Alternatives – Page 18
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ESG in Tech: Innovation Isn’t Enough
The acceleration of growth in the digital economy through the pandemic has brought a renewed urgency to the debates surrounding technology companies and their impact on the environment and society. Investors should be concerned.
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Made in Marseille – The framework for a global biodiversity strategy?
The world’s largest organisation for the protection of nature - the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – holds its quadrennial gathering this week in Marseille. Rescheduled from 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event is the biggest environmental conference involving governments, corporates and non-profit organisations.
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How can we decarbonise the steel sector?
If we are to avoid dangerous climate change, we need to tackle emissions from the steel industry, writes Julien Bouyssou.
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Crisis or opportunity of a lifetime?: Rethinking the future of the planet
Will a world beset with challenges spin into catastrophic breakdown or spur humanity to change and reach new heights? John Elkington, widely regarded as the ‘godfather of sustainability’, contemplates the future with AIQ.
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ESG and Shareholder Value: Why Link Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Metrics to Executive Compensation?
With mounting evidence pointing to the materiality of ESG issues and potential ties to financial performance, we have seen investors asking for more companies to incorporate relevant and material sustainability / ESG metrics into their executive compensation plans.
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Pricing carbon: Taxing polluters is the only way forward
Nearly three decades after it first agreed to tackle climate change, the world has failed miserably to curb the growth in CO2 emissions. To succeed, it urgently needs to establish an effective price for carbon.
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The going gets tough: Can heavy industry decarbonise?
Heavy industry and heavy transport are hard to decarbonise, but this must be done to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. Can companies, policymakers and investors join forces to make it happen? The race is on…
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Votes for change
This voting season saw a notable increase in shareholder resolutions seeking a vote on climate transition plans, and proposals for racial equity audits.
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Understanding wine grape farmland investing
This research outlines the nuances of investing in wine grape properties. It identifies why the U.S. could be the most attractive destination for institutional capital and highlights the most appealing regions within the U.S. to invest. Further insights are provided into total returns, risk, correlations, and portfolio considerations of wine grape investments.
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A watershed for climate change stewardship?
2021 may come to be viewed as a watershed year for climate change and investor stewardship, with votes on companies’ transition plans and COP 26 on the horizon.
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Abate and switch: steel seeks low carbon solutions
Hard-to-abate sectors such as steel will come under increasing pressure to reduce their carbon emissions – what are the industry’s options?
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*How can the insurance industry be more sustainable?*
The insurance industry needs to think about sustainability through both an underwriting and an investment lens, says ESG analyst Xuan Sheng Ou Yong.
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Our oceans under threat
Overfishing, plastic pollution, temperature rises and chemical contaminants have all badly impacted the health of our oceans, upon which billions of people depend for their sustenance and livelihoods.
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Will accountants save the world? - An interview with Richard Murphy
A shake-up in company reports and accounts to consider companies’ environmental impact could radically alter the way they are assessed, argues the influential political economist and accountant.
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No more command and control: To deliver for clients, asset managers need to be agile
Asset managers need to dismantle hierarchies and promote diversity of thought if they are to future-proof their businesses. They can learn valuable lessons from tech companies, military leaders and even ancient philosophers, writes Apiramy Jeyarajah.
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Inpex case study
Inpex has published scenario analyses and its plan to promote carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon recycling and renewable energy. EOS continues to encourage the company to stretch its ambitions on climate change.
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Pandemic provokes acceleration of healthcare innovation
If any good at all is to come of the pandemic, it is already being seen in the rapid and innovative response of the healthcare and medical technology world to a profound and urgent need. Stretching far beyond the development of effective vaccines, this response offers enormous investment potential.
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ESG Thema #2 - EU Fit for 55 package
The EU formally adopted in June its new objective of cutting the bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 versus 1990. This represents a substantial increase in the bloc’s ambition compared to the previous 40% reduction target and sets an interim target close to the range of domestic emissions reductions of 58-70% deemed consistent with the Paris Agreement by Climate Action Tracker. As such, this objective places the European Union as a leading region on climate change mitigation efforts.
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Green hydrogen – Investing in the ‘Swiss Army knife of decarbonisation’
Hydrogen can be seen as the answer to the challenge of reaching net-zero emissions as long as it can be produced without emitting CO2 – in other words, as long as it is green. Its characteristics have earned it the moniker ‘the Swiss Army knife of decarbonisation’ [1] – a reference to its uses as a fuel to power a heavy-duty truck or a cargo ship, or to generate electricity, or even its use to store energy.
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Stewardship Report 2020: key takeaways
We outline the key takeaways of our Stewardship Report in which we present our purpose, our responsible investment and ownership approach and examine how the principles of the Stewardship Code are reflected in all areas of our firm.