ESG

Back in the 70s, Marty Lipton was a lone voice crying out in the wilderness. Now he’s joined by many others: Klaus Schwab, Just Capital, and the Business Roundtable. They’re all urging a shift from shareholder primacy to a new model of stakeholder capitalism.

The New York State Common Retirement Fund put $800 million in sustainable fixed-income strategies this year, including sustainable private credit and green bonds, a rare big bet on debt in the equity-dominated market for responsible investing.

These notable podcasts all offer regular episodes that inform, inspire, and energize business leaders in their daily quest to do right by their stakeholders.

Today, State Street CEO Cyrus Taraporevala announced that they would be using their proxy voting power to ensure companies were identifying material ESG issues.

EPFR, Informa Financial Intelligence, released a staggering chart this week, showing that as wider equity markets have lost investment, ESG funds have only seen their investment levels increase.

This month, Argus Research published a white paper featuring their incorporation of JUST Capital’s company ranking and scoring methodology into their Sustainable Impact Investing Trust

Environmental, social and governance funds hit the $1tn asset mark last year.

These funds are often overweight tech stocks and less invested in energy, which is giving them a boost.

On Tuesday December 5th, JUST CEO Martin Whittaker sat down with Carol Massar at Bloomberg’s Responsible Investing Forum to discuss what it means to build a purpose-driven company.