I’m old enough to remember the song “Smoke get’s in your eyes” Yes, that was a real song title children. It also gets everywhere else and while vaping may have some advantages, it’s not 100% harmless.

The Wei Forward Report II draws together industry and academic insight from financial experts to provide recommendations as to encourage capital allocation to impact investing. Calling for a radical rethink of the impactful investing policy framework, the Wei Forward Report II aims to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative science and technology-based solutions to meet environmental and social challenges.

Reframing the futureHow investors are rethinking markets, reallocating portfolios and responsibly investing amid dramatic shifts in the macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape

The enormous importance of Sovereign Wealth Funds may not be forefront of the average persons mind, but given their powerful impact on markets, pensions and returns as a whole, perhaps they should be?

The International Forum of Sovereign Wealth Funds (IFSWF) is a voluntary organisation of global sovereign wealth funds committed to promoting good governance and investment management practices through dialogue, research and self-assessment.

It’s clear that in-person, virtual, and hybrid conferences all have pros and cons. In the end though, the point of such events is to share insights that get used – and for this to succeed, there really is no substitute for being in a room together.

“This years report shows that Governments are prioritising direct carbon pricing policies to reduce emissions even in difficult economic times” says the World Bank

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.

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