Inequality has reached a crisis point, be it in terms of disparities in income, wealth or well-being. This has consequences for society and the economy. Inequality risk can manifest itself systemically in the market and at a company level. It has the potential to undermine growth, raise financial crisis risk, while hindering action on climate change and slowing the transition to a low-carbon economy.
In our Equality Roadmap – our third following our Biodiversity and Net Zero roadmaps – we explain how inequality underpins and reinforces social risks and threatens stability, growth, and sustainable returns. We offer a framework to help investors identify corporate activities that can exacerbate inequality and describe how we take action to fight It.
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For more on why this matters for individual company performance and how investors can integrate inequality into their investment processes, watch the video below.
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