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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BNP Paribas Asset Management _ the global food system

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
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Forward thinking

Talking Heads - Stewardship – Umsetzbare ESG-Richtlinien

Stewardship ist die direkte Zusammenarbeit zwischen uns, BNP Paribas Asset Management, als Investoren und den Unternehmen, in die wir investieren.…

By Rachel Crossley & other authors

17/09/24
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Forward thinking

Talking Heads - Stewardship - Making our ESG policies actionable

Stewardship is the direct engagement between us, BNP Paribas Asset Management, as investors and the companies we invest in. It…

By Rachel Crossley & other authors

17/09/24
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Forward thinking

Talking Heads: gestión responsable para poner en práctica nuestras políticas ESG

La labor de gestión responsable define la relación de diálogo activo que mantenemos en BNP Paribas Asset Management con las…

By Rachel Crossley & other authors

17/09/24
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Forward thinking

焦點對談 — 盡責管理：將ESG政策付諸實行

盡責管理是法國巴黎資產管理作為投資者與我們所投資公司之間的直接互動合作，藉此把我們的環境、社會及管治（ESG）政策付諸實行。最終目標是推動積極轉變，保障企業的長遠價值。 歡迎收聽法國巴黎資產管理環球可持續發展中心歐洲盡責管理主管Rachel Crossley與投資觀點中心聯席主管Andrew Craig的焦點對談podcast。Rachel闡述其於主要投資者網絡作為法國巴黎資產管理的代表，並探討與決策官員就可持續金融相關的重要議題合作時，盡責管理所發揮的作用。 您亦可以在YouTube上收聽和訂閱焦點對談(Talking Heads)。  

By Rachel Crossley & other authors

17/09/24
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Forward thinking

Talking Heads - Stewardship - Come rendiamo attuabili le nostre politiche ESG

La stewardship è il nostro impegno diretto come BNP Paribas Asset Management, in qualità di investitore, e le società in…

By Rachel Crossley & other authors

17/09/24
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