A Sustainable Future

Dr Rachel Melsom describes why investor engagement with the tobacco industry, relative for instance to the fossil fuel industry, is futile because of its negative health and social repercussions. She also explains why international policy momentum - the WHO Tobacco Convention, the UN Global Compact Statement and the UN's Sustainable Development Goals - provide a framework to understand the broader socio-economic implications of tobacco, and the momentum behind recent investor announcements to go tobacco-free. For more information visit www.man.com/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 14 Dec 2017.

Ece Ozdemiroglu explains why current accounting methodologies like Gross Domestic Product (GDP) used to measure economic and financial performance misrepresent the underlining value of our natural resources, from fisheries and forests to mineral deposits and water resources. How will natural capital accounting help us to more sustainably manage our resources over the long-term? For more information visit www.man.com/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 08 Dec 2017.

Professor Ken McPhail discusses why rights - human, political, social, labour or environmental - have historically been so difficult to define, and why the S (Social) in ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) analysis provides an opportunity to better develop accounting practices for assessing the costs of rights to society, investors and corporates. How do we begin to quantify what human rights risks pose for society and investors? Can there ever be a path towards an international-recognised ethical accounting standard? How is technology changing our conception of human rights to now include the loss of privacy? For more information visit www.man.com/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 11 Nov 2017.

Professor Mike Cho describes why South Korean corporates have historically underperformed their global peers on corporate governance metrics, and why the new administration under President Moon promises to usher in a spate of reforms in this area. What will this mean for family-run Korean conglomerates, otherwise known as chaebols? How is South Korea adopting national governance models towards the launch of their own Stewardship Code? For more information visit www.man.com/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 24 Oct 2017.