Systemic stewardship

Investors are increasingly recognising their intersection with the systems around them, whether that’s the financial system, political and regulatory system, or even the social and environmental system we all exist within. This is particularly true for large, long-term investors, often deemed to be ‘universal owners’. For these investors, systemic risks pose some of the biggest challenges to their financial stability over the long term.  Addressing these risks is not as straightforward as simply selecting certain stocks and diversifying away from others.  Systemic risks require systemic stewardship

In this episode of the Investors for Purpose podcast we speak to Will Farrell, who co-leads climate stewardship at Federated Hermes, all about how systemic stewardship works in practice. We discuss why this is getting so much more focus now, how to resource it, the kind of skills needed for effective systemic stewardship and much more!