All ESG articles – Page 21
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Asset Manager NewsCharter Hall’s sustainable finance activity jumps to $2.4 billion
Charter Hall Group (Charter Hall or the Group) is pleased to announce a further $1 billion in sustainability-linked loans, lifting total sustainable finance transactions across the Group to $2.4 billion, up from $1.4 billion at 31 December 2021.
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White papersBack to our roots: How responsible investors can help tackle the biodiversity crisis
Human life and nature depend on a complex system of interactions between the environment and living organisms. It is utterly fundamental to our existence and deeply sensitive to our interventions – and yet we can sometimes lose sight of how reliant our economies are on biodiversity’s careful preservation.
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White papersBiodiversity – “The foundation upon which we can build back better”
Biodiversity loss threatens the world’s ability to tackle issues such as poverty, hunger, poor health and water shortages – problems that need addressing to future-proof the planet’s liveability and sustain the economy. It amounts to value destruction and as such, it is relevant to us all, whether we are investors, asset managers or ordinary citizens.
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White papers*ESG investing and money market funds – Odd bedfellows or a good match?*
Applying ESG considerations to investing is perhaps more obvious when dealing with companies where pollution, health & safety and other issues can be tied to their activities and be tackled more easily. However, in money market investing too, it is valuable to scrutinise ESG standards when addressing, for example, climate change or the energy transition.
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White papersPandemic, war and climate change sharpen focus on ESG
While COVID-19 helped accelerate the ESG agenda, the tragic invasion of Ukraine is likely to further speed up its evolution.
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White papersHow the Ukraine crisis could affect global food sustainability
With the prices of various food staples off the charts, Robert-Alexandre Poujade explores the knock-on effects that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will likely have on global food security and broader sustainability.
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White papersClimate Transition risk in Fixed Income Insurance Investment
For insurance portfolios, for reducing the carbon footprint given the limited turnover possibilities, we adopt a gradial asset rotation approach, exiting from poor ESG-rated assets gradually while pushing for change in activist approach via our engagement activities. From an insurance investment standpoint, the expectations in terms of transition risk will most probably result in heightened pressure on prices of high carbon footprint assets.
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White papersEngagement theme: Climate change
Climate change is one of the central pillars of AXA IM’s engagement with companies. While this theme is transversal and relevant to all firms from all sectors, we focus our efforts where materiality is greatest, notably energy (hence the relevance of UN SDG 7 and SDG 13), but also banks – through their lending policies as well as the building materials industry.
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White papersAre pension funds set to flex their financial muscle in climate fight?
Pension allocations to climate funds - including in the private assets sphere - are likely to increase dramatically, with potentially vital consequences in the real world.
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White papersA word with our expert on green bonds
‘The green bond universe is an attractive alternative to conventional debt’
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White papersOur Net Zero Carbon Pathway
There is no doubt that commercial real estate is entering a period of transition, one in which sustainability and commercial performance will become synonymous. The sustainability credentials of assets and funds will be subject to greater scrutiny by regulators, investors and occupiers. Those slow off the mark will find it difficult to protect and create value.
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White papersShifts & Narratives #17 - Keeping up with climate change in setting long-term asset class views
Today climate change is arguably the most critical long-term challenge that humanity is facing. “Climate action failure” is not only the top longterm threat in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report for 2022, but is also a key element for investors to factor in when building long-term assumptions on the economy and markets.
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White papersSustainable Asian cities: A compelling – and urgent – investment opportunity
In their white paper, “Sustainable Asian cities – preparing now for the future”, our Emerging Markets Debt team and Sustainability Centre detail the rationale underpinning a new investment strategy which targets companies that can help Asian cities achieve the sustainable changes they need to make to deal with an over-stretched infrastructure, migration and climate change.
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Asset Manager NewsIPUT to plant over 40 hectares of native woodland in Cork to support achievement of net zero carbon
IPUT launches 2021 Responsibility Report detailing plans to decarbonise the built environment and achieve net zero carbon by 2030 IPUT’s net zero strategy is built around emissions reduction but investments in carbon offsets will support achievement of targets IPUT is partnering with a local landowner in Co Cork to ...
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White papersPrivate assets: returns, diversification, and sustainability
Change is a powerful force in the world of investment. The long-term changes we face now can best be represented by the powerful themes underlying the Age of Transformation: climate change, demographics, and innovation. However, we are also in the midst of shorter-term changes that can have huge repercussions on our investment choices: inflation, an energy shock, tighter monetary policy, to name a few.
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White papersChemical sector under scrutiny in EOS’s Q1 Public Engagement Report
The Q1 Public Engagement Report from EOS at Federated Hermes takes an in-depth look at the decarbonisation challenges faced by the chemical industry. Plus, protecting digital rights and addressing social injustice.
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PodcastHow to Keep Energy Going and Going…
With the current crisis unfolding between Russia and Ukraine, energy markets globally have had to pivot where they source their energy supply thereby providing some new implications to the sector as a result.
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White papersPublic Engagement Report Q1 2022
The Public Engagement Report highlights some of the stewardship activities undertaken by EOS at Federated Hermes on behalf of its clients over Q1 2022.
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White papersDiscovering Stocks for Your Sustainable Investing Goals
Sustainability means different things to different people. So how can an investor know whether a sustainable equity fund is truly aligned with their responsibility ethos and investing goals? Start by asking the following three questions.
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White papersInvest in biodiversity to save the planet
The loss of biodiversity is one of the biggest problems facing humanity. Over the last century, we have seen unprecedented real GDP growth and have made huge progress on many fronts such as benefitting from improvements in mortality rates and technological advances. Unfortunately, in the process we have chosen to ignore nature and have altered 75% of the earth’s surface and 66% of the marine environment1 to satisfy our consumption and energy needs.
