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White papersThe Pandemic’s Unexpected Upside
The coronavirus lockdown seemed sure to delay the world’s climate agendas but may instead have given them an unintended boost.
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White papersMeasuring and Managing Carbon Risk in Investment Portfolios
This article studies the impact of carbon risk on stock pricing. To address this, we consider the seminal approach of Görgen et al. (2019), who proposed estimating the carbon financial risk of equities by their carbon beta. To achieve this, the primary task is to develop a brown-minus-green (or BMG) risk factor, similar to Fama and French (1992). Secondly, we must estimate the carbon beta using a multi-factor model.
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White papersRepsol case study
Repsol became the first oil and gas company to commit to a net-zero goal by 2050, supported by a decarbonisation pathway with interim targets, setting a higher benchmark for the industry. EOS has engaged with the company since 2013 on its climate action and targets.
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White papersEOS Partnership with The Enacting Purpose Initiative
Business leaders need a simple framework to put purpose into practice
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White papersA Promising Update On The Vaccine We Are All Waiting For
We believe there is good reason to be optimistic. The global effort to develop a vaccine for COVID-19 has progressed at an incredible speed and is breathtaking when put in the context of vaccine development, which typically takes around a decade.
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White papersBuilding a new investment paradigm
Time was the financial community would have turned a blind eye to sustainability or societal impact when considering where to invest. Now, however, taking into account the environmental, social and governance aspects of investing is becoming inevitable. At BNP Paribas, such ESG considerations feature largely in investment decisions.
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White papersUsing the EU taxonomy as a guide to sustainable recovery
The current COVID-19 induced economic crisis offers companies a unique chance for genuine transformation.
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White papersAligning index-linked investing with the ‘Paris’ goals
More and more, investors in index-linked strategies are looking for portfolios of companies reducing their carbon footprint and avoiding companies with fossil fuel revenues or production. In accordance with EU aims for sustainable finance, strategies are now being adjusted to two new indices that are aligned with the ‘Paris’ goals. Isabelle Bourcier explains.*
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White papersShaping a new world
We are in the midst of a health crisis that is causing huge disruption within our society: it is weakening companies, upsetting our daily lives, af- fecting the poorest, deepening inequalities and jeopardising the future of many young people. Today, it is not simply urgent to support the economic recovery, it has also become imperative to speed up the environmental and inclusive transition.
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White papersAn investment opportunity for the coming decades: the environment
The issues raised by global warming and environmental questions more broadly require new technologies and sources of energy. The solutions are tied to the gravity of the current pandemic in the sense that there are many calls for the stimulus measures taken to support the economy to be directed at sustainable solutions.
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White papersHow Nuveen uses responsible investing across asset classes to seek higher returns and manage risks
Responsible investing (RI) continues to win converts. Yet, whether they are new believers or long-term adherents, many investors looking to incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their portfolios limit themselves to either excluding specific industry sectors or adding a fund at the margin.
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White papersDealing with our plastics waste
We have a plastic problem. On a trip to visit my family in South Africa at Christmas, what struck me was that even on the most remote and protected marine coastline my children and I managed to fill bags with plastic straws and other plastic debris. And the stats confirm we have a problem. Currently, only 14% of our annual plastic packaging produced is recycled, while only 2% is reused for the same or similar products. Instead, most of our plastic waste ends up in landfill or is leaked into our environment (around 12 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans globally every year).
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White papersEnergy transition – An area full of opportunities
Amid pervasive evidence of environmental disasters, pressure to meet the Paris Accord targets on the global temperature rise and growing demand from expanding and wealthier populations, the appetite for energy is set to increase massively, more and more so for clean energy.
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White papersWorld Environment Day – The importance of and concerns over biodiversity
The United Nations’ World Environment Day on 5 June focuses on biodiversity and the concern about its integrity and its importance for global communities and life on Earth generally as well as markets and economies.
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White papersScience and Investing: Addressing the Climate Imperative
Tackling climate change will require enormous amounts of capital—invested smartly. Climate scientists and investors can learn from each other, an idea driving collaboration among Columbia University climate experts and AB investment professionals.
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White papersWhy Investors Need to Calibrate Climate Risk Now
The global climate is enormously complex, challenging investors to determine ground-level impacts on individual issuers. With climate change likely to accelerate, it’s time to ramp up analysis now—and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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White papersBuilding back better: why climate action is key to a resilient recovery
As the world begins to plan for a post-pandemic recovery, we contend that governments across the world can maximise the longer-term benefits by ensuring that stimulus measures are combined with efforts to tackle climate change, thereby creating a more sustainable and resilient future for all.
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White papersG4S case study
G4S has significantly improved its health and safety standards and performance. It has come a long way to achieve this since EOS began engaging with the company in 2009 on health and safety management.
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White papersESG & Factor Investing: a new stage has been reached
ESG Investing is evolving extremely rapidly, in Europe and abroad. The importance of taking into account environmental, social and governance factors in investment decisions has become more acute with the coronavirus. Past Amundi research has underlined that ESG integration has been a driver of alpha since 2014.
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White papersCorporate Responsibility | A Moment of Truth
Pushed to its very limits, mankind reveals its true nature. As the health, economic and market crisis unfolds, and at a time when maximizing profits and shareholder returns is no longer the priority, the sincerity of corporate responsibility is being put to test.
