Only 55% and 49% of surveyed Singapore and Hong Kong executives believe their companies do a good job in disclosing ESG metrics, according to a survey…
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
Wealth & Society : ESG
It is largely accepted that gender diversity in business equates to good corporate governance – but for investors, it is fast becoming a corporate requirement.
Amid the pandemic-inflicted downturn, the real value of firms is under the spotlight. Adrian de Groot Ruiz, executive director of Impact Institute, explains…
Despite net fund flows into sustainable funds in Europe nearly five times higher than in the US, the trend towards sustainable assets are in line in both…
As the bank positions itself at the forefront of sustainable investing with a new $75 billion pledge, Rahul Sheth, Standard Chartered executive director…
The center of debate has shifted from whether impact investing can match the returns of traditional investing, to whether asset owners are willing and…
Hong Kong-based fintech MioTech is using algorithm-driven AI and machine learning to find and provide structure to ESG data in China.
An academic at heart, John Milligan-Whyte’s passion is finding problems and solving them in market-led sustainable ways no matter where they are or how…
New regulatory proposals by the EU and China will further add to the material risks investors and market participants are currently facing, which include…
As a leader and advocate of the ‘business-social’ system of governance, Thippaporn Ahriyavraromp, group CEO of business group DTGO in Thailand, fosters…
TBLI Group is aiming to maximise investment flows into sustainable initiatives. In an interview with Wealth and Society, its chairman, Robert Rubinstein,…
Chairman and founder of TBLI Group, Robert Rubinstein, breaks down the misconceptions over impact investing and ESG integration and shares his expertise…
From corporate governance and board composition to loan portfolio credit quality, new approaches utilising passive and active steps are driving the change…
While the focus on sustainable investing enables deeper engagement with clients, it also requires a very different conversation and the bank has had to…
Zahra Darvishi, spoke at the Wealth and Society 2018 United Kingdom, about the underrepresented communities such as women and the millennial generation…
Ruth Shapiro, founder and chief executive of Hong Kong-based Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society discusses the development of philanthropy in Asia…