In our latest article, we look at the role financial institutions can play in tackling modern slavery. We also share an update on our Find it, Fix it, Prevent it collaborative investor engagement programme which aims to use our leverage as investors to help companies find, fix, and prevent modern slavery in their supply chains.
Has ESG investing truly grasped the urgent need to drive change on the issues we face? In this article we look at how investors have a key role to play in working with the investment industry to ‘unthunk this ESG glunk’ and get real about driving positive and lasting change.
CCLA is clear on the imperative to act on climate change. It is critical for companies to act decisively in the next decade, to set out a transition plan to explain their decarbonisation plan and put such plans for AGM approval. We have written to FTSE all-share companies encouraging a transition plan vote, with overall positive responses. Transition plan votes have gained traction globally with a marked increase in resolutions in Europe and Australia year on year.
Protecting and promoting good workplace mental health is a business priority, relevant not only to a company’s duty of care to its employees but also to its bottom line. In this article, we look at why we believe that investors have a key role to play in supporting and encouraging companies to strengthen their approach to workplace mental health.
Good nutrition is fundamental to good health, yet humankind is experiencing a growing epidemic of diet-related ill health. This article explores how investors can play a crucial role in addressing this issue by engaging with companies on nutrition.
In the world of ESG investing, the G is often poorly understood yet governance is at the heart of delivering shareholder and stakeholder value. Poor corporate governance poses a substantial risk to the long-term performance of companies. This article explores whether good corporate governance is an indicator for good financial performance.
Much has been written in recent weeks on the ill-fated UK ‘fiscal event’ set out on 23 September and its impact on the value of sterling and the UK fixed interest markets. This article looks at how CCLA has managed the £3.5 billion of investments within its three Deposit Funds through this ‘once in a generation’ market turbulence and how the Funds will invest over the coming months.
Ensuring healthy lives and promoting wellbeing is important to building prosperous societies, because healthy people are the foundation of healthy economies. CCLA joined a coalition of investors to urge the government to review its national food strategy, because we believe that affordable and sustainable food systems are fundamental to support healthy communities.