Euan Munro on ESG, UK equities and what Mellon brought to Newton

The chief executive of Newton Investment Management is a forthright believer in the power of active investors to effect change at the companies they invest in, and thinks tinkering with market rules is unlikely to boost the appeal of London-listed equities.

Euan Munro is being characteristically blunt. On a rainy afternoon in London, the chief executive of Newton Investment Management is explaining to Euromoney how the most impactful thing investors can do for the environment is to help ‘brown’ companies become green.

“Not engaging with brown companies is maybe going to make your portfolio look a bit more virtuous,” he says. “But you’re fooling yourself if you think you’ve changed the world.

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