All ESG/SRI articles
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White papers
Finding the balance
“In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.” — Benjamin Graham.
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Podcast
Outerblue RI – Driving Climate Action through Shareholder Engagement
In the second episode of our five-part series on Shareholder Stewardship, Aaron McDougall, Head of Climate & Ciaran Callaghan, Head of European Equity Research engage in a dynamic conversation on shareholder engagement on climate - linking climate engagements to responsible investors financial considerations.
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White papers
New sheriff in town
Uncertainty surrounding Trump’s fiscal policies could be a Rorschach test for investors.
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White papers
Fiscal expansion fears loom over debt markets
Ballooning public debt is forcing many countries to overhaul fiscal rules, which could have a significant impact on credit markets in the months ahead.
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Webinar
Shedding light on dynamics and opportunities of Responsible Investment
Thursday, 13th February 2025 | 8:30 - 9:15 am GMT | 9:30 - 10:15 am CET
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White papers
ESG Thema #19 - Measuring Scope 3 Emissions: implications & challenges for investors
“For many companies, the greatest climate-related risks and opportunities lie within their supply chains, which means addressing Scope 3 emissions is essential.” Mark Carney, Former Governor of the Bank of England said in 2020
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White papers
Decarbonising buildings lags amid discrepancy between SFDR and EU Taxonomy
Decarbonising buildings plays a critical role in achieving the EU’s goal of climate neutrality by 2050. Hence, the EU’s ambition to have the region’s building stock fully decarbonised by mid-century and reduce the sector’s greenhouse gas emissions by at least 60% by 2030. However, the absence of unified regulatory standards is restraining the potential for investors to get involved, writes Nicolas Toupin.
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White papers
How can investors assess and measure a company’s impact on biodiversity?
Biodiversity loss is an existential threat to both people and the planet. However, we believe listed assets investment strategies can help deliver significant positive impacts and help stem the deterioration of the world’s fragile ecosystems.
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White papers
Why should investors care about biodiversity?
Biodiversity is the variability of all living organisms from all sources, spanning all ecosystems across land and sea. It encompasses the characteristics of living systems and includes everything from the diversity within a species to the diversity between species, and of the ecosystems in which they live.
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White papers
Navigating 2025: The Intersection of Sustainability and Pragmatism
How political trends could shape policy decisions and regulatory frameworks this year
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White papers
Tackling inequality and inequity in healthcare
Inequity and inequality are all too common within the modern healthcare system, even in developed countries. The picture is not entirely bleak, however. As impact investors, we have identified several solutions providers finding ways to reduce and overcome the barriers to healthcare.
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White papers
SDG Engagement Equity, Q4 2024 case study
Ansell is domiciled and listed in Australia but is a genuinely global producer of personal protective equipment (PPE) for workers within healthcare and industrial settings.
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Podcast
Behind the Scenes of COP29
This episode of Fixed on ESG analyses the key takeaways from COP29, including the geopolitical tensions and financial commitments that influenced the outcomes.
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White papers
Artificial intelligence for sustainable finance: why it may help
Developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning have led to the creation of a new type of ESG data that do not necessarily rely on information provided by companies.
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White papers
ESG goals, risk and returns – A new framework to optimise equity portfolios
A new paper from BNP Paribas Asset Management, “Impact of ESG Objectives on a Portfolio”, recently published in The Journal of Portfolio Management, details a framework for adding environmental, social, and governance objectives to passively and actively managed equity portfolios so that the impact of the ESG criteria on risk and return is minimised.
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Podcast
A Look Under the Hood of Climate Risk Analysis
This episode focuses on the EU autos sector as a means of exploring how we leverage our bottom-up research approach to analyse climate risks.
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White papers
Outlook 2025: Prospects for the race to net zero
In 2025 mature technologies like solar and wind power as well as electric vehicles (EVs) will continue on their path of exponential deployment - despite some setbacks in some jurisdictions where incumbents start to panic as they realise they have lost ground they may never make up.
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White papers
Amundi Responsible Investment Views 2025
The responsible investment market normalization continues, in a year marked by additional transparency requirements and continued companies’ commitments
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White papers
Stewardship: a coming of age
Increased oversight of sustainable investing may help combat greenwashing – but regulators will need to be aware of unintended consequences.
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White papers
Beyond the Numbers: ESG in Action
As the 2024 Amundi-CREATE report highlights, the private markets asset class is particularly suitable for responsible investing. This article explores how an investor in private assets, such as Amundi Alpha Associates, can approach and refine responsible investment capabilities, as well as the practical steps taken to integrate ESG factors into their portfolio monitoring processes.