All Alternatives articles – Page 34
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White papersCopper-The Key to Electronification
Accelerated by the current COVID-19 global pandemic, fighting climate change has, once again, become a top priority around the world. US President Joe Biden is set to introduce a green infrastructure and clean energy plan which was initially estimated at $2 trillion.
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White papersInequality: Causes, policy response and market implications
Global income equality has improved over the last 40 years, but the story in advanced economies is less positive. We look at the key drivers of this phenomenon and their implications, as well as the economic outlook. We argue this trend will force global companies to embrace ESG criteria at a faster speed, with the fast movers likely to be outperformers.
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White papersWhat technologies do we need to get to net zero?
Meeting Paris Agreement climate change targets means tackling the harder-to-decarbonise areas of the economy with technologies that don’t yet exist at scale.
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White papersHell, Heaven & the Next Bonanza of Mispriced Assets
While markets focus on post-pandemic recovery, regulators have been sounding the alarm on the need to price in long-term climate risk.
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White papersESG in Action: Improving Climate Change Models for Investments
Gauging the potential impacts of climate change on a company’s valuation or portfolio performance is extremely difficult. At AB, we’ve partnered with Columbia University’s Earth Institute to conduct an extensive review of existing climate change scenario-analysis providers and their various approaches.
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White papersIntroducing our new sustainability hub
Since 1983, Sustainable Wealth Creation has been our sole purpose. We aim to change investment for better, forever, for all.
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White papers*What you need to know about the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration*
The United Nations (UN) Decade on Ecosystem Restoration (hereafter the UN decade), which will be launched on World Environment Day (June 5), aims to prevent, halt and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean.
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White papersSpotlight on environmental challenges: targeting solutions for the planet through impact investing
Ben Constable-Maxwell, Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing at M&G Investments, explains how active investors can target innovative solutions for the planet by investing in listed equities.
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White papersStewardship during a crisis: Lessons from the pandemic
With the publication of the 2020 Annual Review of engagement and voting highlights by EOS at Federated Hermes, Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt, Head of EOS, reflects on the pandemic and the stewardship lessons for companies and investors.
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White papersPricing ESG risk in credit markets
To analyse credit risks with greater precision, we developed a pricing model in 2017 to capture the influence of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors on credit spreads. It showed a convincing relationship between ESG risk and credit spreads, manifesting as an ESG-risk curve.
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White papersRenewable energy stocks look set to rally
We continue to see signs that renewable energy stocks are well orientated after the sell-off that marked the start of the year.
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White papersBlue economy – Saving whales means saving the planet
Are whales man’s greatest ally as rising temperatures pose unprecedented threats to the planet?
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White papersValue from Values: Building Frameworks for ESG Investing
With investors hoping their money can deliver returns and advance core values at the same time, asset managers have been testing different approaches. The biggest challenge comes in translating these values and an organization’s social goals into actionable investment strategies.
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White papersEOS 2020 Annual Review
EOS publishes 2020 Annual Review with full engagement and voting highlights
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White papersThe Future of Money May Come Sooner Than You Think
The pandemic delivered a boost to cashless commerce, but fresh designs for digital money will disrupt far more than coins and bills.
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White papersFive Things Investors Should Know About Hydrogen
Hydrogen’s potential as an energy source is attracting renewed attention. It may take 20 years or so for the potential to be realized. But the effects are likely to be felt within the planning horizons of most long-term investors—a good reason to start thinking now about the investment implications.
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White papersThe latest on the carbon trading market and a keen appetite for offshore wind assets
Carbon pricing in the EU Emissions Trading System, or ETS market, is entering a new phase, signalling that decarbonisation is well under way in the energy sector and that reducing industrial CO2 emissions will be next, as the EU moves towards its net zero emissions target for 2050.
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White papers2020 – A turning point for ESG investing
In many ways, 2020 was a turning point. One key area within environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing was putting a spotlight on corporate behaviour and what constitutes business resilience.
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White papersNo time like now: why investors are moving on ESG
Eoin Murray, Head of Investment, takes a trip down memory lane and into the future with ESG…
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White papersBlue economy – The ocean… land of innovation
The blue economy encompasses a vast field of technologies that can help develop the world’s immense maritime resources in a sustainable way while respecting the natural balance.
