Four core principles and two companies compared: RLAM's George Crowdy on sustainability

Four core principles

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George Crowdy summed up Royal London Asset Management's sustainable investing approach at PA's ESG Masterclass last month and, here, Cherry Reynard sifts through his key points and the firm's processes...

Sustainability has come to mean many different things to many different investors and the definition continues to evolve. RLAM started on the sustainability path in the 1990s, long before it was fashionable. Its thinking has evolved, however, and it remains at the vanguard of the industry in developing sustainable strategies. For RLAM, sustainable investing seeks to include rather than exclude, looking for companies that, according to George Crowdy, fund manager on the sustainable investments team, "provide a net benefit to society, both in terms of what they do and how they conduct thei...

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