Around one fifth of pension fund assets are seeking to be sustainably labelled

Demand for sustainable product labelling is burgeoning across institutional markets, according to the UK Sustainable and Investment Finance Association (UKSIF). Speaking at the Sustainable Investment Festival last month, James Alexander, CEO of UKSIF, shared the impact the FCA's draft Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) have had across UK institutional markets. "We've reached out to some of our pension fund members, and the anecdotal evidence coming back is that pensions funds are really interested in sustainable labels," he said. "The average numbers coming back are betwe...