All ESG articles – Page 21
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White papersWhy Passive ESG Fails to Deliver
Investing based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has gained traction in recent years, reflecting the interest of many investors in deploying their capital to positively influence corporate practices and drive sustainable change.
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PodcastPrivate equity has put sustainability firmly in its sights
Many believe that private equity (PE) is particularly well placed to embrace ESG and sustainability given the scale and scope of the industry’s investments and the benefits of a direct ownership model. Together with various initiatives aimed at establishing common standards for ESG integration, PE is sharpening its focus on climate-change resilience across portfolio companies in particular. While this inherently bodes well for other stakeholders like lenders, there is still a role for engagement with borrowers to ensure they demonstrate progress.
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Research ReportThe ESG bond market is on the verge of reaching new heights
With environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues dominating the international policy agenda — and as investor demand for new ESG financial products and services continues to grow — global debt markets, and by extension fixed income portfolios, are about to undergo a radical transformation. The ESG debt universe is expanding rapidly, not only in size but also in terms of the variety of instruments it contains and the range of activities it finances.
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White papersAdopt a Gold Standard for Your Sustainable Investments
From escalating climate threats to growing social challenges, the impetus for creating a more sustainable world has become impossible to ignore. But we can’t rely on governments and philanthropy to solve the problems. Investors have an important role to play by supporting private sector efforts to address the issues that will redefine life on earth for decades to come.
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White papersHow can a social taxonomy work as a platform for better social impact?
Developing taxonomies to create guidance for businesses and investors working towards more environmental and social sustainability has been a key part of the European Commission’s action plan. A social taxonomy, however, functions with different parameters than an environmental one, as Malika Takhtayeva, Delphine Riou and Xuan Sheng Ou Yong explain.
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White papersSDG Engagement High Yield Credit: 2021 Annual Report
Our 2021 Annual Report outlines how the SDG Engagement High Yield Credit strategy delivered on its colinear objectives: strong financial performance for investors, and future, positive social and environmental impact contributing to achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.
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White papersHow institutional investors can make a social impact in portfolios
The momentum around net zero investing has helped focus the minds of institutional investors on ways to tackle climate change and how to respond to the changing policy landscape. This has led to fundamental change in how pension funds and insurers view their portfolios over the longer term – leading to the steady integration of environmental risks and opportunities.
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White papersReaping the rewards
In the following interview, Darren Rabenou discusses the role food and agriculture can play in investors’ portfolios, the business’s key focus areas, what impact climate change is having on the sector, amongst other themes. Read the full interview to find out more.
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White papersPrivate Equity Real Estate Investors - Overcoming the Challenge of Sustainability & ESG: Pro-invest Group’s ESG Journey
This case study was written by Claudia Zeisberger, Senior Affiliate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Family Enterprise and Academic Director of GEl, and Alexandra von Stauffenberg, Associate Director of the Global Private Equity Initiative (GPEI), both at INSEAD. It is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation.
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White papersPowering the SiC revolution
Silicon carbide compound semiconductor technology is enabling better energy efficiency for electric vehicles manufacturers. What opportunities could this bring?
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White papersMulti-Period Portfolio Optimization and Application to Portfolio Decarbonization
In this article, we consider a multi-period portfolio optimization problem, which is an extension of the single-period mean-variance model. We discuss several formulations of the objective function, constraints and coupling relationships.
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White papersFederated Hermes Sustainable European Equities
In our first Sustainability Report we outline how a combination of bottom-up stock picking and thematic research helps us identify companies built on strong foundations: purposeful, resilient, and innovative, and aligned to at least one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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Asset Manager NewsSC Capital Partners Releases Inaugural Sustainability Report
SC Capital Partners (“SCCP”) has released its inaugural Sustainability Report for Financial Year 2021 (“FY2021”). Titled “Sustainability in Action”, the report outlines the Group’s commitment to Environmental, Social and Governance (“ESG”) practices and initiatives, and articulates the Group’s ESG framework and approach, as well as its material matters’ targets and performances.
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White papersAir Liquide case study
EOS has been engaging with Air Liquide since 2009 on a range of issues, including sustainability, remuneration and board effectiveness.
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White papersGlobal Equity ESG - Annual Report, 2021
Combining attractive fundamentals and good or improving environmental, social and governance (ESG) characteristics, the Federated Hermes Global Equity ESG Fund targets innovative companies that anticipate tomorrow’s challenges today.
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VideoJane Wadia, Head of Investment Specialists on 'Engagement in fixed income'
AXA IM has managed fixed income portfolios through economic ups and downs for decades.
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White papersRunning dry: How water risk can threaten a company’s bottom line
Climate change is forcing investors to evaluate two new types of risk: transition risk, the cost of transitioning to low-carbon operations, and physical risk, the cost of increased drought, floods, severe weather, and a rising sea level. Water stress is one of the most pronounced physical risks from climate change that investors must consider.
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White papersThe impact of war in Ukraine should power the push for net zero
Released mere months after COP26 concluded, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes for a sobering read. The United Nations body has warned the world faces “unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades”, even if global warming is successfully limited to +1.5°C.
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White papersAsset Classes Views: Keeping up with climate change
The third year of the Covid crisis began with renewed concerns over the interplay between surging inflation and an economic recovery contingent on concerns over policy tightening, a trend further accelerated by the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
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White papersClimate change and global security
Climate change is a threat to life on earth through its impact on livelihoods, health and income, and nature as a whole. However, it has become clearer that it can also be a threat multiplier for instability, adding to tensions even in stable regions by exacerbating the social and economic problems highlighted by the pandemic, argue Edward Lees and Ulrik Fugmann of our Environmental Strategies group.
