Modern slavery becoming a big issue for investors
Asset owners are being encouraged to use their investing influence to bring about the changes necessary to reduce the number of children and adults in modern slavery.
As large asset owners ramp up their research and engagement on a variety of environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related issues, the difficult subject of modern slavery is gaining greater focus.
“Modern slavery is the big one,” Russell Clarke, chief investment officer of Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) in Melbourne, told AsianInvestor.
“There’s tonnes of work still to do on climate, but the biggest issue in this current year is going to be modern slavery," he…
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