Asset owners can’t afford to sidestep sustainability

AS MECHANISMS for ensuring a sustainable economy rise on the financial sector’s agenda, the role of asset owners, and the allocation of trillions of capital required in the transition are increasingly under scrutiny.

Pension funds and sovereign funds can play a pivotal role in steering investments through stewardship activities, scrutinising and benchmarking the targets of their portfolio and effectively holding them to account.

Nevertheless, key barriers persist for public funds in taking this role.