All Alternatives articles – Page 39
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White papersAlternatives: opportunities abound
With only modest returns – at best – forecast for global stocks and bonds, investors may look to raise their allocations to alternatives. However, here too, the options are limited.
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White papersHEINEKEN case study - UK Institutional
HEINEKEN has improved the standard and transparency of its business conduct policies, increasing investor confidence.
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White papersTakeda Pharmaceutical - UK Institutional
Takeda Pharmaceutical has significantly improved the transparency and accountability of its executive remuneration, aligning itself more closely to global peers.
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White papersDecarbonisation set for a boost in the EU
The EU is stepping up its efforts to tackle global warming. A new tougher target to cut air pollution should enhance the economic incentive for companies to switch to more environmentally friendly ways of doing business.
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White papersDeep decarbonization – Green hydrogen, net zero and the future of the EU ETS
Green hydrogen is set to be a key pillar of the EU’s sustainable development and emissions reduction plans. This has major implications for how carbon emissions are removed from the EU economy over the next 30 years and for how carbon pricing is used as a tool to achieve zero emissions, according to new research from BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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White papersCorona hasn’t changed the climate crisis
The corona crisis, the US elections, trade wars… the climate problem remains. And also the need for an investment strategy that specifically responds to climate change. If anything, the health crisis has created additional opportunities to outperform the market this year due to stimulus for green sectors, argue Ulrik Fugmann and Edward Lees, who head the Environmental Strategies Group at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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White papersShipping: a social industry making environmental strides
Transport assets remind us that, within ESG investing, “S” can be just as important as “E” and “G”, and focusing on the environment and governance at the expense of social aspects can be detrimental
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White papersClimate change: asset managers join forces with the eco-warriors
The pandemic has persuaded some investors of the potential financial damage from global warming
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White papersBurberry case study - UK Institutional
Burberry has reaffirmed its commitment to find alternatives to incinerating surplus stock in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and set a science-based carbon reduction target.
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White papersThe coronavirus and the race for a vaccine
Across the globe, scientists are hunting for an effective vaccine that will end Covid-19. In the sixth article in our pandemic series, Katie Frame looks at the response from the pharmaceutical sector and how we engage on this issue.
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Asset Manager NewsLaunching new carbon-disclosure standards for UK finance
The Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) launched its UK chapter this week. The coalition was initiated and chaired by the international business of Federated Hermes and aims to promote the measurement and disclosure of carbon emissions in the financial sector.
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White papersSustainability – We believe in stewardship
Writing in BNP Paribas Asset Management’s latest sustainability report, Helena Viñes Fiestas, Global Head of Stewardship and Policy, showcases the firm’s recent achievements, underscoring the importance of active stewardship at BNPP AM as part of its role as a ‘Future Maker’ leading change.
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White papersSustainability – We are Future Makers
Our Global Sustainability Strategy, published in 2019, set out our ambitions, a three-year road map, and the five-pillar approach to define and implement sustainable investment. Now, our latest sustainability report highlights our recent achievements, underscoring the importance of putting sustainable investment at the core of BNP Paribas Asset Management’s strategy as well as the company’s role as a ‘Future Maker’ leading change.
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White papersMizuho Financial Group case study
Mizuho Financial Group has faced allegations from environmental non-profit organisations on its financing of fossil fuels and agribusiness’ activities that are linked to deforestation, peatland destruction and illegal labour exploitation especially in Southeast Asia.
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White papersMarket Perspectives - Covid paralysis recedes as political risk rises
After a buoyant August for risk assets, the rally is likely to flatten out. Rising new infections into the autumn, a levelling recovery pace and diverse political risks (US politics, Brexit, geopolitics) will keep a lid on risk sentiment.
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White papersA voting season like no other
Companies and investors went into the 2020 voting season reeling from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. With many companies opting for virtual shareholder meetings, how did investors ensure their concerns about climate change, diversity and human rights risks were addressed?
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White papersPockets of growth in a “silver” economy
For the first time in history, the Earth hosts more people aged over 60 than under five. Today, people in many countries can expect to live into their sixties or longer. Older people can pursue new activities in education, work or their hobbies. Yet having the freedom to do so depends on two things – health and finance.
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White papersLife after Covid: the LDI view
The fast spreading of the new Coronavirus disease (Covid- 19) has become the biggest global challenge in decades, with more than 10 million (recorded) infections and a death toll exceeding 500k by mid-2020. Transmission by asymptomatic people is still debated, but may be a factor facilitating unconscious spreading, and making containment difficult.
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Asset Manager NewsLooking for hidden ESG gems: a new frontier for responsible investing with “improvers”
The ongoing Covid-19 crisis and the resulting market turmoil have confirmed a pre-existing trend within equity investing: the increasing relevance of integrating ESG criteria and sustainability into the investment decision. We believe doing so will add value both in terms of being able to deliver better risk-adjusted return, but also in terms of helping to put focus on - and ultimately improve - important ESG parameters for companies and society.
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White papersSustainable mythbusting
Getting the facts straight on sustainable index investing investing
