White Marble Sustainability
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The recent Financial Services Forum posed the following question: ‘Is ESG still fit for purpose?’ By the end of the morning, the overarching consensus seemed to be “no”. That is not to say ESG is not fit for purpose from an investment perspective – rather from a marketing one. The reason for this is actually quite simple…
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It’s that time of year again… spring has sprung (in some places more than others), the end of the tax year has been and gone, and many of our clients are working full throttle on submissions to the FRC to obtain UK stewardship signatory status. We have provided consultancy to a raft of asset managers…
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COP15 drew to a close earlier this week. The conference culminated in a groundbreaking biodiversity agreement that outlined ambitions to conserve 30% of the planet for nature and restore 30% of the planet’s degraded water-based ecosystems by 2030, as well as reform £410 billion of environmentally damaging incentives and subsidies. The framework addresses a number…
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At the beginning of this year, we worked with MainStreet Partners to produce the first ESG Barometer: an unbiased analysis of the ESG fund and ETF landscape. Easy-to-understand and consistent sustainability ratings are notoriously hard to find. The ESG Barometer aims to bring clarity to this situation. Updated annually, the report will aid investors in navigating the…
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In July 2021, we were delighted to be back hosting an in-person event in the City of London. Together with tml Partners, we held an ESG round table event for marketing leaders in investment management. The ESG round table event served as a forum for attendees to discuss the approaches and challenges they are facing. …
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Over the past few years, we have seen companies put greater focus on diversity and inclusion (D&I) initiatives. It makes business sense: organisations that focus on D&I are 1.6x more likely to understand its customers, have higher profitability and are 21% more likely to outperform less diverse peers [1][2]. To help our businesses achieve this,…