Rachel Crossley

Rachel Crossley

Head of Stewardship, Europe

Bio

Rachel is the Head of Stewardship Europe within the Global Sustainability Centre, having joined BNPP AM in 2021. She leads stewardship activities in the region to deliver BNPP AM’s Stewardship Policy. This includes direct corporate engagement and engagement through collaborative investor initiatives, as well as proxy voting. Her role also encompasses working with policymakers on key issues relating to sustainable finance and investment, and representing BNPP AM in key investor networks including IIGCC, FAIRR, and the Access to Nutrition Initiative.

Rachel has more than 25 years of wide-ranging experience at the intersection of sustainability, international development and responsible investment. She joined BNPP AM having spent the previous eleven years as a consultant in responsible investment and sustainable business.

Prior to that, she co-led the development of responsible investment capabilities at two firms in London, Insight Investment and ISIS Asset Management. For the first 10 years of her career, she worked on natural resource management and agriculture projects at the World Bank in Washington DC and then at a start-up environmental finance company in New York. She has also held numerous roles as a board trustee and committee member of charities including The Climate Group and Oxfam’s Enterprise Development Programme.

She holds a BA (Dual Hons) in economics and geography from the University of Sheffield (1988) and an MSc. in rural resources and environmental policy from the University of London (1990).

Rachel is based in London.

Location London

Joined 2021

Articles from Rachel Crossley

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Stewardship

Transforming the global food system: The role of institutional investors

The global food system generates enormous value but causes trillions in negative externalities.  By Rachel Crossley, Head of Stewardship, Europe and…

By Rachel Crossley

12/06/26
Article

Forward thinking

Why investors should support the transition to safe and sustainable chemicals

After years of talks, the Global Framework on Chemicals was finalised late in 2023. It provides a sector-specific roadmap for…

By Rachel Crossley

27/02/24
Article

Forward thinking

Investor engagement to tackle corporate lobbying is critical to addressing diet-related diseases

Delivering legislation, regulation and standards that foster sustainable and a more equitable development is central to tackling sustainability issues. One…

By Rachel Crossley

25/04/23
Article

Forward thinking

Investing responsibly in the fast-growing farmed fish sector

As we are urged to eat less animal protein and more plant-based foods, for the good of our health and…

By Rachel Crossley

19/01/23
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Greece Tourists on the sand beach

Forward thinking

Towards a binding global treaty to end plastic pollution

Plastic pollution poses serious systemic risks to economies, the environment and biodiversity, and to people’s health and livelihoods. The recent…

By Rachel Crossley

02/12/22
Article

Forward thinking

Transforming our food system to be fit for the future

The global food system is emissions-intensive and wasteful. How can investors help transform it? Rachel Crossley, Head of Stewardship for…

By Rachel Crossley

28/10/22
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