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FTfm: Responsible Investing

Investors are realising that loss of biodiversity is as serious as climate change. Plus: activists see executive pay as tool to bring about change; asset funds warned of greenwashing; carbon credits being questioned as tool for net-zero goals; turmoil prompts supply chain audit

© Daniel Pudles

Biodiversity quickly rises up the ESG investing agenda
Species loss is now seen as a problem as big as climate change
ESG activists see executive pay as tool for raising standards
Payouts are increasingly tied to climate or diversity metrics
‘Green’ funds warned of hazardous grey areas
‘There’s so much in flux right now in terms of rules that everybody is probably a bit vulnerable’
Carbon credits face scrutiny as a corporate path to ‘net zero’
Product should only be used when other options exhausted, say proponents
European companies forced to take a closer look at supply chains
New laws and shortcomings of just-in-time logistics mean businesses pay more attention to due diligence
Fund targets transition for big industrial polluters
Brookfield’s $15bn climate-focused vehicle eyes businesses aiming to cut emissions