In this episode, we look at the gulf between what clients say they want, what manufacturers deliver, and how advice firms are in between. The communication gaps exposed here can’t be ignored - join us as we unpack why 2026 must be the year we fix that. We are also joined by Oscar Warwick-Thompson of UK SIF to look at issues in the distribution chain.

Episode Transcript: https://www.esgaccord.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Episode-9-Transcript.pdf

Links and Resources:

• Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing’s 2025 “Sustainable Signals: Individual Investors” report.

https://www.morganstanley.com/insights/articles/sustainable-investing-interest-2025

• Net Zero Lawyers Alliance -Sustainable Fiduciary Duty: The report https://www.netzerolawyers.com/publications/sustainable-fiduciary-duties-for-investors

• Man Institute A Sustainable Future Podcast with Jason Mitchell Head of Responsible Investment Research, Man Group https://www.man.com/insights/ri-podcast-maurits-dolmans

• Professor Lord Nicholas Stern: The Growth Story of the 21st Century The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action

Download open access: https://press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.31389/lsepress.tgs

Webinar: Nicholas Stern’s book highlights (1hr,26mins) https://lselive.eckoenterprise.net/events/20251105/webcast?presentation=1&stream_id=28021

• UKSIF and PWC - UK SDR and investment labels: Implementation lessons and road ahead

https://uksif.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/2417-UKSIF-SDR-report-2-v4b.pdf

• Sustainable Investing in Practice: Objectives, Constraints, and Limits to Impact (Edmans, Gosling, Jenter 2025)

https://www.fmg.ac.uk/isf/publications/discussion-papers/sustainable-investing-practice-objectives-constraints-and-limits