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Responsible-investing trailblazer awarded Order of Canada

Corporate Knights

I first met Moira Hutchinson in 1987 when I was working on the first of my series of books on responsible investment. She was generous with her time and provided a wealth of insight into “ethical investing,” as responsible investing was known then. . And what can investors do about it?

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UK Shareholder Actions over ‘Greenwashing’ Likely to Grow

Chris Hall

Shareholder claims over ‘greenwashing’ are likely to grow in the UK as companies face increasing pressure from regulators and investors to publish ESG disclosures in their market-facing information. For a s90A claim to succeed, the published information must contain a misleading statement or dishonest omission.

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The Difference Between ESG and SRI, and How They Impact Investing

3BL Media

Pacifists may choose not to invest in companies that manufacture weapons. Environmentalists may choose to invest in companies that produce durable products from natural materials. Terms like sustainable investing, impact investing, and ethical investing were used to describe this activity.

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ICYMI, ESG Investing is Growing up in Public

Chris Hall

As Impax CEO Ian Simm said recently, attempts to define ESG investing have always been hard due to its dual heritage across ethical investing and risk management. The latter are also working to enhance investor access to reliable, verifiable data from corporates , while cracking down on greenwashing.