Commentary

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The EU's Shareholder Rights Directive (SRD) has set the benchmark but the framework needs strengthening, writes Ilia Bekou.
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Investors must move away from a top-down, target-setting approach to decarbonisation, write Tom Gosling and Hans-Christoph Hirt.
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ESG backlash headlines and less prominent disclosures mask tangible progress, writes Katie Frame.
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Sustainable investment has gone mainstream but grown too cautious. The industry needs harder questions and honest self-assessment, write Rory Sullivan and Richard Perkins.
Proposed reforms to the EU's greenwashing rules have a 'blind spot' on social issues, write Signe Andreasen Lysgaard and Ioana Tuta.
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Some strategies designed to reduce climate transition risk are falling short, writes RIโ€™s guest columnist.
Geopolitics and political risk have become more relevant than ever to financial markets in 2026. Interstate and civil wars, surging civil unrest, intensifying strategic confrontation between the US and China and the reshaping of global trade and capital flows are once again top of mind for asset owners and managers. They are additionally important to [โ€ฆ]
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Divorcing voting from wider investment practice cheapens the stewardship process, writes James Corah.
Revised anti-greenwashing fund regime will exclude energy and utility firms crucial to a clean future, writes Anyve Arakelijan.
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Ensuring AIโ€‘generated signals are reliable and auditable is a governance issue, writes Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon.
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