SIF 2022: 'Advisers need to push for change'

Damien Lardoux, head of impact investing at EQ Investors, called on advisers to study the available information and ask more questions of fund managers. He brought up the recent Net Zero Asset Managers initiative - which saw many in the asset management industry commit to a goal of net zero emissions - as an example of where to look. "Not many people looked under the bonnets. How much of the assets are they actually aligning to net zero? The spread is between 3% to 100%. Obviously, the people that had 80%-100% aligned to net zero, they were walking the talk. But those that were part of t...