{"id":23574,"date":"2018-12-31T18:42:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-31T23:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/?p=23574"},"modified":"2020-01-03T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T19:45:10","slug":"uk-leads-europe-in-sustainable-and-responsible-investment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/uk-leads-europe-in-sustainable-and-responsible-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Leads Europe in Sustainable and Responsible Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"landing-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/test.greenmoney.com\/2025\/january-issue-2019\/\"> &gt;&gt; Back to January 2019<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>New Eurosif Study Highlights:<\/h2>\n<p>\u2022 UKSIF welcomes rapid growth in key sustainable investing strategies<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Integrating environmental, social and governance factors into investment decisions has grown by 76% in the UK compared with 60% in Europe overall.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u20ac2.2 trillion of UK assets exclude harmful industries such as tobacco and arms second only to Switzerland (\u20ac2.3trn)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The largest single style\/country combination is engagement and voting in the UK which is practiced in respect of \u20ac2.84trn<\/p>\n<p>The UK is the frontrunner in Europe for sustainable and responsible investment (\u2018SRI\u2019) according to data published in November 2018 by Eurosif, Europe\u2019s sustainable and responsible investment membership organization.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/212189234\/inarticle --><\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1622053269469-0' class=\"ad-float-left\"><script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1622053269469-0'); });\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Eurosif found that across Europe more investors are considering environmental, social and governance factors (\u2018ESG\u2019) when taking investment decisions, and that this practice is particularly well developed in the UK. For instance, \u2018ESG integration\u2019, the policy of actively considering the impact of environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions has grown by 76% in the UK compared with 60% in Europe overall.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Howard, CEO of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association said: <em>\u201cThis data will come as no surprise to those who know UK sustainable finance. The drive and innovative flair of the UK\u2019s experts in this area is clear.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;The study confirms the irresistible logic of sustainable investment: that money should be managed considering risks such as climate change, and exploiting positive trends such as recycling.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cUKSIF and its members have pushed this issue up the political agenda, and Government and regulators are now pursuing a policy environment that pushes investment to areas where, as this report shows, the UK has outstanding skills.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The news comes as the UK\u2019s Government and regulators step up efforts to manage ESG risks and promote sustainable finance. Recently UK Government changed pension regulations to require schemes to consider ESG factors. The UK\u2019s Prudential Regulation Authority is consulting on requiring banks and insurers to identify a senior executive to take charge of managing climate change risks, and the Financial Conduct Authority is consulting on measures to boost green finance products and improve the management of climate-related financial risks.<\/p>\n<h2>About the Research<\/h2>\n<p>The study is Eurosif\u2019s eighth biennial look at the state of European sustainable and responsible investment (\u201cSRI\u201d). The data suggests the UK is the leading European market:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 \u2018ESG integration\u2019, the practice of actively considering the impact of environmental, social and governance factors in investing decisions, is the fastest growing style of SRI in the UK and Europe. Between 2015 and 2017 UK growth was 76%, compared with 60% in Europe. The UK manages \u20ac2.0 trillion of assets in this way, more than twice the quantum in the second country, Germany<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/212189234\/InArticle002 --><\/p>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1622053479374-0' class=\"ad-float-left\"><script>\ngoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1622053479374-0'); });\n<\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u2022 \u20ac2.84 trillion of UK managed assets are voted at annual general meetings on sustainability grounds. This is the largest sum practicing a single strategy in any single country in the study. From an already high base in 2015, the practice grew in the UK by 11% to 2017<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 The UK manages \u20ac2.2 trillion of assets using exclusions, the practice of excluding selected types of business (e.g. alcohol or tobacco) from investment portfolios. This total is second only to Switzerland (\u20ac2.3 trn)<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Whilst country totals for assets can\u2019t be produced for methodological reasons, the size of the UK\u2019s position in ESG integration, voting and exclusions makes it almost certain that the UK is Europe\u2019s largest market for SRI by some margin<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About the changes to pension regulations, see &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/uksif.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DWP-Investor-Duty-FINAL2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/uksif.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DWP-Investor-Duty-FINAL2.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Prudential Regulation Authority\u2019s consultation \u2018Enhancing banks\u2019 and insurers\u2019 approaches to managing the financial risks from climate change\u2019 is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofengland.co.uk\/-\/media\/boe\/files\/prudential-regulation\/consultation-paper\/2018\/cp2318.pdf?la=en&amp;hash=8663D2D47A725C395F71FD5688E5667399C48E08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Financial Conduct Authority\u2019s discussion paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fca.org.uk\/publication\/discussion\/dp18-08.pdf\">\u2018<strong>Climate Change and Green Finance<\/strong>\u2019 is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About Eurosif<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Eurosif is the leading pan-European sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) membership organization. Eurosif works as a partnership of Sustainable Investment Forums (SIFs) from the UK, France, Germany, Holland, Italy and Spain. SIF members include institutional investors, asset managers, financial services, index providers and ESG research and analysis firms. For more information about Eurosif, please visit &#8211; <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurosif.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>http:\/\/www.eurosif.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>About UKSIF<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>We are a membership organization for those in the finance industry committed to growing sustainable and responsible finance in the UK.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Our vision is a fair, inclusive and sustainable financial system that works for the benefit of society and the environment. UKSIF was created in 1991 and has 240+ members and affiliates include financial advisers, institutional and retail fund managers, pension funds, banks, research providers, consultants and NGOs. For more information about UKSIF, please visit &#8211; <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/uksif.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>http:\/\/uksif.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Contact:\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><em>Simon Howard, Chief Executive, 020 7749 9950, <\/em><a href=\"mailto:info@uksif.org\"><em>info@uksif.org<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Kingdom is the frontrunner in Europe for sustainable and responsible investment (\u2018SRI\u2019) according to data published in November 2018 by Eurosif, Europe\u2019s sustainable and responsible investment membership organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[259,118],"tags":[125,135,136,134],"class_list":["post-23574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-january-2019-us-sif","category-uncategorized","tag-additional-articles","tag-energy-climate","tag-impact-investing","tag-sustainable-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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