Aviva Investors presses portfolio firms to deliver 'robust and viable' climate transition plans

Top stewardship priorities

clock • 3 min read

Aviva Investors has today confirmed that the low carbon transition and reversing nature loss are among its top stewardship priorities for 2023.

The investor has called on companies in its portfolio to publish "robust and viable" climate transition plans in 2023, as the asset manager today set out accelerating the low carbon transition, reversing nature loss, and tackling the cost of living crisis as its three core stewardship priorities for the coming year. In its annual letter to the chairpersons of the 1,600 firms in its portfolio today, the £232bn asset manager warned against sacrificing long-term sustainability goals in response to near-term challenges posed by energy shocks, supply chain disruption, elevated inflation, and ...

To continue reading this article...

Join Investment Week for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the investment industry, including the Sustainable Hub covering fund news from the ESG space
  • Get ahead of regulatory and technological changes affecting fund management
  • Important and breaking news stories selected by the editors delivered straight to your inbox each day
  • Weekly members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from leading industry experts
  • Be the first to hear about our extensive events schedule and awards programmes

Join now

 

Already an Investment Week
member?

Login

More on ESG

'A new low': Government slammed as court rules climate plans are unlawful
ESG

'A new low': Government slammed as court rules climate plans are unlawful

High Court ruling

James Murray
clock 03 May 2024 • 4 min read
Bloomberg debuts fully customisable sustainable investment screening tool
ESG

Bloomberg debuts fully customisable sustainable investment screening tool

Available via Bloomberg terminal

Eve Maddock-Jones
clock 30 April 2024 • 1 min read
Inflows into Article 8 funds rebound after three quarters of outflows
ESG

Inflows into Article 8 funds rebound after three quarters of outflows

Article 9 funds bled nearly €4bn

Sorin-Andrei Dojan
clock 30 April 2024 • 1 min read
Trustpilot