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13/12/2022

According to a new survey released by Deloitte, executives are rapidly increasing sustainability reporting efforts, with nearly all actively investing in ESG data and reporting technology to meet rising stakeholder demand and approaching regulatory requirements.

The report indicated a recent increase in momentum on implementing sustainability strategies and ramping up ESG reporting initiatives. To address ESG data and reporting needs, 99% are likely to invest in more disclosure-focused technology and tools in the next 12 months.

The study indicated that executives anticipate benefits from enhanced ESG reporting beyond just meeting regulatory requirements. More than half of respondents expect tangible benefits, including increased employee retention (52%) and improved ROI (52%), alongside intangible benefits, such as more vital stakeholder trust (51%). Other key benefits included high brand reputation (49%) and risk reduction (48%).

Commenting on the survey results, Jon Raphael, National Managing Partner, Sustainability at Deloitte, said:

“Sustainability, integrated with business strategy, is about unlocking value for a company and its stakeholders, as well as creating a sustainable future, where people and the planet prosper together.”

Access the survey results here, https://lnkd.in/et7ssvPk

Our disclosure-focused technology solutions are tailored to your sustainability journey, regardless of where you are.

Book a free strategy call with Darsh*ta to learn more about your business' ESG alignment, https://lnkd.in/eWCmmxwF

12/12/2022

Congratulations, Sarah, for completing a year with Maanch. We take pride in recognising and appreciating the tremendous contributions that you have made to the team and our clients.

Always with a smile, keeping positive no matter what. It's a pleasure to have you in our team, and we look forward to seeing your career continue to grow with us!

02/12/2022

Yet another award under our belts at Maanch!

We are happy to announce that Maanch has been awarded as,
🏆 Most Sustainable Strategy Consulting Solutions - London and
🏆 Ethical Finance Innovators of the Year - UK
by Wealth & Finance International in their annual Ethical Finance Awards this year.

We are honoured to be selected as one of those who deliver positive and sustainable results to clients and customers.

At Maanch, we empower organisations to embed positive ESG impact with data, technology and advisory.

Contact our experts today to schedule a free consultation, https://maanch.com/contact?utm_source=Website&utm_medium=Linkedln&utm_campaign=Contact+Us

29/11/2022

COP 27 has raised momentum around responsible investing as regulator expectations evolve, causing many companies to re-evaluate their policies. This momentum presents both challenges and opportunities for investors. As the industry significantly focuses on capitalising on this evolving landscape, stewardship will be a crucial lever for savvy investors—particularly those facing external pressure to divest.

📌Following ESG themes are shaping stewardship priorities:

📍Evolving regulatory requirements, driving the need for engagement.

For a time, it seemed only regulators in certain geographic pockets were focused on enforcing ESG requirements. That is no longer the case. ESG regulations are emerging worldwide, and increasingly, these policies and instruments now include a stewardship component and focus on outcomes. Investors must increase their due diligence and take specific action to comply with these new policies.

📍Increasing action around climate change, biodiversity and the ‘S’ in ESG.

The past few years' events have solidified for many that these three seemingly unrelated topics are deeply interconnected. The risks associated with climate, biodiversity, and the failure to make social change are material and systemic. One way to start this process is by engaging with companies and voting.

📍Stewardship dialogues and proxy voting are becoming increasingly linked.

Voting is an essential tool for investors engaging in ESG challenges. When the shareholders of a company act, it is a particularly effective lever for change. Alignment of engagement—what investors are saying, voting, and doing—is critical to turning dialogue into tangible action towards investing in sustainability.

A new year, as we look forward to 2023 - is a great time to consider the global impacts of our decisions. For more information, get in touch with the team - https://maanch.com/m-invest/engagement-tracker?utm_LinkedlnCTA

29/11/2022

Swiss Goes Climate

The Swiss Federal Council has adopted the ordinance on climate disclosures for large Swiss companies and plans to bring it into force as of 1 January 2024.

This is a BIG News! Why?

Because the ordinance shows that holistic climate management is much more than CO2 measuring.

Instead, it requests the binding implementation of the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) by large Swiss companies. They need to disclose:

🧭 Company Reduction Targets
3️⃣ Specific Targets for Scope 1,2,3
📝 Transition Plans for how these are implemented
❌ Financial risks and potentials due to Climate Change

Who will be affected?

Public companies, banks and insurance companies with 500+ employees and at least CHF 20 million in total assets or more than CHF 40 million in turnover.

Swiss is thereby clear: Every company needs to become a climate champion!

Wherever you are in your sustainability journey, we are happy to support companies of all sizes to take the next step. Find out more on our website and book a free call with us, https://maanch.com/contact?utm_source=Website&utm_medium=Linkedln&utm_campaign=Contact+Us

In a statement announcing the adoption of the new rules, the Federal Council said, “Large companies’ transparency on the climate impact of their activities is a key aspect for the markets to function well and for climate sustainability in the financial sector. To date, Switzerland has lacked clear and comparable climate-related disclosures. The Federal Council intends to make that possible with the new ordinance.”

21/11/2022

To a thousand and beyond!

Maanch is proud to be one of the first thousand BCorps in the UK.

  We joined the B Corp UK Community in 2019 as part of our ongoing mission to enable a fairer future for everyone on the planet. At Maanch, we empower organisations and asset managers to embed positive ESG impact with data, technology and advisory.

The recent highlights from COP27 prove that we can do much more together than we can individually — we must use our collective power to create the world we want to see, at the urgent speed required in order to meet the challenges of climate and social breakdown.

Together we can be a force for good.

Check out our impact report, to know more about our commitments towards a sustainable future https://maanch.com/about

18/11/2022

Inefficient processes present a major challenge for investor engagement. Stewardship processes can be simplified through technology, reducing the time and costs associated with internal data analysis.

In order to make this process effective, institutional investors need to be able to effectively capture their engagement activities and then convey them to their clients. Institutional investors need to be able to access, engage with and align all portfolio companies’ financial and impact information.

How this nebulous phrase, “impact information”, is defined depends on what is important to any given investor. Different investors will have different priorities: CSR, ESG, SDGs, Purpose, etc. As a starting point, it is critical that investors communicate to their portfolio companies what is and isn’t important to them.

At Maanch, we turn unstructured data into structured, working with investment organisations to seamlessly manage their engagement with portfolio companies and communicate this information to others in a way that is clear and easy to understand. This reduces time and cost as well as improves process effectiveness and reporting. Get in touch if you are interested in learning more about how we streamline engagement and accelerate impact in the investment ecosystem.

With our engagement tracker, we ensure that effective engagement, i.e., responsible allocation, management and oversight of capital, is achieved so that it can be utilized to create long-term value for clients and beneficiaries and to provide sustainable benefits for the economy, the environment and society as a whole.

Request a demo for this intuitive dashboard to facilitate an efficient investor-investee engagement, https://maanch.com/m-invest/engagement-tracker?utm_FacebookCTA

Explore more about the significance of data-driven tools to capture and report engagements in our latest blog, https://updates.maanch.com/2022/10/trends-in-esg-stewardship-and-engagement-with-deborah-gilshan/?utm_source=Deborah&utm_medium=Facebook&utm_campaign=Blog

16/11/2022

93% of Asset Managers currently use a manual process, i.e. spreadsheets, to record and track engagements with their portfolio companies. This process makes the two-way engagement and data management between investors and portfolio companies very ineffective and time-consuming. Data sources are fragmented, logistics are manual, tracking progress is complex, and communication between various internal and external stakeholders is poor.

With increasing regulation around reporting on engagements, it is necessary to ensure these processes are improved, data is accurate, and the workflows for reporting & communication are seamless.

However, due to the heavy data housed in multiple data lakes and disparate siloed on-premise, it is nearly impossible for asset managers or investors to switch to another process, i.e. Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Machine Learning (ML) solutions for real-time analytics and actionable insights for strategic decision making.

Data migration can be, indeed, a daunting and challenging process.

Aside from its many features, Engagement Tracker's easy-to-use interface makes the migration of historical data easier than ever before. Investors no longer have to worry about data kept on various spreadsheets. Through our dashboard and team, smooth onboarding of portfolio companies is ensured, reducing overall effort and operational risk.

You can finally put an end to manual, time-consuming tasks. Schedule a free demo today, https://maanch.com/m-invest/engagement-tracker?utm_FacebookCTA

11/11/2022

Attitudes regarding sustainable investing vary wildly across age groups, according to a survey by Stanford University.

📌 The age group, comprising millennial and Gen Z investors, expressed deep concern for social issues such as diversity, income inequality and labour conditions, as well as environmental considerations, including carbon emissions reduction, renewables and product sustainability. Governance factors ranked least in importance for younger investors.

📌 In contrast, baby boomer investors - ages 58 and older - overwhelmingly opposed the idea of forfeiting large portions of their retirement savings to bring about environmental or social change. The average, more senior investor is unwilling to lose any savings for ecological improvements and claims low social activism support levels.

📌 The attitudes carried over to stewardship, with around 80 per cent of younger investors backing investment companies in using their size and voting power to influence portfolio companies' environmental and social practices. Only 42 per cent of older investors said it was important that fund managers influence companies' environmental practices, while 35 per cent said the same for social conventions.

📌 The researchers noted that the contrasting findings might be driven by optimistic expectations for future stock market growth among young investors. Millennial and Gen Z investors expect a 16.8 per cent return annually over the coming decade, compared to the 10.7 per cent return estimated by older investors.

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09/11/2022

The asset management industry is an attractive market in terms of revenue growth and profitability. However, the industry faces challenges in remaining compliant with an ever-evolving regulatory landscape.

There is constant market pressure on investors to prioritise ESG and active engagement. In 2020, the Financial Reporting Council released the second edition of the UK Stewardship Code (2020)– setting higher engagement standards for asset owners, managers and service providers. Investment firms can no longer stay complacent but must modernise themselves to remain competitive in the changing landscape. Conventional technology tools like spreadsheets are no longer adequate to meet the rising market demands, which require advanced technology solutions to make fact-based investment decisions.

The Engagement Tracker helps stay ahead with industry-recognised compliance software in a constantly changing regulatory environment and compliance frameworks. ESG issues in real-time are recorded and are aligned with the latest framework and regulations (like the UK Stewardship code, GRI taxonomy, UN SDGs and the PRI) with no additional costs. This has made overall ESG compliance easier for investors.

Schedule a free demo and avail of your trial at no additional costs, https://maanch.com/m-invest/engagement-tracker?utm_FacebookCTA

08/11/2022

"ESG is often talked about in terms of downside risk, but a deeper understanding of ESG can highlight opportunities to add value to portfolios as well." Deborah.

Catch Deborah, an active speaker on investment stewardship throw light on ESG engagements. She has been featured in a variety of financial media such as the Financial Times, New York Times, Sky News, Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and others.

https://bit.ly/TrendsinESG

04/11/2022

The Engagement Tracker simplifies portfolio management for investors and asset managers.

There is growing regulatory and market pressure on investors to prioritise ESG, and within that, active engagement. In 2020, the Financial Reporting Council released the second edition of the UK Stewardship Code (2020)– setting higher engagement standards for asset owners, managers and service providers.

In response to these complex and evolving challenges, we developed the Engagement Tracker, a tool that allows you to easily and effectively capture every engagement with your portfolio companies.

Save time with automated end-to-end technology and dedicated 1:1 support. Book a free demo today, https://maanch.com/m-invest/engagement-tracker?utm_FacebookCTA.

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