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Field Notes: This Chinese dairy company is taking a grass-roots approach to reclaiming deserts
Deep in northern China, a dairy producer discovers that reclaiming desert land helps it build a more robust and sustainable business.
Wild for sound: how new research is plugging biodiversity’s data deficit
We follow a team of researchers into the jungles of Borneo to learn how sound recordings could help investors and companies better assess biodiversity risks.
Rich Pickings podcast: Preparing portfolios for climate risk
What impact will climate change have on portfolios?
Chart Room: EVs plug into the mainstream in China
Chart Room: EVs plug into the mainstream in China
How to be biodiversified
The world is waking up to the threat to biodiversity and natural capital and investors have a crucial role to play in the fight to maintain vital ecosystems.
Active ownership at Fidelity
Active ownership is at the core of Fidelity’s sustainable investing approach. Our Sustainable Investing Report shows our recent engagement and voting activity.
Rich Pickings podcast: The ESG questions raised by the Russia-Ukraine war
Carsten Roemheld discusses the ESG questions raised by the Russia-Ukraine war and the implications for asset allocation.
Analyst Survey 2022: Reality bites for ESG
Analysts report a growing emphasis on ESG but companies are starting to realise the scale of the challenge ahead.
Chart Room: Electric carmakers to outstrip ICEs by mid 2020s
The number of electric vehicle manufacturers is expected to overtake the number of companies making cars of the gas-guzzling variety by the mid 2020s.
ESG Outlook 2022: Three key priorities in sustainable investing
ESG Outlook 2022: Three key priorities in sustainable investing
Disorderly transition remains likely, despite COP pledges
A divergent net-zero trajectory seems to be taking shape, with countries adopting different approaches.
Coming of age
Inflation is back, the ‘new normal’ for office use is still unclear and the low-carbon transition is changing the relationship between landlord and tenant.
The Catch-22 dynamic
In 2022 the major central banks will have to decide what to do about higher inflation, which we believe will be stickier than they currently expect.
The policy paradox
2021 brought the recovery many had hoped for. But no one could describe it as ‘getting back to normal’.
Fidelity's CEO and CIO discuss the outlook for 2022
Fidelity International’s CEO Anne Richards and CIO Andrew McCaffery on the outlook for 2022
Chart Room: Net zero needs decarbonisation solutions
A chasm remains between government plans to cut emissions and the shared goal of net zero by 2050. Nascent decarbonisation solutions may help bridge the gap.
Satellite spies take on palm oil deforestation
Deforestation has been high on the agenda at COP26, with many countries signing up to end the practice by 2030.
Rich Pickings podcast: Practical (and green) investing for the climate transition
"The solutions exist today to get us 80 per cent of the way to net zero," says portfolio manager Cornelia Furse in this latest episode of Rich Pickings.
In the weeds with one of the world’s largest pulp producers
See how Fidelity's engagement with Suzano developed and what's happening on the ground.
Green government bonds: the promise and the pitfalls
Green sovereign bonds are on the rise and could improve the green bond market as a whole, but investors should monitor what issuers do with ‘green’ funds.
COP26 is a make-or-break moment for cutting emissions at speed
COP26 is a chance to go faster on the things that we know work and to push harder on the things we still need to get right.
Fidelity's CIO calls for clarity at COP
Ahead of COP26, Fidelity’s chief investment officer Andrew McCaffery talks to Richard Edgar about the challenges facing politicians.
Anne Richards on corporate responsibility and sustainable investing
Fidelity's Chief Executive describes how the pandemic has reshaped the company and why sustainable investing is top of her agenda.
Raising the bar for engagement
2020 was a watershed year for ESG, and for engagement. As we moved through the Covid-19 crisis, engagement took on an even bigger role than before.
Impact just got real
‘Impact investing’ is fast becoming a big focus for real estate investors, but ironically, in a few short years, may also be an outdated term.
Biodiversity bond plants seed for engagement
The devastation caused by human encroachment into natural habitats, exacerbated by climate change, is a key engagement theme for Fidelity.
Asia could become a top destination for investors driving sustainable change
Asia has been among the top destinations for growth investors in recent decades. Now it could become one of the top markets for sustainable investors.
ESG Analyst Survey 2021: Net zero opportunities now outweigh risks
Our survey of 151 Fidelity analysts reveals that the path to net zero now offers some sectors more opportunities to profit.
Riding the regulatory wave
Net zero pledges have come thick and fast from governments and companies in the last year, most notably from China and a re-engaged US.
Planetary risk: Mapping climate pathways to macro and strategic asset allocation
Climate change, and the drive to reduce carbon emissions, must be incorporated into long-term capital market assumptions for complete picture of returns.
Foreword: Anne Richards, CEO
Tackling climate change quickly is hard, but if we work together, we can make a difference.
Sustainable Investing Report 2021: Introduction
Sustainable investing is developing fast, driven by the Covid-19 pandemic and the urgent need to tackle climate change.
How big a threat is the ‘brown discount’?
Reducing emissions in line with the Paris Agreement will require most existing buildings to be retrofitted to protect long-term asset values.
ESGenius: Cows, methane and the climate threat
A number of pioneering methods to avoid or reduce atmospheric methane from livestock are catching the attention of investors focused on sustainability.
ESGenius: Fidelity research finds link between ESG and dividend growth
Our findings suggest that ESG leaders are more likely than ESG laggards to offer attractive levels of long-term dividend growth.
Planetary risk: Mapping climate pathways to macro and strategic asset allocation
A paper introducing the main points of consideration for integrating climate change outcomes into capital market assumptions.
Transition tailwinds power net zero opportunities
Fidelity International's analyst survey shows that there are now more low-carbon opportunities than risks, but action is needed on emissions.
A test of metal: Decarbonising steel
We regularly engage with steelmakers on their plans to reduce direct emissions, and with miners on the emissions that arise from processing iron ore.
Biodiversity bond raises the stakes for paper firms
Fidelity engages with a paper and pulp manufacturer, Suzano, on how it is addressing biodiversity and reducing carbon emissions.
Central banks need to take action now on climate change
Central banks need to take action now on climate change
ESGenius: Biden’s ambitious climate plans could transform the US bond market
US ambitions to decarbonise the world’s largest economy could generate opportunities for bond investors.
Japanese companies are more sustainable than many believe
ESG is growing in importance for Japanese firms.
ESGenius: Slashing emissions will fuel green growth for decades
Existing climate technologies can benefit from the huge investment required to decarbonise at pace.
ESGenius: Democratic sweep could transform ESG regulation in the US
New political leadership could reverse US rules on sustainable investing.
Three sustainable investing themes for 2021
Climate change combined with nature loss, employee welfare and digital ethics are core engagement themes for 2021.
ESGenius: Insurance companies neglect sustainability at their peril
Fidelity research shows disparity in how sustainability is viewed across insurance sector.
Cool Heads: Investors are getting climate change wrong
Assessing a portfolio's climate pathway, rather than its emissions relative to a benchmark, should help reduce overall emissions.
Green bonds: Five important questions answered
Green bonds are a useful group of assets in ESG investing, but some investors are not entirely clear on key aspects of the instruments.
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