The Principles were intended to allay the concerns of recipient countries that sovereign investors were motivated by other than financial interests.

In this week's edition of Friday 5, Giles Gibbons giving the Good Business take on B Corp UK's revised criteria, sustainability in The Premier League, British Vogue's attempt to make #inclusivity a fashion must-have, and much more

A comprehensive briefing on the issues around water and the implications for investors

The church pension board plans to vote against Shell’s proposed green energy strategy and will instead back Follow This’ alternative proposals.

OECD says: Shifting only 3.7% of their assets towards sustainable activities in developing countries would be sufficient to fill the USD 3.7 trillion gap

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.