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Most read research buzzes
(550) MFS: Sustainability in Action: Defense as Resilience
MFS: Sustainability in Action: Defense as Resilience
In brief
- Rising geopolitical tensions and a renewed focus on national security have redirected capital toward tangible defense capabilities, particularly those powered by emerging technologies like drones and advanced propulsion systems.
- Defense stocks have historically been resilient, underpinned by long-term contracts and stable, government-backed cash flows. Increasingly, the sector is also being shaped by broader themes such as climate policy and industrial innovation.
- While many investors have traditionally excluded defense, a more nuanced approach is gaining traction—one that balances ethical considerations with the sector’s evolving strategic role and governments’ increased defense spending.
- Engagement, rather than exclusion, may offer a more constructive path forward. As with any capital cycle, this shift will create both opportunities and risks.
(511) Manulife: Human rights due diligence: managing investment risk & advancing inclusive growth
Manulife: Human rights due diligence: managing investment risk & advancing inclusive growth
In our view, robust human rights due diligence is a great step toward addressing inequalities—and managing both idiosyncratic and systemic risk.
It’s vital to recognize that in today’s interconnected global economy, human rights violations have become real investment risks—not just ethical concerns.
Investors increasingly face financial, legal, and reputational consequences when companies in their portfolios are linked to abuses, including regulatory penalties, consumer backlash, operational disruptions, and stakeholder pressure to divest.
(508) SLR: The business case for global health equity: The investor view
SLR: The business case for global health equity: The investor view
(https://cdn.sanity.io/files/b0ecix6u/production/5815368140ecc119b88f8ccef03a59e31a56bbef.pdf)
"Access to medicines and healthcare in low- and middle-income countries continues to be a challenge for large parts of the world’s population.
There are high expectations of large global pharmaceutical companies to engage in solving these challenges; not doing so can raise serious reputational risk. However, two perspectives remain underexplored in the current global health landscape.
- Firstly, the potential financial upside of company action on global health is less comprehensively investigated compared to the frequent focus on companies’ contributions to societal value creation.
- Secondly, despite a wide range of multistakeholder initiatives that enable dialogue and action on this important issue, the investor view is rarely isolated and examined.
SLR Consulting convened a group of investors to examine access to medicine through the lens of commercial opportunity."
(493) RepRisk: Supply chain risk exposure in fashion: a growing concern for responsible investors
RepRisk: Supply chain risk exposure in fashion: a growing concern for responsible investors
In the world of investment, fashion might not be the first sector that comes to mind when thinking about systemic risk. But beneath the surface of seasonal trends and glossy campaigns lies a complex and increasingly volatile supply chain landscape, one that’s becoming a material concern for asset managers.
RepRisk’s latest analysis of global supply chain risk reveals a sobering truth: reputational, regulatory, and operational risks are mounting, and they’re not confined to emerging markets or fringe players. They’re embedded in the operations of some of the world’s most prominent brands and they carry direct implications for financial institutions.
(491) Various Authors: Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy's Big Emissions
Various Authors: Roasting the Planet: Big Meat and Dairy's Big Emissions
(https://profundo.nl/projects/roasting-the-planet-big-meat-and-dairy-s-big-emissions-/)
This report presents the latest global assessment of the meat and dairy industry's outsized climate impacts, estimating the greenhouse gas emisions generated by 45 of the world's major meat and dairy processing companies in 2023/22.
Together, these companies emitted an estimated 1.02 billion tonnes CO₂-equivalent — making them, if treated as a single country, the ninth-largest emitter in the world, with combined emissions exceeding those reported for Saudi Arabia.
Their methane emissions alone are estimated to surpass those reported for all EU-27 countries plus the UK combined. Just five firms — JBS, Marfrig, Tyson, Minerva and Cargill — account for nearly half (47%) of the total, emitting an estimated 480 MtCO₂-eq, more than reported for Chevron, Shell or BP. JBS, identified as the highest-emitting meat company, accounts for almost one quarter (24%) of total estimated emissions across the 45 companies; previous analyses have found its methane footprint alone to exceed that reported for ExxonMobil and Shell combined.
(488) Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030: 10 year vision and recommendations
Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030: 10 year vision and recommendations
(https://mining2030.org/resources/vision-and-recommendations/)
The Global Investor Commission on Mining 2030 is pleased to release its 10-Year Vision and Recommendations for public consultation. The Vision and Recommendations are the product of extensive deliberations by seven thematic Working Groups, the Commission itself, and broad multi-stakeholder engagement. In addition to the overarching Vision and Recommendations, the Commission has also drafted Investor Expectations for mining companies, mineral value chain companies, and for stakeholder engagement and benefit sharing.
As we move into the next phase of our work, we are seeking feedback from all stakeholders — including investors, mining companies, civil society, governments, and community representatives — on (a) the priorities for action, (b) the role that individual stakeholders might play in turning the Commission’s Vision and Recommendations into reality.
The Commission is inviting stakeholders to comment and share feedback on its outputs. Stakeholders can share their feedback directly with the Commission secretariat from November 2025 to early February 2026.
Please refer to the consultation page.
To contact the Secretariat, or if you have any questions about the consultation please contact us.
(479) Profundo, Oxfam: Financing Critical Minerals but Failing Critical Safeguards
Profundo, Oxfam: Financing Critical Minerals but Failing Critical Safeguards
(https://profundo.nl/projects/financing-critical-minerals-but-failing-critical-safeguards/)
Are banks and investors doing enough to ensure the energy transition is fair for all?
As the global energy transition accelerates, the demand for critical minerals, such as lithium, copper, nickel, graphite and cobalt is surging. These minerals are vital for batteries, electric vehicles, renewable power systems and high-tech applications. However, this report by Fair Finance International, Oxfam and Profundo uncovers a stark contradiction: while banks and investors funnel billions into critical mineral producers, many operate without robust environmental, social and governance safeguards.
Drawing on case studies from Brazil, Peru, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the research reveals widespread impacts including biodiversity loss, water-contamination, labour-rights violations, and weak community consultation.
The report also focuses on eight of the largest EU-based financial institutions and examines their financing flows into critical-minerals producers, alongside regulatory frameworks like the EU Critical Raw Materials Act, Batteries Regulation and Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation. It finds significant gaps, from policy to implementation, and calls on financiers and policymakers alike to act: adopt transparent due-diligence policies, integrate human-rights protections into finance, set exclusion criteria for high-risk mining projects and ensure local communities benefit.
(472) IRENA: Global landscape of energy transition finance 2025
IRENA: Global landscape of energy transition finance 2025
(https://www.irena.org/Publications/2025/Nov/Global-landscape-of-energy-transition-finance-2025)
Global investments in the energy transition reached a new record of USD 2.4 trillion in 2024 – a 20% increase from the average annual levels of 2022 and 2023. Despite annual investments more than doubling since 2019, they remain concentrated in advanced economies and China, leaving most emerging and developing countries behind.
Investments also remain well below what is needed to achieve the 1.5°C Scenario in IRENA’s World energy transitions outlook 2024 and the 2025 Delivering on the UAE Consensus report.
About one-third of investment in 2024 was directed towards renewable energy technologies, pushing renewable energy investment to USD 807 billion. Despite this milestone, year-on-year growth of renewables slowed significantly, with annual investments increasing by 7.3% in 2024, compared to 32% the year before.
The report reveals that most investment is provided at market rate debt and equity, with grants accounting for less than 1%. There is therefore an urgent need to mobilise investments – particularly impact-driven capital such as low-cost debt and grants – to maintain the momentum of the energy transition whilst avoiding exacerbating debt burdens.
(471) Standard Chartered: Carbon markets: Fluff or a concrete opportunity?
Standard Chartered: Carbon markets: Fluff or a concrete opportunity?
Carbon markets will play a significant role in delivering global net zero. This was stressed by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its April 2022 report on mitigating climate change, which noted that, “The deployment of carbon dioxide markets to counterbalance hard-to-abate residual emissions is unavoidable if net zero emissions are to be achieved.”
This InvesTips document covers:
- What are carbon markets?
- Current trends in carbon markets
- Why revisit carbon markets
- How can investors participate?
- What are the key risks and considerations?
- How to manage risk with carbon derivatives?
- How is technology reshaping carbon markets?
(446) Planet Tracker: Methane Matters
Planet Tracker: Methane Matters
Methane has more than 80 times the warming effect of CO2 over a 20-year period and is responsible for 30% of global warming since the industrial revolution. This report calculates the methane footprint and analyses the targets and reduction plans of 52 of the world’s largest meat, dairy and rice companies.
Only seven out of these 52 companies provide methane emissions disclosure, and just one company – Danone – has a specific target to reduce its methane emissions. By raising the bar on disclosure, target setting and abatement planning, financial institutions can protect long-term value by reducing climate, transition, reputational and regulatory risks in global food and agriculture supply chains.
Most viewed job posts
(1665) JobPost M&G - ESG Analyst (London | close 10 Nov)
JobPost M&G - ESG Analyst (London | close 10 Nov)
The M&G plc Life Investment Office (LIO) is responsible for the management of M&G Life’s With-Profits, Annuity and Unit-Linked funds, with more than £150bn of funds under management. LIO works closely with the various asset management businesses within the M&G plc Group, and other external managers, to structure multi-asset portfolios aligned with the investment objectives of our clients. The ESG & Regulatory team devises ESG policy and investment strategy at the asset owner level, and drives these into portfolio allocations, benchmarks and positions. This ESG Analyst role has a social focus, and would be responsible for supporting the ESG Manager with a similar social focus.
(1591) JobPost: Sustainable Fitch - Analyst (Financial Institutions) (London)
JobPost: Sustainable Fitch - Analyst (Financial Institutions) (London)
We’ll Count on You To:
Understand and apply Sustainable Fitch’s analytical methodologies and become familiar with the company’s approach to assessing the sustainability impact associated with a broad range of business activities.
Carry out and deliver high-quality, timely, focused written analysis on a suite of products related to the sustainability characteristics and performance of entities and debt issuances. Output should be supported by well-construed arguments, backed by verified factual data.
Keep up to date with sustainability trends globally, both regulatory and sector specific.
Interact with colleagues globally to leverage knowledge, gain international experience and establish good working relationships.(1576) JobPost: Climate Bonds Initiative - Global Head of Resilience Finance (UK/remote)
JobPost: Climate Bonds Initiative - Global Head of Resilience Finance (UK/remote)
The Global Head of Resilience is responsible for driving forward the resilience programme with a goal to align investor and government finance with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, building in resilience to climate impacts.
(1557) JobPost: Schroders - ESG Advisory and Integration – Analyst (London)
JobPost: Schroders - ESG Advisory and Integration – Analyst (London)
What you'll do
Develop and maintain positive relations with members of client group, investment teams as well as other supporting stakeholders such as marketing, compliance, legal etc.
Write, update and maintain sustainable investment language and data in the firmwide RFP database.
Manage and support sustainable investment reporting (e.g. quarterly SI reports, firmwide PRI submission)
Support the team in delivering insights on strategy (e.g. peer analysis, client insights, integration insights)
Support management of regulatory processes within the team
Support team with inbox, intranet and internal system management.(1520) JobPost: ISS - Investment Stewardship Product Manager (London)
JobPost: ISS - Investment Stewardship Product Manager (London)
We are looking to hire a Product Manager to support ongoing product management and the development of new enhancements and solutions for our Governance Research product line. The position reports to the Governance Research product lead.
(1502) JobPost: American Express - ESG & Sustainability Manager (NYC)
JobPost: American Express - ESG & Sustainability Manager (NYC)
(https://aexp.eightfold.ai/careers/job/38635553?hl=en&utm_source=linkedin&domain=aexp.com)
Reporting to the Director of GREWE ESG & Workplace Sustainability the ESG Manager will be responsible for supporting company-wide sustainability ESG reporting and compliance initiatives. In this role you will partner with key stakeholders including teams within GREWE, corporate sustainability, controllership, internal & external audit, legal, risk, technology, and Amex senior leadership.
(1467) JobPost: S&P Global: Sales Director, Energy Transition & Sustainability Solutions (Financial Institutions) (London)
JobPost: S&P Global: Sales Director, Energy Transition & Sustainability Solutions (Financial Institutions) (London)
(https://careers.spglobal.com/jobs/321021?lang=en-us&utm_source=linkedin)
This position plays a pivotal role in managing and enhancing the penetration of our Energy Transition, Sustainability and Services (ETSS) offerings into the financial segment in Europe, reporting to the Head of Europe Financial Institutions (FI) segment.
The focus is on identifying the persona-specific pain points and needs of clients; understanding how the S&P products meet these needs in order to deliver high-quality energy transition & sustainability solutions to FI clients; coordination and collaboration across teams to drive market penetration strategies that enhance the value and appeal of our Energy Transition products to FI clients.
(1458) JobPost: EY - Senior Manager, Climate Risk (London)
JobPost: EY - Senior Manager, Climate Risk (London)
EY is looking for a senior manager to join our Sustainable Finance team within the Financial Services Risk Management (FSRM) practice, to help the banking and capital markets industry respond to the fast-developing and growing climate risk and sustainable finance agenda – including managing the risks and opportunities from an accelerating transition, responding to new regulation, adapting products and services, and improving transparency and disclosures.
(1443) JobPosts: 4 new @ PRI (Various locations and close dates)
JobPosts: 4 new @ PRI (Various locations and close dates)
(1440) JobPost: Munich Re - ESG Underwriting Analyst (London)
JobPost: Munich Re - ESG Underwriting Analyst (London)
(https://careerstore.munichre.com/job/London-ESG-Underwriting-Analyst-LND/1329785755/)
The ESG Underwriting Analyst will play a key role in embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations into the underwriting process MRS-GM. This role supports our commitment to sustainable and responsible underwriting, aligning with both Group-wide ESG policies and Lloyd’s market requirements. The analyst forms an integral part of the support framework with underwriting teams, Group and GSI functions, and other stakeholders, ensuring ESG considerations are integrated into business decision-making, reporting and governance frameworks.
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