All ESG/SRI articles
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White papersThe shift in how the world sees farmland: An asset that sits between categories
Investment categories tend to last longer than the conditions that created them. Real estate, infrastructure and private markets were shaped in a period when natural systems felt predictable and globalisation appeared steady. Those assumptions carried portfolios for decades.
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White papersGlobal SMID Equity Engagement: 2025 annual report
The Fund has the twin aims of investing in and engaging with companies to generate both long-term investment returns and positive societal impact in support of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this report we outline our progress during 2025.
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White papersMeeting the stewardship goals of universal owners
With the publication by EOS at Federated Hermes Limited of its 2025 Annual Review of engagement and voting highlights, Leon Kamhi, Head of Responsibility and EOS, reflects on three key trends dominating the global economy and how these are impacting stewardship.
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White papersGermany’s Mittelstand at a turning point: the pivotal role of private debt
Germany’s mid-market is in transition, and private debt is playing a pivotal role. Digitalisation, energy, sovereignty and succession: these shifts are reshaping priorities and creating new financing needs.
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White papersUnpacking Asia’s 2025 Sustainable Finance Playbook
Asia is stepping up as a focal point for ESG regulation innovation, demonstrated by a market-calibrated approach that is increasingly aligned with international standards.
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White papersGlobal Equity ESG Annual Report: Navigating Volatility with Purpose
As climate change reshapes energy, food and water systems, physical risk is becoming ever more financially material. In this report, the Global Equity team discuss their approach to assessing physical risk – at a company and portfolio level – and outline where they see future opportunities.
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White papersStewardship in a Fractured World: EOS Annual Review 2025
EOS at Federated Hermes Limited publishes 2025 Annual Review, with full engagement and voting highlights.
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White papersA look at the proposed evolution of the SFDR
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation was created to establish harmonised requirements for financial market participants and ensure clarity around how they integrate environmental, social, and good governance factors into investment decisions, financial advice, and broader and product-specific sustainability goals.
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White papersMeasuring what matters: Impact reporting in listed equities
BNP Paribas Asset Management’s Environmental Strategies Group has published the inaugural impact report for its Clean Energy Solutions strategy. In a world of imperfect data, we describe the reasons for our pragmatic approach to measuring the strategy’s positive environmental impact.
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White papers2025 Proxy Season in Review
We continued our commitment to transparent engagement in an effort to enhance shareholder value and manage risk for our clients.
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VideoLooking beyond mainstream bonds
Out-of-index sectors, such as trade finance, offer alternative investment opportunities.
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White papersThe evolving landscape of climate investing
Climate change and the energy transition are multi-decadal themes that are shaping the world we live in, with wide-ranging implications for investors. But the question of how to incorporate climate change into investment strategies is not a straightforward one. Multiple avenues are open to asset owners looking to manage risk, allocate capital and set climate-related goals.
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White papersScaling up climate finance with smarter climate risk insights
As wildfires, floods, and heatwaves become more common, the world is waking up to the urgent need to tackle climate change. Factoring in climate risk is essential in taking informed investment decisions. Banks, investors, and regulators are therefore increasingly factoring physical climate risks and the capacity of countries to respond to climate shocks into their risk management frameworks.
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PodcastSustainability agenda – Capital and solutions for real-world issues
Increasingly, investors want to see real-world outcomes resulting from asset managers’ sustainability-related efforts. These could range from engagement and stewardship to ensuring corporate transition plans are credible. Simultaneously, demographic shifts and innovations such as AI are emerging as social investment themes that require capital and solutions to tackle them.
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White papers“Battery storage crucial for next phase in energy transition”
The volumes from wind and solar power have become so large at peak times that the grid cannot cope. That’s sign of success, but we now need to solve this grid congestion. Fund manager Sonja de Ruiter and senior investment manager Kay van der Kooi of Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund see battery storage as the perfect solution. This requires enormous investments, in which professional and institutional investors can play an important role.
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White papersGlobal Emerging Markets Equity: Outlook 2026
Emerging markets (EM) outperformed developed markets (DM) last year on the back of a variety of tailwinds. We believe the EM rally has the potential to be prolonged and significant as we outline in this report.
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White papersChina: The year of the fire horse
Improving earnings, an ongoing economic transformation and benign valuations all add up to a positive outlook for the year ahead.
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PodcastIncorporating inclusive growth as a stock selection factor
Is inclusive growth an underappreciated investment criterion when investing sustainably? Amid geopolitical tensions, rising populism and growing inequalities, assessing a business’s inclusivity matters when selecting investments. Shazaan Gaffoor, Investment Specialist for the Global Equity team, explains why to Andy Craig, Co-Head of the Investment Insights Centre.
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White papersA healthy correction underway
Market broadening accelerates as software gets its ‘DeepSeek’ moment.
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PodcastElectrification and AI turbocharge clean energy outlook
Clean energy started 2026 strongly as the investment theme rides the bullish sentiment around power demand, expanding electrification and the build-out of the digital ecosystem. The growing appetite for clean energy has also shone the spotlight on companies that own and operate essential and critical infrastructure such as AI datacentres.
