Investment Management, Stewardship and Sustainability

Iris H-Y Chiu is Professor of Corporate Law and Financial Regulation at University College London, UK.Hans-Christoph Hirt is a Trustee Director of the Hermes Group Pension Scheme (HGPS) in London, UK.

• Introduction; Investment Management, Stewardship and Sustainability: Key Gaps and ChallengesIris H-Y Chiu (University College London, UK) and Hans-Christoph Hirt (Hermes Group Pension Scheme, UK)PART ITHE CONCEPTION, POLICY AND EXPECTATIONS OF INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE1. From Universal Owners to Hedge Funds and Indexers: Will Stewardship Drive Long-Termism and Sustainability Andrew Johnston (University of Warwick, UK)2. The Evolution of ‘Engagement’ as a Norm in Investment Stewardship in the UK and the Impact of Sustainability DemandsIris H-Y Chiu (University College London, UK)3. Institutional Investors and Sustainable Finance – Developing the Shareholder Engagement Framework in Light of the Emerging Sustainable Finance Regime in the EUHanne S Birkmose (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark)4. Sustainable Investment and Asset Management: From Resistance to RetoolingVirginia Harper Ho (City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)5. The EU Taxonomy: A Key Step for Sustainable Finance Catherine Malecki (Rennes 2 University, France)6. Direct Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility Legislation: Lessons from China and IndonesiaLi-wen Lin (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Iris H-Y Chiu (University College London, UK)7. The Voting Behaviour of Institutional Investors and Retail Shareholders and the Interests of Beneficiaries Christoph van der Elst (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)8. Common Ownership and Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from the BlackRock-BGI Merger Kenneth Khoo (National University of Singapore, Singapore)PART IIPRACTICAL REFLECTIONS ON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT STEWARDSHIP AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE9. Responsible Investing: The Status Quo and Remaining Challenges Andrew Parry (J O Hambro Capital Management, UK)10. The Future of Stewardship: Time to Take a Step BackHans-Christoph Hirt (Hermes Group Pension Scheme, UK)11. Responsible InvestmentDavid Hickey (Lothian Pension Fund, Edinburgh)12. Investment, Sustainability and Stewardship: Perspectives of a Sovereign Wealth FundOla Peter K Gjessing (Norges Bank Investment Management, Norway)13. Evolution of Sustainable Investing: A US PerspectiveKen Bertsch (Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, USA)14. The Model Mandate: Hardwiring Stewardship into Investment ManagementGeorge Dallas (International Corporate Governance Network, UK) and Chris Hodge (Institute of Directors, UK)15 Corporate Purpose: Narrowing the Gap between Corporates and Investors on Sustainability IssuesBrian Tomlinson 16. Targeting Net Zero: Embedding Accountability for Portfolio Decarbonisation and Resilience in the Asset Owner – Asset Manager Relationship Faith Ward (Brunel Pension Partnership, UK)17. Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance Climate Voting Transparency and Benchmarking Theodor F. Cojoianu (University of Edinburgh Business School, UK), Andreas GF Hoepner (Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School, Ireland), Yanan Lin (China Europe International Business School, China), Kate van der Merve (University College Dublin, Ireland) and Anh Vu (Queen’s University Belfast, UK)