In this week's edition of Friday 5, Giles Gibbons gives the Good Business take on fair pay, The Body Shop's 'open hiring' policy, Condé Nast Traveller 's A-Z of sustainable travel, and much more.

How have institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds positioned their portfolios for 2023? And what are the emerging themes that will likely drive portfolio positioning?

Google CEO, Sundar Pichai, has also warned about AI, stating that "It can be very harmful if deployed wrongly … and the technology is moving fast", 

Investors need to understand how and why to invest in solutions that address the global challenge. Hearts, minds and funds are all pieces in the jigsaw.

Join Paul O’Brien, of Wyoming Retirement Fund in discussion with Katharine Preston of OMERS to tease apart the challenges versus opportunities of ESG investing on June 28

A critical gathering of LP’s, GP’s, Advisors and Market Makers focussed on Collaboration, Innovation & Leadership is back!. Def a don’t miss event

Live from New York - June 28th 2023

Allen & Overy, 1221 6th Ave

Tickets here

Steve Howard leads the sustainability effort at Ikea, helping IKEA the low-price-furniture giant to bring sustainable products to millions of people whilst also being Vice Chair Sustainability at Temasek

The global economy is at a crossroads – with careful planning and decisive action, 2023 could be an inflection point in our journey towards a #greener, more #sustainable future.

#assetmanagers #fundowners #pensionfunds

LP’s, GP’s, Influencers & Regulators gather together in NY

Date: Weds 28th June 2023

Location: Allen & Overy, 1221 6th Avenue, NY

Friday 5 from Giles Gibbons: Perhaps the progressive nature of the mission invites harsher criticism when consumers feel let down.

Using Gold nanoparticles as part of biomedical engineering allows cancer treatments to be delivered much more precisely to the source of tumours and drastically reducing the side effects with much better clinical outcomes.

This analysis clearly shows that the concept of using a ‘Tinder-like’ approach to match potential investors with opportunities in emerging markets has great potential. 

Compounding crises in energy security, affordability, and resilience make it more urgent than ever to identify and address the barriers to accelerating transition of the power sector.

Super.com continues to expand the ways in which it can help their customers save money. The company will be scaling product and engineering resources to meet demand for multiple features that customers are asking for within the super app.

The World Bank says solutions to ensure that public and private markets complement each other will see companies and investors getting the best of both worlds.

Katherine Preston from OMERS, Kevin Mahn Media Influencer and President of Hennion & Walsh join Lane Jost of US Edelman to tease out the financing needs for decarbonisation and infrastructure improvements.

If your bank ignores your plea, consider switching to a bank that doesn’t invest in fossil fuels. Bank.Green offers a directory of the best banks in your area; helping pave your way to becoming a climate-conscious consumer.

What’s the true colour of money? Blue finance and investment. There is a major opportunity to bring innovation to blue finance and it must be seized.

The Biden administration aims to halve emissions by 2030 and hit net-zero emissions by 2050. These fast-approaching deadlines mean that the next few years are critical for redrawing the energy landscape.

Jeremy Hunt “My concern is that Pensioners and future Pensioners are not getting the returns they could expect” And risk Mr Hunt, what about risk?