Why it is time to recognise engagement as a specialist skill

Is ‘the ability to drive change through engagement' recognised by our industry as a specialist skill? This was my question to sustainable finance professionals in a recent LinkedIn post. More than three-quarters (77%) of respondents said: "No, but it should be". This provides hope we can build a better approach that uses portfolios, not as the end point of sustainable finance but as a platform for positive change. It genuinely feels like our industry has never placed greater emphasis on the need for engagement to drive positive, real-world, outcomes: the redevelopment of the Financial...