Wealth management and advice sector trade association PIMFA has today launched an ESG Academy – an online training resource for financial advisers.

The academy, created with Morningstar, is a new CPD-accredited, online learning platform that is free to PIMFA members.

“Demand for ESG investments has never been higher with sustainable vehicles seeing net subscriptions totalling £1.2 billion in July and globally, sustainable investment funds reached US$1 trillion in Q2 2020,” PIMFA said in a statement announcing the launch.

Participants at the academy can learn at their own pace and in their own time, and ...