Responsible gold blog

Last week, I was delighted to be asked to speak at the inaugural Responsible Asset Owners Global Symposium in London . More and more investors are – quite rightly – thinking about how to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment choices. But there is still a lot of uncertainty about what this means, and in particular, what framework investors should use to assess ESG performance

The upward revision to our estimate for mine production was one of the more eye-catching stories in our Q1 2019 Gold Demand Trends report.

Gold is valuable and rare. Large amounts of rock need to be mined and processed to produce an ounce of gold and this uses significant amounts of energy.

As awareness of the impact of climate change becomes increasingly pervasive, investors are calling on business leaders to drive the transition towards a low-carbon economy.