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ESG Thema #15 - Measuring the Biodiversity Footprints of Investments: An Assessment of the Metrics
The urgency and scale of biodiversity loss are exposing a high number of companies across sectors to significant financial risks. In this context, it has become increasingly necessary for investors to reliably assess the impact and dependence of companies on biodiversity.
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Biodiversity: the next frontier in impact investing
At its core, impact investing links intricately with the preservation of biodiversity. The vitality of ecosystems and survival of numerous species plays a pivotal role in pressing global challenges like climate change and sustainable development.
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Integrating biodiversity risks into investment decisions
Biodiversity loss has long concerned scientists and conservationists. But new research shows it has now started to become a material financial risk for listed companies and their investors. Several studies published in the past year have found that biodiversity-related risks are beginning to affect company valuations and their financing costs.
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The Muddy Logic of Passive Commodity Investing
Passive investing in commodities is a bit of an oxymoron.
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Broadening the Path to Low-Carbon Investing
A Diversified Approach to Climate-Focused Equities
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Commercial Real Estate: The Lure of Late-Cycle Lending
Investors who paint commercial real estate with a broad brush may be missing out, particularly at this point in the cycle.
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Inspiring innovation: private equity’s role in developing environmental technology
Increased global commitment to climate goals presents an attractive opportunity for investors, especially in private markets.
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Measuring climate alignment, one temperature at a time
Decarbonisation investment strategies cover many realities on the market as building a portfolio of companies targeting net zero requires specialist analysis while lacking industry standards. What temperature alignment method does LOIM use to differentiate between companies that are on ambitious and credible decarbonisation trajectories and those that are climate laggards?
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The importance of engaging for a just transition
With the publication by EOS at Federated Hermes of its 2023 Annual Review of engagement and voting highlights, Leon Kamhi, Head of Responsibility and EOS, reflects on our stewardship activity in 2023, the outcome of COP28, and the need for a just transition.
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Institutional investors’ approaches to responsible investing
In this paper, we aim to understand institutional investors’ approach to responsible investing, which has become an important consideration in many investors’ portfolio management decisions. We conduct in-depth qualitative interviews with more than twenty institutional investors – mostly consisting of pension plans and central banks –, and complement our insights with relevant findings from academic literature.
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Nurturing Nature: Why Investors Should Care About Biodiversity
Investors face an urgent challenge in understanding, analyzing and managing biodiversity risks.
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How do Red Sea disruptions affect global supply chains?
Commercial shipping in the Red Sea has been significantly disrupted by attacks from Houthi rebels operating out of Yemen.
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From ‘smart chemo’ to gene therapy: The innovations transforming healthcare
From the invention of the stethoscope to the discovery of penicillin, many healthcare innovations have supported better health and well-being outcomes. Jasveet Brar, Darshan Rughani and Philip Kemp explore a selection of innovative technologies on the cusp of commercial inflection, with the potential to revolutionise the pharmaceutical and medical device industries specifically.
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2024 alternative credit insights: Taking center stage
Investors were reminded of the growing importance of alternative credit in portfolios during the interest rate run-up — and accompanying market volatility — that began in early 2022.
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2022 – 2023 Annual Stewardship Report: Aligning advocacy with actions
Welcome to the Nuveen 2022 – 2023 Stewardship Report. For more than 125 years, along with our parent company TIAA, we have helped millions of investors achieve long-term financial health.
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Flows and Fundamentals
With cash rates priced to decline substantially, we think it is time to deploy liquidity, locking in bond yields and seeking out value in the equity market.
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Building Momentum: 2024 Outlook for ESG Regulation
After a year of burgeoning regulatory development, we assess what may come next