominated by a small
group of countries, financial institutions and companies. - Banks committed USD 493 billion in loans and underwriting for transition mineral mining
between 2016 and 2024 – 53% went to just ten companies. - 63% of transition mineral mining credit came from banks in China, the United States,
France, Canada, and Japan. - Investors held USD 289 billion in bonds and shares of transition mineral mining
companies as of June 2025 – 82% was in just ten companies. - 80% of investment came from institutions in the United States, Australia, the United
Kingdom, Japan, and Brazil.
Reckitt: (Focus On:) Sustainability
Reckitt: (Focus On:) Sustainability
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m92oCw_UJnY)
Jon Bone (Investor Relations Director) speaks with David Croft (Head of Sustainability) at Reckitt
This session updates investors on progress since 2022, in three main areas:
- Carbon - two science based targets (time period to 2030) and have beaten target on scope 1 and 2 reductions - 69% since 2015. Scope 3 is the biggest footprint and this is being tackled through products, packaging and ingredients. Important to work on plastics.
- Water - water supply resilience vital in growth markets such as India and China, and working on and have achieved zero liquid discharge in some factories.
- More sustainable products - Important to work on plastics. Have introduced a sustainability innovation calculator. Using AI to identify carbon hotspots in products.
French SIF: 2025 Say on Climate Report
French SIF: 2025 Say on Climate Report
(https://www.frenchsif.org/isr_esg/wp-content/uploads/Bilan-SoC-2025-EN.pdf)
On the occasion of the 2025 Say on Climate Report event organised by the FIR and ADEME on the 25th of September, the FIR is publishing its complete Say on Climate 2025 Report, with the Ethos Foundation and the World Benchmarking Alliance participations.
This report provides at first an overview of Say on Climate at global level, followed by a presentation of the work carried out for the second year in Europe, with 19 SoCs analysed.
Planet Tracker: BASF Climate Transition Analysis Update
Planet Tracker: BASF Climate Transition Analysis Update
(https://planet-tracker.org/basf-climate-transition-analysis-update/)
In the best case scenario, BASF is expected to align with a 2°C pathway by 2030. The company’s pathway to 2030 is now better evidenced, supported by tangible actions in renewable sourcing, efficiency, and pilot-scale low-carbon technologies.
However, reliance on post-2030 technological deployment, weak Scope 3.1 targets with incomplete coverage, and modest transition capex commitments mean that BASF is not aligned with a 1.5°C pathway.
Robeco: Regulatory change is sparking fresh growth for financials and fintechs
Robeco: Regulatory change is sparking fresh growth for financials and fintechs
After more than 15 years of tightening, the financial sector is entering a new era of rules and reforms. Regulators are easing capital requirements and other constraints on banks, insurers and fintechs, creating unprecedented growth opportunities across old world and next-gen financial systems.
MSCI: Anticipating Hurricane Risk Before It Strikes
MSCI: Anticipating Hurricane Risk Before It Strikes
(https://www.msci.com/research-and-insights/blog-post/anticipating-hurricane-risk-before-it-strikes)
Key findings
- Hurricanes can drag returns across a broad swath of equities. Firms with assets located in hurricane-prone regions have historically underperformed, with losses compounding over the observation window.
- The severity of stock underperformance has correlated strongly with the share of a firm’s assets exposed to hurricanes. The more a company relies on hurricane-prone assets, the worse the returns tend to be.
- Investors can anticipate and manage hurricane exposure before storms hit by mapping vulnerable assets, monitoring seasonal risks and incorporating adaptation measures into engagement, rebalancing or hedging strategies.
MSCI: Is Physical Risk Financially Material?
MSCI: Is Physical Risk Financially Material?
(https://www.msci.com/research-and-insights/paper/is-physical-risk-financially-material)
Key findings:
- Hurricane-exposed firms significantly underperformed, with effects compounding up to 30 business days post-event.
- Tail risk increased: The lowest-performing firms continued to decline over the 36-day study window.
- Concentrated exposures worsened underperformance versus diversified footprints.
Utilities were most vulnerable, while IT and industrial companies suffered mainly when critical or concentrated assets were exposed. - Adaptation strategies helped reduce performance declines.
MSCI: Compound Climate Hazards Pressure Beverage Giants
MSCI: Compound Climate Hazards Pressure Beverage Giants
Key findings
- Water quality is a new frontline of climate risk: Nestlé’s recent setbacks show extreme weather can drive contamination and costly reputational and financial fallout. Five other beverage firms may face similar risks.
- Mitigation strategies vary: Companies with more water-efficient processes may mitigate some of the risks of contamination as part of a holistic water-management approach.
- Climate hazards create compounding events: Floods, heat waves and droughts are increasingly converging, creating compounding risks for companies. Investors who assess climate threats in isolation risk missing the bigger picture.
ESM: Impact investing at ESM: the tangible effect of ESG labelled bonds (blog)
ESM: Impact investing at ESM: the tangible effect of ESG labelled bonds (blog)
(https://www.esm.europa.eu/blog/impact-investing-esm-tangible-effect-esg-labelled-bonds)
European Stability Mechanism (ESM) investments in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) labelled bonds reached €7.4 billion by the end of 2024. This significant allocation of its €80.5 billion paid-in capital underscores the ESM’s commitment to supporting this asset class and the specific objectives to which the proceeds are dedicated.
The ESM has long recognised that the value of ESG-labelled bonds lies not just in their labels – green, social, or sustainability – but more precisely in the underlying projects they finance and, ultimately, their tangible impact. This is why subcategories of ESG labelled bonds become essential for responsible investors, allowing them to identify in which themes – from energy transition to biodiversity – investments are made.
Consequently, issuers in labelled bonds provide increasingly more detailed expected allocations of the funds they raise. This blog explores how the sub-categorisation of use-of-proceeds bonds can help investors understand their impact and, consequently, how the ESM’s approach as an investor promotes sustainable prosperity.
GS: The New Nuclear Age: Why the World Is Rethinking Atomic Power
GS: The New Nuclear Age: Why the World Is Rethinking Atomic Power
Throughout history, the commercialization of new forms of energy has given rise to fossil fuel conglomerates and renewable energy enterprises, powered energy-intensive technologies, and created new global investment opportunities. As countries now race to secure the massive amounts of energy needed for leadership in artificial intelligence, nuclear energy is newly positioned to meet the moment.
When nuclear power initially rose to prominence during the Cold War, it became a defining feature of the era, symbolizing both existential threat and scientific triumph. In the decades after the Second World War, countries raced to develop civilian nuclear programs, lured by the promise of energy too cheap to meter.
But after accidents like Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima, the momentum behind nuclear energy stalled. Public opposition surged, regulatory burdens grew, and innovation slowed. Today, nuclear energy makes up just 9% of the global electricity mix, down from approximately 18% in the late 1990s.
After decades of underinvestment, a convergence of generational technological breakthroughs, intensifying geopolitical competition, and the need for clean, dense, reliable power are positioning nuclear energy for a renaissance.
BCG: Seizing Brazil's potential for low-emission marine fuels
BCG: Seizing Brazil's potential for low-emission marine fuels
(https://web-assets.bcg.com/a8/dd/d6a259754f2dbbe5325773fd0d68/bcs-2025-ny-final-version.pdf)
Brazil is a global forerunner towards a low-carbon future – its innate advantages could unlock $2-3T in investments until 2050.
Schroders Capital: Exploring climate solutions: An introduction for investors
Schroders Capital: Exploring climate solutions: An introduction for investors
A ‘climate solution’ can be broadly defined as an investment that offers a product, service or technology that enables the low carbon transition. This generally includes both climate mitigation (activities that help to reduce, avoid or remove greenhouse gas emissions from the atmosphere) and climate adaptation/resilience (activities that help the world adjust to cope with expected or actual climate change impacts).
According to the Climate Policy Institute (CPI), to meet a 1.5C scenario (limiting global temperature rises to this level above pre-industrial levels), the expected finance need is around $7.4tn each year through to 2030, with a significant proportion focused on climate mitigation.
As the warming scenario increases – i.e. for scenarios where temperatures rise above these levels – the need for adaptation activities increases to prepare, for example, for expected and increased extreme weather-related events. The CPI estimates the projected losses that can be avoided by 2100 by limiting warming to 1.5C to be five times greater than the climate finance needed by 2050 to meet this target.
Schroders Capital: The climate adaptation imperative: tackling the protection gap for climate insurance
Schroders Capital: The climate adaptation imperative: tackling the protection gap for climate insurance
Find out how insurance-linked securities and targeted private equity investments are helping to increase insurance coverage related to natural catastrophes and extreme weather events, and so to provide economic protection for millions of people.
Schroders Capital: Transportation: a sector on the move
Schroders Capital: Transportation: a sector on the move
In recent years there has been a pronounced focus on megatrends, with fibre networks, data centres and renewables all sought after assets. Yet the silent backbone of economic activity – transportation infrastructure – deserves renewed attention.
Before discussing the sector’s merits and evolution, it’s worth re-emphasising the benefits of diversification in prudent credit investing. Including an economically core infrastructure exposure such as transportation can help reduce overexposure to risks related to regulatory changes, ramp-up uncertainties and valuation bubbles observed in sectors such as digital infrastructure and renewables.
Transport infrastructure delivers classic infrastructure attributes: a portfolio of long-life and indispensable assets that have endured all forms of market dislocations. Covid was perhaps the most severe test of its resilience. Most assets have since recovered strongly, with operational and financial metrics now exceeding pre-pandemic levels in many regions.
Morningstar: Amid New Curbs on ESG Shareholder Resolutions, Companies May Lose Useful Signals From Investors
Morningstar: Amid New Curbs on ESG Shareholder Resolutions, Companies May Lose Useful Signals From Investors
The largest surprise of the 2025 proxy season was the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new restrictions on permissible shareholder resolutions in the middle of an ongoing proxy season.
This permitted companies to throw out many proposals that had already been submitted under the prior rules. It also heralded a sharp fall in the number of environmental and social proposals that made it to the corporate ballot box this year.....
RIA: RI Insights Study 2025
RIA: RI Insights Study 2025
(https://ri-research-initiative.ca/reports/2025-advisor-ri-insights-study/)
The annual RIA Advisor RI Insights Study assesses how responsible investment is approached by Canadian retail investment advisors. It is the most comprehensive national study of advisors’ RI perceptions in Canada, which delves deeply into how they are using RI today, what the most sophisticated users value and what some of the barriers are to those who have not yet embraced RI in their practice.
Sustainable Fitch: Consensus Gradually Emerges on Credible Transition Finance
Sustainable Fitch: Consensus Gradually Emerges on Credible Transition Finance
The Transition Finance Council (TFC), the body set up by the UK government and City of London Corporation to promote transition finance, released its draft guidelines for consultation in August. While not focusing on specific financial instruments or products, we believe the guidelines aim to support financing for entities, particularly in high-emitting and hard-to-abate sectors, whose emissions trajectory is aligned with a credible decarbonisation pathway.
Sustainable Fitch: Sector Insight: Agriculture, Food, Beverages and Food Retail
Sustainable Fitch: Sector Insight: Agriculture, Food, Beverages and Food Retail
Assessing the sustainability impacts of the agriculture and food supply chain sector is particularly complex. It sits at the intersection of numerous environmental and social issues and has material impacts on a wide variety of environmental, social and governance (ESG) themes, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity and nature, food security, food quality and health, and labour rights practices.
Sustainable Fitch: Sustainability Pure Players: Q&A
Sustainable Fitch: Sustainability Pure Players: Q&A
Sustainability “pure players” are entities that derive most of their revenue from environmentally or socially positive activities. Pure players offer investors the opportunity to link enterprise-level investments to a positive sustainability impact. This has made understanding how to credibly identify and evaluate pure players more important.
Sustainable Fitch: Donation-Based Penalties in Sustainability-Linked Bonds
Sustainable Fitch: Donation-Based Penalties in Sustainability-Linked Bonds
Some Asia-Pacific issuers are adopting donation-based penalties within sustainability-linked bond (SLB) structures, replacing or supplementing traditional coupon step-ups when targets are missed. This emerging approach could enhance the credibility and perceived effectiveness of SLBs amid ongoing scrutiny
BNP Paribas AM: Listed Environmental Infrastructure
BNP Paribas AM: Listed Environmental Infrastructure
(https://docfinder.bnpparibas-am.com/api/files/f585500b-0b9d-4465-9340-7706fbed2773)
Global environmental listed infrastructure represents publicly traded companies that own and operate essential infrastructure assets – such as renewable energy networks, water and waste utilities, sustainable transport systems, and key digital infrastructure – designed with a strong environmental focus.
These assets provide critical services that underpin modern economies, with business models that can be characterised by regulated revenues, long-duration contracts and inflation linkage.
Institutional Limited Partners Association: The LP Impact Primer
Institutional Limited Partners Association: The LP Impact Primer
(https://ilpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/ILPA-LP-Impact-Primer-Evaluating-Impact-Funds.pdf)
The LP Impact Primer - Evaluating Impact Funds
This piece is part of the partnership series (“Exploring Institutional Impact”) aimed at
providing practical guidance, research insights, and tools related to impact and sustainable
investing for the ILPA member community.
An actionable guide providing LPs with a framework and specific questions to identify high-quality impact investment opportunities with the additional goal of promoting greater comparability and consistency in the data requested from GPs during diligence.
GIIN: State of the Market (Impact investing)
GIIN: State of the Market (Impact investing)
(https://s3.amazonaws.com/giin-web-assets/giin/assets/publication/giin-stateofthemarket2025.pdf)
- The vast majority (85%) of impact investors were headquartered in high-income countries,
including 69% headquartered in Northern America or Northern or Western Europe. - Nearly three-quarters (73%) of impact investors focused on private markets, while just 6%
focused on public markets. - For organizations not yet making impact investments, many cited lack of resources, lack
of client demand and lack of shareholder demand as barriers to starting.
MSCI: Sustainability as a Leading Indicator for Credit Events
MSCI: Sustainability as a Leading Indicator for Credit Events
Can MSCI ESG Ratings Help Identify Latent Credit Risk in a Bond Portfolio?
This study explores whether sustainability data — specifically MSCI ESG Ratings and datapoints within — can help with early identification of corporate bonds at risk of adverse credit events such as distressed valuations, credit-rating downgrades or sizable spread widening.
Using a 10.5-year dataset covering over 21,000 bonds included in MSCI Fixed Income Indexes, we found that bonds of issuers with low MSCI ESG Ratings were significantly more likely to experience such events.
We observed these results across both the investment-grade and high-yield bond universes.
Employing survival-analysis techniques, we illustrated that high-ESG-rated bonds not only experienced fewer credit events but remained unaffected longer — suggesting sustainability data may be useful in modeling both the probability and timing of credit events.
S&P Global: Atlas of Food
S&P Global: Atlas of Food
(https://info.trellis.net/rs/211-NJY-165/images/Atlas%20of%20Food.pdf?version=0)
Global food prices are particularly sensitive to weather and government policy in a few key regions.
This report highlights those locations and explores the relationship between wheat, corn, soybeans, pork, beef and poultry.
Morningstar Equity Research: Climate change vs softening reinsurance market
Morningstar Equity Research: Climate change vs softening reinsurance market
(https://www.morningstar.com/en-uk/business/insights/research/european-reinsurance)
While Climate Change Could Drive Reinsurance Volume Long-Term, Softening of Reinsurance Market Is More Important Medium-Term
The expectation is that climate change will likely drive reinsurer volumes in the long term. However, the reinsurance market is currently at overcapacity, setting the stage for softer conditions in the medium term.
The capacity has led to a shift in the reinsurance cycle that is now in full swing, and this can be seen in individual reinsurer risk-adjusted prices and the Guy Carpenter rate online.
Prices are being affected the most in property excess of loss—natural catastrophe. Scor probably has the lowest exposure and should provide investors with the best returns.
MSCI: Smoke Signals: Finding Leading Indicators of Corporate Decarbonization
MSCI: Smoke Signals: Finding Leading Indicators of Corporate Decarbonization
Moving toward accurate projected emissions
Modeling companies’ future emissions trajectories is a key element of transition finance, both for assessing alignment with climate objectives and for understanding potential investment risks from emissions.
While many policy recommendations call for the use of “forward-looking” methodologies to gauge future emissions, we argue that financial decision makers need empirically verified predictive indicators to make better-informed investment decisions. In this paper:
- We identified potential transition indicators along four phases of a company’s transition journey: target and governance indicators, low-carbon indicators such as capex, green-bond investments or green patents, revenue-based indicators such as green revenues or fossil-fuel-based revenues, as well as its recent emissions trajectory.
- We identified indicators with historically predictive power over three-, four- and five-year periods for changes in absolute Scope 1 and 2 emissions, using appropriate statistical-analysis techniques.
- We found regional differences in our predictive analysis, with the strongest statistical confidence in climate indicators found in the European and Asia-Pacific developed equity markets, and the weakest in the U.S.
- These results may help investors as they seek to build faster-transitioning portfolios and identify companies likely to reduce emissions more slowly, warranting closer engagement.
Ethos: Engagement Paper: Nature
Ethos: Engagement Paper: Nature
(https://www.ethosfund.ch/sites/default/files/Ethos_Engagement_Paper_Nature_2025_EN.pdf)
This document outlines Ethos’ expectations for companies in addressing the nature crisis. It begins with an overview of key terms and concepts related to nature. It then examines the main drivers of biodiversity and nature loss, followed by a review of the impacts, dependencies, risks, and opportunities companies may face. The current regulatory frameworks are also presented. More importantly, the document details Ethos’ specific expectations for companies, including engagement themes and dialogue approaches. Finally, it provides sector-specific guidance, as well as relevant frameworks and tools.
... includes ... sector specific expectations for:
- Food and agriculture
- Chemicals
- Pharmaceuticals
NY State Common Retirement Fund: 2024 Corporate Governance Stewardship Report
NY State Common Retirement Fund: 2024 Corporate Governance Stewardship Report
Asset‑owner corporate governance & stewardship report: priorities, engagements and proxy voting for 2024.
DWS: Stewardship Report 2025 (covering 2024 activity)
DWS: Stewardship Report 2025 (covering 2024 activity)
(https://download.dws.com/download?elib-assetguid=f66936b763044903b38acb46b55e77b3)
Annual stewardship disclosure: engagement programme and voting activity across DWS Investment GmbH.
Boston Trust Walden: ESG Impact Report Q2 2025
Boston Trust Walden: ESG Impact Report Q2 2025
Quarterly impact/stewardship update with engagement cases, policy advocacy and proxy‑season highlights.
Hays PLC: Annual Report 2025
Hays PLC: Annual Report 2025
Annual Report & Accounts 2025 (incl. Sustainability content)
Manpower: Working to Change the World Report 2024
Manpower: Working to Change the World Report 2024
(https://www.manpowergroup.com/en/insights/report/manpowergroup-2025-sustainability-report)
ManpowerGroup’s annual ESG report and data hub.
Suez: 2024 Sustainability Statement + 2024 Sustainable Development Progress Report
Suez: 2024 Sustainability Statement + 2024 Sustainable Development Progress Report
CSRD‑aligned sustainability statement and progress report for 2024.
United Utilities: Sustainability Report 2025
United Utilities: Sustainability Report 2025
(https://www.unitedutilities.com/globalassets/documents/pdf/sustainability-report-2025)
Latest sustainability report and integrated annual report for 2025.
AW ESG Consulting: Equity ESG engagement does little. Sovereign bondholder stewardship should lead
AW ESG Consulting: Equity ESG engagement does little. Sovereign bondholder stewardship should lead
For two decades, investor “stewardship” has overwhelmingly targeted corporates. It is productive at the margin, but the twin crises of climate change and biodiversity loss have not been solved. If investors want fast, coordinated, system‑level change, they should point the firepower of engagement at the only actors that can move whole policies overnight: governments. Corporate engagement changes things far too slowly.
Consider where current engagement time and resources actually go. The world’s largest managers still report hundreds to thousands of company touchpoints each quarter, e.g., BlackRock logged 631 engagements with 592 companies in Q1‑2025 alone.
By contrast, sovereign engagement remains in its infancy (despite available PRI guidance and some efforts by investors) even though the sovereign bond market is the upstream lever on economy‑wide rules. Investors do report on sovereign engagement in their annual stewardship reports, but it tends to be presented as an afterthought and at a relatively superficial policy level compared to the significant and systematic approaches taken to corporate communications.
Stewardship reports are awash with corporate case studies, but there is minimal if any description on how action on sovereign bond holdings and purchases might have an impact.
OECD outlooks highlight record borrowing needs across advanced economies, underscoring governments’ reliance on market access. Markets can also force policy change at speed; the UK’s 2022 gilt episode and Trump’s recent see saws on tariffs show how quickly policy U‑turns follow when bond confidence snaps.
See link below for the full article including;
- What bond stewardship means
- Where investors spend time vs where the leverage is
- Sovereign climate and biodiversity impacts and bond market reliance
- Suggestions for investors
Jobs 50 of 461 results
JobPost: Surrey County Cricket Club - People and Culture Manager (London | Close 23 Oct)
JobPost: Surrey County Cricket Club - People and Culture Manager (London | Close 23 Oct)
(https://apply.workable.com/surrey-cricket-club/j/A794B9981E/)
(Employee Relations Specialist)
The People and Culture Manager plays a pivotal role in delivering the Club’s people strategy. This role provides expert HR advice and coaching to leaders and employees and supports the development of a high-performance and values-led culture.
You will provide expert HR advice and coaching, with a particular focus on employee relations matters, ensuring legal compliance and best practice.
JobPost: JP Morgan Chase - Environmental Social & Governance Business Manager - Executive Director (London)
JobPost: JP Morgan Chase - Environmental Social & Governance Business Manager - Executive Director (London)
Job Identification 210669069
Job Category Business Management
Business Unit Commercial & Investment Bank
Posting Date 22/09/2025, 10:53
Locations 25 Bank Street, Canary Wharf, London, Greater London, E14 5JP, GB
Job Schedule Full time
JobPost: Standard Chartered - Director, Sustainability Reporting (London)
JobPost: Standard Chartered - Director, Sustainability Reporting (London)
Director, Sustainability Reporting
Job ID: 40635
Location: London, GB
Area of interest: Audit, Accounting & Finance
Job type: Regular Employee
Work style: Hybrid Working
Opening date: 25 Sept 2025
JobPost: BNY - Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Functions (London)
JobPost: BNY - Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Functions (London)
We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Sustainability and Corporate Functions to join our Internal Audit team. This role is located in London.
JobPost: LGIM - Senior Analyst Investment Stewardship (London)
JobPost: LGIM - Senior Analyst Investment Stewardship (London)
Full-time
Permanent or Fixed Term Contract: Permanent
L&G Business Unit: Legal & General Investment Management
L&G sub Business Unit: LGIM
Primary Location: London, One Coleman Street
Job Family: Corporate Governance
JobPost: LGIM - Product Manager - ESG (6-12 month FTC) (London)
JobPost: LGIM - Product Manager - ESG (6-12 month FTC) (London)
(https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/LegalAndGeneral/744000086350964-product-manager-esg-6-12-month-ftc-)
Full-time
Permanent or Fixed Term Contract: Fixed Term Contract
L&G Business Unit: Legal & General Investment Management
L&G sub Business Unit: LGIM
Primary Location: London, One Coleman Street
Job Family: Product
JobPost: Southampton FC - Impact & Evaluation Manager (Southampton | Close 15 Oct)
JobPost: Southampton FC - Impact & Evaluation Manager (Southampton | Close 15 Oct)
The Saints go Marching On....As the Impact & Evaluation Manager at Saints Foundation, you will lead the evaluation of all charitable projects, using data to drive learning, improvement, and positive outcomes for people affected by inequality. You’ll deliver the charity’s Impact Strategy, ensuring teams and stakeholders can make evidence-based decisions. Central to your role is co-production—working closely with communities, partners, and participants to shape and improve our work. As the in-house evaluation expert, you’ll make findings clear and actionable, empowering the team to create meaningful, lasting change.
JobPost: ISS STOXX: Sales Executive - Sustainability & Climate Solutions - French Markets (Paris)
JobPost: ISS STOXX: Sales Executive - Sustainability & Climate Solutions - French Markets (Paris)
ISS STOXX is looking for a Sustainability Sales Specialist to support our sales efforts across the French territories for our market leading suite of Responsible Investment Solutions including, Climate Data, Ratings & Rankings, Controversies, Impact & SDG’s and Regulatory Solutions. To succeed in this role, you will need to have a genuine interest in the area of Sustainable and Responsible investments, including all aspects of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) research and topics along with a financial background and demonstrated sales experience.
Carbon Performance Research Assistant, TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre)
Carbon Performance Research Assistant, TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre)
(https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/work-with-us)
The role will primarily be based within the Carbon Performance team, though you may also be asked to support other projects as required.
Carbon Performance assesses corporate progress towards a low-carbon economy. The team develops emissions pathways for companies across 12 high-emitting sectors and ensures these benchmarks align with the latest climate modelling. This data is used by investors to inform engagement strategies, assess portfolio alignment, and drive capital toward credible transition leaders.
Policy Analyst (Banking), TPI Global Climate Transition Centre
Policy Analyst (Banking), TPI Global Climate Transition Centre
(https://www.transitionpathwayinitiative.org/work-with-us)
JobPost: GSAM - Asset & Wealth Management, Sustainable Investing Group, Associate - New York
JobPost: GSAM - Asset & Wealth Management, Sustainable Investing Group, Associate - New York
(https://higher.gs.com/roles/143649)
This role is for the investment team within the Horizon Inclusive Growth Fund. The Horizon Inclusive Growth Fund is a growth-oriented, mid-market private equity strategy which seeks to invest in companies developing solutions addressing accessibility and affordability across Healthcare, Education & Workforce Development, and Financial Inclusion.
JobPst: State Street - Proxy Voting Strategy and Oversight, Assistant Vice President (London)
JobPst: State Street - Proxy Voting Strategy and Oversight, Assistant Vice President (London)
"Are you looking for a dynamic role where your analytical skills and attention to detail can shape global proxy voting strategies? Join a leading asset management team to enhance operational processes, engage with stakeholders, and deliver impactful reporting—all while enjoying a hybrid work model."
JobPost: S&P Global - Index Manager - Digital Assets & ESG Indices (AmDam)
JobPost: S&P Global - Index Manager - Digital Assets & ESG Indices (AmDam)
(https://careers.spglobal.com/jobs/320157?lang=en-us)
The Team: The role will be part of the Index Management and Production Group (“IMPG”) at S&P Global. The team is responsible for the production and management of a wide range of indices covering global options, equities, futures, fixed income, commodity, digital assets and economics indices. This specific role will focus on the management and oversight of Digital Asset and ESG Equity indices, ensuring the integrity and accuracy of the indices through thorough research and analysis.
JobPost: BMO - Associate or Vice President, Carbon Sales (various locations Can, close 30/10)
JobPost: BMO - Associate or Vice President, Carbon Sales (various locations Can, close 30/10)
We are seeking a dynamic and results-driven sales professional to join our Corporate Sales team, focusing on the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of carbon offsetting mechanisms, sustainability strategies, and environmental commodities. Experience with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) is highly desirable and will be considered a significant asset. This role involves identifying and developing new business opportunities, managing client relationships, and driving sales of carbon credits. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of VCM sales, strong analytical skills, and a passion for environmental markets.
JobPost: BlackRock - Investment Stewardship Associate (London)
JobPost: BlackRock - Investment Stewardship Associate (London)
(https://careers.blackrock.com/job/-/-/45831/86239969120?source=LinkedIn)
The role is based in London and the successful candidate will specialize in corporate governance, environmental, and social issues that impact company financial performance. The candidate will work with senior analysts covering several sectors across the EMEA markets for voting and engagement purposes and facilitate the overall development of team capabilities.
JobPost: Barclays - Sustainable Finance Business Manager - Strategy, London
JobPost: Barclays - Sustainable Finance Business Manager - Strategy, London
(https://search.jobs.barclays/job/-/-/13015/86435609136?src=JB-12860)
Join us at Barclays as a Business Manager in Sustainable Finance with a direct focus on strategy. You will be a key part of the Investment Banking Sustainable Finance Business Management team supporting the Global Head of Sustainable Finance to coordinate and support the development of the global strategy and key execution priorities for the Investment Bank. This will include preparing high quality executive level internal and external briefings. Additionally, you will manage cross-team collaboration to ensure the strategic objectives of the business area are met. In doing so, you will provide data led insights to aid these strategic decisions and act as a key entry point into the Sustainable Finance Management team for other central stakeholders across the Investment Bank.
JobPost: Citi - Environmental and Social Risk Management - Vice President (London)
JobPost: Citi - Environmental and Social Risk Management - Vice President (London)
The Environmental and Social Risk Management (ESRM) Vice President role for UK/EU is part of Citi’s Global Environmental and Social Risk Management team which sits within Citi’s Sustainability & ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) team.
JobPost: Schroders - Greencoat - Head of Sustainability FTC (11 months) London
JobPost: Schroders - Greencoat - Head of Sustainability FTC (11 months) London
Head of Sustainability - Maternity Cover
JobPost: Vanguard - ESG Investment Product Manager, Specialist (London - note close 27 Sep)
JobPost: Vanguard - ESG Investment Product Manager, Specialist (London - note close 27 Sep)
Be the subject matter expert on Vanguard’s ESG products. To provide product expertise to clients and crew with great depth of knowledge on ESG, across fixed income and equity. To be a partner to the distribution businesses and investment teams to ensure the health and commercial success of Vanguard’s ESG product range.
JobPost: UBS - Research - EMEA Head of Sustainability (London)
JobPost: UBS - Research - EMEA Head of Sustainability (London)
EMEA Head of ESG & Sustainability
• Franchise lead for the EMEA ESG & Sustainability team, responsible for delivering EMEA ESG product and client strategy.
• Produce high quality published product, and client access events.
• Close collaboration with the wider EMEA research team to deliver sustainability product with a stock or sector conclusion (in addition to dedicated team product).
• Work closely with the Global ESG & Sustainability team on coordinated global product.
JobPost: GIIN - Manager, Global Events (NYC)
JobPost: GIIN - Manager, Global Events (NYC)
(https://jobs.thegiin.org/job/7051/manager,-global-events/)
The Manager, Global Events will play a key role in the planning and execution of high-impact events that advance the GIIN’s mission and engage diverse stakeholders. This role involves end-to-end event management, from crafting speaker invitations logistics, marketing, and budget oversight. The ideal candidate is a detail-oriented project manager with strong writing and creative skills who thrives in a collaborative environment.
JobPost: Cushman & Wakefield - Associate - UK ESG Client Investor Manager (London)
JobPost: Cushman & Wakefield - Associate - UK ESG Client Investor Manager (London)
RFP/consulting; Stewardship/engagement; Strategy
JobPost: M&G - Business Analyst Team Lead - Sustainability (London, close 30 Sep)
JobPost: M&G - Business Analyst Team Lead - Sustainability (London, close 30 Sep)
Reporting (CSRD); Data/analytics; Strategy
JobPost: Adidas - Senior Director Sustainability (Germany)
JobPost: Adidas - Senior Director Sustainability (Germany)
As Senior Director Sustainability, you will play a critical role in defining the direction for Sustainability & ESG and you lead the execution of our environmental Sustainability program, ensure delivery against key KPIs and targets in close collaboration across all functions, such as Product Development & Sourcing, Brand, Supply Chain Management, Finance, HR, Sales, Own Operations and develop cross-functional direction, guidance and upskilling on company’s sustainability efforts. You will be responsible to ensure a successful contribution of the environmental program to the overall ESG performance of the company.
JobPost: Apex Group - Senior Sustainability Advisory – Carbon & Climate (London / Amsterdam)
JobPost: Apex Group - Senior Sustainability Advisory – Carbon & Climate (London / Amsterdam)
Assurance; Reporting; Consulting; Climate/transition finance
JobPost: BMO Capital Markets - Specialist, Data Management and Governance (Toronto, Canada, close 29 Sep))
JobPost: BMO Capital Markets - Specialist, Data Management and Governance (Toronto, Canada, close 29 Sep))
Drives operationalization and sustainability of mature data management practices with a focus on data governance.
JobPost: LSEG - Sustainable Investment Data Ops Team Lead (Gdynia, Poland)
JobPost: LSEG - Sustainable Investment Data Ops Team Lead (Gdynia, Poland)
Data/analytics; Reporting (SFDR/CSRD)
JobPost: EBRD - Principal, InvestEU – Financial and Economic Analysis (London, close 19 Sep)
JobPost: EBRD - Principal, InvestEU – Financial and Economic Analysis (London, close 19 Sep)
(https://jobs.ebrd.com/job/London-Principal%2C-Invest-EU/1244675501/)
Climate/transition finance; Investment research; Impact/SDG strategy; Data/analytics
JobPost: PRI - Senior Specialist, Programme Management CA100+ (12 Month Fixed Term Contract - Family Leave Cover)
JobPost: PRI - Senior Specialist, Programme Management CA100+ (12 Month Fixed Term Contract - Family Leave Cover)
(https://app.beapplied.com/apply/tst5ibscv9)
Employment Type Part 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 Senior
Closing: 8:00pm, 21st Sep 2025 BST
JobPost: Liverpool FC - Insights and Impact Manager - LFCF
JobPost: Liverpool FC - Insights and Impact Manager - LFCF
We have an exciting opportunity for an individual to join our Liverpool FC Foundation team as a Insights and Impact Manager.
You will be responsible for ensuring that the LFC Foundation can demonstrate the impact of its work to a wide range of stakeholders including staff, trustees, funders and the communities in which the Foundation operates.
The successful candidate will have demonstrable experience managing evaluation and research projects and extensive knowledge of using data systems such as Salesforce and Power Bi.You will be passionate and knowledgeable about different approaches and methods to obtain both quantitative and qualitative data.
JobPost: Barclays - Investment Banking – Sustainable Finance Performance and Climate Portfolio Management VP (London, close unknown)
JobPost: Barclays - Investment Banking – Sustainable Finance Performance and Climate Portfolio Management VP (London, close unknown)
(https://search.jobs.barclays/job/-/-/13015/85738115968?src=JB-12860)
JobPost: Franklin Templeton - Stewardship & Sustainability Analyst (London, close unknown)
JobPost: Franklin Templeton - Stewardship & Sustainability Analyst (London, close unknown)
JobPost: Franklin Templeton - Stewardship & Sustainability Analyst (London, close unknown)
JobPost: S&P Global - Senior Principal Analyst, Climate Risk and Opportunity (London, close unknown)
JobPost: S&P Global - Senior Principal Analyst, Climate Risk and Opportunity (London, close unknown)
(https://careers.spglobal.com/jobs/319163?lang=en-us&utm_source=linkedin)