All ESG/SRI articles – Page 11
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White papersAnticipating the climate change risks for sovereign bonds (Part 3)
In this paper, we illustrate how climate change could materialize should no further mitigation efforts be implemented. We focus on two specific climate hazards: (i) the average temperature and (ii) the frequency of very hot days.
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White papers
The Circular - Edition 1, 2022
As Earth ticks off another twirl around the sun, down at ground level the planetary alarm clock ticks on – faster than ever.
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Research Report
Senior housing: how to solve the mismatch in the market
In the next twenty years, the main driver for demographic growth in the Netherlands is the ever-growing senior age group.
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White papers
UN Sustainable Development Goals - Aligning Or Progressing?
The UN’s 17 sustainable development goals will be difficult, and certainly not cheap, however it’s important to understand the methodology applied to better understand the impact on results.
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Podcast
Biodiversity: Episode 3
Forests grow over decades and centuries and replenishing them is far from instant. Deforestation is a complex and nuanced global problem, where long-term solutions are required.
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White papers
European strategic sovereignty must be an investment opportunity
The concept of strategic sovereignty goes far beyond the issues of security and defence. It also assumes relative self-sufficiency, and the ability to impose one’ standards and to create global leaders in tomorrow’s ecosystems. This political objective must be founded on economic reality and will first require new investment momentum in Europe.
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Asset Manager News
Europa Capital transacts €1.4 billion in 2021, cementing its specialisms in living and logistics
Europa Capital, the pan-European real estate investment manager, saw transaction activity return to pre-pandemic levels in 2021 with a total of €1.4 billion transacted in the year (2020: c. €500 million). Acquisitions were secured across the risk spectrum on behalf of its value add and core funds.
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White papers
Working for a just food system
In the fourth article in our EOS Insights series on the social and environmental impacts of the global food system, Emily DeMasi looks at labour practices and human rights risks.
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Investment Symposium Series – Biodiversity, food and health: The crucial pieces of the 1.5°C jigsaw
Boosting investment in restoring Earth’s biodiverse natural capital, so as to transition urgently towards a healthy, sustainable food future as well as keeping global warming to 1.5°C, is absolutely critical.
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White papers
How to get to net zero in real estate investment
We know a drastic fall in carbon emissions from the built environment is essential to save the planet. Even so, real solutions - let alone action - remain elusive. It’s time to work out how it can be done.
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Video
Net-Zero Now Documentary: Current State of Play for Net-Zero
The first chapter of MSCI’s Net-Zero Now Documentary sets the stage for how investors are measuring the temperature of their investments, untangling corporate commitments to reach net-zero emissions and uncovering the potential for outperformance by businesses built for a Net-Zero world.
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White papers
How the ESG data dilemma rewards active and engaged investors
What you can measure you can manage. In responsible investment that has steadily become a practical reality, but thoughtful and analytical management is still required to make sense of sometimes uneven inputs and difficult comparisons.
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White papers
Five Ways Technology Companies Offer Inflation Protection
From the advent of electricity to the adoption of the internet, technology has often been a catalyst for cost reduction. Yet today, investors may find that some technology companies can raise prices amid inflationary pressures, adding to their fundamental appeal in a challenging economic environment.
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White papers
Financing economic growth with private debt
Listed assets no longer suffice to build an investment portfolio. Private debt is becoming central to allocations.
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White papers
Why investors in renewable infrastructure shouldn’t overlook private debt
Rising competition has seen pressure mount on the private equity side of renewable energy infrastructure finance, but private debt remains enticing.
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White papers
ESG Thema #7 - ESG Corporate Disclosure: Towards more demanding and harmonized reporting
The 21st century company is one that must go beyond considerations of financial profitability, ensuring that the ecosystem in which it operates is preserved.
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Podcast
The Weakest Links in the Global Supply Chain: Part II
In continuing our discussion on the current global supply chain crisis, we’ve seen that companies have been considering onshoring many of their production centers in order to keep up with slowdowns in deliveries from international ports.
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White papers
Blog | Sustainable investing: no longer just an equity game
Sustainable investment is an equity story, isn’t it? After all, it’s only shareholders who have voting rights. The power of the corporate ballot enables investors to exert pressure on companies to improve their environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards.
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White papers
Nasdaq’s New Board Diversity Rules: What’s the Impact?
As International Women’s Day and Black History month approach, some U.S. companies are being asked to show if they walk the talk. The Nasdaq Inc. stock exchange’s new diversity rules will impose board diversity disclosure requirements on Nasdaq-listed companies. While the impact of comply-or-explain diversity quotas is, at best, difficult to predict, these mandatory disclosure requirements may nudge companies to improve the diversity of their boards or risk facing investor pressure.
