Responsible Investing Initiative Partner and University of British Columbia Professor Benjamin Richardson has just published a new book, titled Fiduciary Law and Responsible Investing: In Nature’s Trust. This book is about fiduciary law’s influence on the financial economy’s environmental performance, focusing on how the law affects responsible investing and considering possible legal reforms to shift financial markets closer towards sustainability. Fiduciary law governs how trustees, fund managers or other custodians administer the investment portfolios owned by beneficiaries.
Written for a diverse audience, not just legal scholars, the book examines in a multi‐jurisdictional context an array of philosophical, institutional and economic issues that have shaped the movement for responsible investing and its legal framework. Click here for more information about the book. Click here to access other research publications from the RII streams.