Schroders manages over £500 billion in assets, providing products and services across equities, fixed income, multi-asset, private assets and alternatives. They also provide wealth management services. Schroders operates from 35 locations across Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Deloitte is a leading global provider of audit and assurance, consulting, financial advisory, risk advisory, tax, and related services. Formed over 150 years ago, Deloitte employs approximately 286,000 people in 150 countries and territories, including over 8.000 people located in 14 offices across Australia.

The research explores the moral, financial and economic justification for responsible investment, and the academic evidence underpinning future action. It concentrates on how ESG factors materially impact investment risk and returns, clarifying the agency of investors over non-financial value creation.