All ESG articles – Page 23
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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 papersStrategic impetus for sustainable energy in Europe
Energy security has climbed the European political agenda recently, supporting the low-carbon transition. High metals prices act as a short-term headwind but authorities remain committed to a cleaner future, with the region’s central bank working towards “greening” its monetary policy framework.
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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 papersAn Update on Sovereign Fixed Income ESG Scores
In February 2018, Templeton Global Macro (TGM) released its original paper on the topic of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in sovereign fixed income investing. The paper (Global Macro Shifts—issue 9 [GMS-9]) explored the team’s novel approach to ESG investing, which does not just measure current ESG levels as a screen, but instead focuses on projected changes in ESG scores that may reveal opportunities for investment as well as emerging risks to avoid.
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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 NewsFine Grain Futures: cutting emissions by the equivalent of 900 transatlantic flights a year
Here at Fine Grain Property, our goal is to build world-class workplace communities on three pillars: Fine Grain Facilities, Friends and Futures. Our contemporary, amenities-rich buildings and their surroundings provide the facilities; the vibrant communities of like-minded businesses they house, the companies we partner with and our neighbours in local communities are the friends; the way we operate as a business helps build brighter and more sustainable futures for our clients, investors and the planet.
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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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VideoBeyond ESG: Why the SEC is Right to Make Climate Risk Disclosure Mandatory
With the increasing frequency and severity of extreme weather events comes a heightened focus on the risks of climate change. But in the absence of consistent financial reporting on them, investors and companies have had to hazard their own guess of the impact on markets and the economy.
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White papersCharter Hall Market Update
Resilience and relationships continue to drive Charter Hall’s record fund growth and equity across the business, delivering strong results for investor and tenant customers, and communities in the first half year alone.
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White papersNow for the hard part: The challenge of delivering net zero
More than one fifth of the world’s largest listed companies have committed to net-zero targets, but few have detailed roadmaps to get there. Mirza Baig considers the challenges for investors managing transition pathways.
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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.
