2019 is off to another strong start for ESG despite total ESG equity assets shrinking in Q4 2018 along with the volatile market. Investors will continue to pressure companies to increase transparency beyond the traditional metrics and into more granular detail such as the board’s role in overseeing company culture and the skills present to ensure effective oversight of these factors At the same time, investors are increasingly forming collaborations on topics across the ESG s

Learn the top questions ESG investors will be asking you in 2018 and how you can lead this dialogue. Please email us for a copy of the full study: support@leadersarena.global Open and constructive dialogue with companies is important for investors to gather information and make informed decisions, and for companies to hear investor perspectives and to educate investors on their efforts. Investor engagement priorities have evolved over time. Leaders Arena reached out to some o

Norges Bank Investment Management’s Environmental, Social and Governance Integration & Key Priorities for Investor Relations in 2018 Leaders Arena is happy to provide its second annual summary of the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment priorities for Norges Bank Investment Management’s (NBIM) from its February 2018 Responsible Investment report. We hope Investor Relations, Communication and CSR officers will find these insights useful as a quick policy upda

Norges Bank Investment Management’s Environmental, Social and Governance Integration / Key Insights for Investor Relations in 2017 With over USD 544bn invested across 9,000 companies globally, the largest Responsible Investor (RI) in the equity market has recently published its annual RI review. We consider this summary a must-read for ALL IROs as Norges Bank Investment Management’s (NBIM) evolving ESG policies will impact most Investor Relations (IR) teams and corporate comm

Communicating corporate sustainability performance and strategy with investors is quickly becoming an essential part of the roles of senior executives and IROs Two thirds of companies believe their firm’s ESG performance matters to investors, according to a recent global study of 500 publicly listed companies. Information on CO2 emissions, climate change risks, executive compensation or health and safety standards in the supply chain – to list just a few – are being monitored

Climate change campaigners have welcomed the recent decision from AMP Capital, a Sydney-based asset manager with US$30bn equity assets under management, to exclude companies with a material exposure to the most intensive fossil fuels from its Responsible Investment Leaders (RIL) fund range. The investor reacted to client demand by amending the funds’ charter to ensure they avoid firms with more than 20% exposure to a range of fossil fuel factors. According to recent models de