All Alternatives articles – Page 10
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White papersImpact measurement and reporting
Understanding the non-financial impact of their investments is an increasing concern for institutional investors. Almost three-quarters (74%) consider or plan to consider the environmental and societal impact of their investment decisions, according to Nuveen’s 2023 EQuilibrium survey of institutional investors around the world. This number is even higher (82%) for insurers.
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White papersBuilding resilient natural capital portfolios through diversification
”The lack of correlation across diverse natural capital investment strategies offers great potential for efficiency improvements via portfolio design.”
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PodcastOuterblue Talks Green – The rise of responsible investing in Asia
Asia faces distinct and complex challenges when it comes to the energy transition as it looks to balance economic development with the necessity to transition to a low carbon economy.
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White papersCOP28: delivering on food, nature and energy
We provide our key takeaways from COP28, covering the historic final communique, significant agreements focused on nature and the food and energy systems, plus the knowledge shared at the Lombard Odier re-NATURE hub alongside the summit.
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White papersIntegrating biodiversity into portfolios: a bespoke framework
Biodiversity losses may have a material effect on some companies, but companies also erode biodiversity through their activities and practices.
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White papersESG Thema – Special COP28: Main outcomes and implications for investors
A significant win for climate diplomacy on the back of strong technological tailwinds, daunting challenges ahead
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White papersA tale of two risks: building robust portfolios aligned to net-zero
Building climate-aligned portfolios requires a forward-looking approach to maximise opportunities and reduce risks associated with the climate transition. Instead of focusing solely on historical levels of carbon emissions, our TargetNetZero strategies identify the potential leaders and laggards of the climate transition in all sectors of the economy by evaluating companies’ current policies and commitments to decarbonisation.
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WebinarWebinar | rethink net zero: investing in the transition
Watch the replay of our webinar: rethink net zero: investing in the transition
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White papersNavigating the climate index jungle
The need to understand Climate benchmarks and their personalities
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White papersSustainability watch: oil and gas subsidies, artificial rain, and carbon markets
Our selection of sustainability news from November includes news of a co-ordinated push to end subsidies for foreign oil and gas operations and coal mining, India’s plans for artificial rain, and China’s loosening of the rules governing its carbon market.
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White papersThe next stage of ESG evolution in the pension landscape
”The ESG pillars have never been so central to the investment conversation.”
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White papersESG Viewpoint: Investing in a Just Transition
It’s essential we consider the social dimension as we transition to a low carbon world. We explore the investment implications of a Just Transition.
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White papers2024 Responsible Investment Views
”Responsible Investing is moving from a niche to a standardised environment.”
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White papersClimate-Related Stress-Testing and Net-Zero Valuation
This paper proposes a methodology for quantifying the climate-related transition impacts on energy-intensive companies. In this study, we use a publicly available dataset created by the Bank of Canada that combines the scenarios developed by the MIT Economic Projection and Policy Analysis (EPPA) model with the results from two macroeconomic models (ToTEM and BoC-GEM-Fin) to illustrate price and production patterns for 10 emission-intensive sectors across 8 aggregated regions.
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White papersESG Thema #14 - Navigating the Net Zero landscape: a toolbox for investors
Net Zero initiatives are raising standards and market practices by putting investors at the forefront of the transition to Net Zero, encouraging both real-economy carbon reduction and increasing investments in climate solutions.
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White papersSustainability: Interconnected challenges and what we’re doing about them
Some of the world’s biggest challenges are inextricably intertwined. Here, we look at potential solutions across four interconnected areas: halting climate change, improving efficiency, embracing a circular economy, and promoting greater social inclusion.
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White papersHas the ESG bubble burst?
The blowback against ESG has taken on a life of its own in recent months but, even in the face of rising political opposition and a slowdown in fund flows, the real-world challenges ESG investing is designed to address are too big to ignore.
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White papersNet Zero Investment Portfolios - Part 2. The Core-Satellite Approach
This article is the second part of a research project on net-zero investment. While the previous publication was dedicated to the integrated approach, this one focuses on the core-satellite approach. As explained in the first part, net-zero policies need to address two dimensions: decarbonizing the portfolio and financing the transition.
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White papersReal asset megatrends: Global trends shaping investment opportunities
Megatrends are long-term, global themes forecast to shape and transform society, the economy, and the environment over the next few decades. Investors are able to participate in the propagation of these trends through allocations to real assets, which are tangible physical assets with intrinsic value due to their substance and properties.
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White papersSustainability watch: record temperatures, marine biodiversity and renewable investment
Our selection of sustainability news from October includes news of the hottest year on record, the largest-ever US state investment in renewable energy, and Ireland’s potential to develop a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry.
