We explore the key emerging ESG-related themes for 2025.

Could investor dialogue with companies on Japanese corporate governance reforms uncover investment opportunities?

We assess the impact and effectiveness of recent corporate governance reforms in Japan.

Modernizing parental leave could help drive a more gender-balanced economy.

Discover how one company is swarming the food industry with a six-legged new ingredient.

The role of investment trusts in portfolios, and how we engage to help improve alignment with their shareholders.

Regulators and platforms may benefit from adapting to worker concerns.

We summarise some of the most important issues discussed at the PRI in Person conference in Japan.

Artificial intelligence (AI) technology, if harnessed appropriately, could unlock a myriad of opportunities for economic and social progress.

We outline the main areas of development needed to better understand biodiversity as it relates to investments.

As Plastic Free July continues, we assess opportunities around reducing the environmental impact of plastic and packaging waste.

How investor stewardship on biodiversity can deliver real-world outcomes, and the importance of action by policymakers and sovereigns.

What is biochar, and how could it help in addressing carbon emissions?

We examine the potential benefits and challenges of the emerging cultivated-meat industry.

How will looming big tech regulations change the way online platforms operate?

We outline the importance of carbon offset markets, why they need to be improved, and related investment considerations.

We examine the value of taking a gender-lens approach to economic and investment decision-making.

The industry takes on the challenge.

We discuss the role of data in biodiversity and the complexity of measuring impact.

We explore the investment implications and financial materiality of biodiversity.

We participated in the Council of Institutional Investors’ spring conference, Governance as the Linchpin: The “G” Is Key.

We investigate how a US forced-labor law targeting China is affecting US supply chains.

Why the financial industry has a key role to play in supporting and enhancing biodiversity

How is a US forced labor law aimed at China causing a logjam of goods in US ports?

What is the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act and what does it mean for investors?

We share our key learnings from a recent visit to a vertical farm.

We discuss the potential of nuclear energy and how it may fit into the global energy transition.

In our latest Double Take podcast, we explore nuclear power and its potential as a clean energy alternative.

With, as yet, no definitive evidence that greater diversity leads to improved financial performance, we outline our approach.

Why climate change is not just an environmental issue.