ESG Committee
The principal objective for the IRSG ESG Committee is to set the agenda, monitor and, when appropriate, respond to key intergovernmental, regulatory and market-based initiatives concerning ESG issues in relation to the financial and professional services industry. The aims are:
- UK drives development of international standards on ESG/ sustainable finance;
- the UK being a frontrunner in policy and regulation that delivers right policy frameworks to facilitate the finance and investment for a net-zero target by 2050; and
- an effective and coherent EU regulatory framework on sustainable finance / ESG reflecting industry priorities that are not in conflict with the UK regime.
Composition of the Committee:
The Committee is chaired by Ilan Jacobs (Citigroup) and includes representatives from financial services firms, trade associations, the legal profession and data providers. The workstream includes representative from:
- Citigroup
- Accenture
- Aviva
- BNP Paribas
- Citadel Investment Group
- CME Group
- Deloitte
- Fidelity International
- Gibson Dunn
- HSBC
- IA
- Invesco
- JP Morgan
- London Stock Exhange Group
- M&G plc
- Nasdaq
- Nomura International
- PA Consulting
- Prudential plc
- PwC
- Rathbones
- Simmons & Simmons
- Slaughter & May
- The Boston Consulting Group
- Travers Smith
- UK Finance
- Willis Towers Watson
For further details about the work of this group, please contact the IRSG Secretariat inbox.