Sustainable credit is here to stay. With pressure from stakeholders increasing in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis, companies with a long-term focus must build sustainability into their business strategy or risk irrelevance. How can we determine which companies are genuinely contributing to a better world, and which are simply going through the motions?

In our latest podcast, Annemieke Coldeweijer, co-lead portfolio manager sustainable credit, discusses how the Covid-19 crisis has changed the sustainable credit landscape, how to assess whether companies are truly sustainable, and why we’re committed to engagement over exclusion. “Exclusion alone is not enough,” she says. “It’s by starting that dialogue, identifying the companies with positive trends and positive momentum, that we can make a difference in our portfolio.”