47: Tim Crockford of Regnan Equity Impact Solutions: The Future Belongs To Everyone

<div> <strong>Tim Crockford </strong>leads the Regnan Equity Impact Solutions team. He previously managed the Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund from its launch in December 2017, having co-founded the Hermes Impact team in 2016. Tim joined Hermes Investment Management in 2009 as a research analyst for the European Equities team and became lead portfolio manager of the ESG-integrated Hermes Europe ex-UK Equity Fund in 2015, which he also managed until he left Hermes.<br> <br> <strong>About Regnan</strong><br> <a href="https://regnan.com/">Regnan</a> is a responsible investment leader with a long and proud heritage providing advice and insights on important environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues. Regnan was established in 1996 to investigate and address ESG-related related sources of risk and value for long-term shareholders in Australian companies. Building on that expertise, in 2020 Regnan expanded its capabilities into responsible investment funds management, backed by the considerable resources of <a href="https://www.pendalgroup.com/">Pendal Group</a> (ASX:PDL), the Australian investment manager and owner of J O Hambro Capital Management. They have offices in Sydney, Melbourne and London.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><strong>Key Points:</strong></div> <ul> <li> <strong>Engagement and stewardship </strong>is a hugely important part of impact investing.</li> <li>“It’s all part of the same <strong>strategy</strong> to really try and democratise it as an investment category, to broaden access to impact investing.”</li> <li>“I think one of the <strong>cultures</strong> within the investment team is this concept of constant improvement, so the strategy, the process, the philosophy is identical to the one that we founded back in 2012, we started building in 2016, and launched in 2017.”</li> <li> <strong>On systems change </strong>- Our <strong>SDG taxonomy</strong> is the centerpiece. The taxonomy is basically what helps us identify what systems we’re going to be moving towards. It is a process and a l