All ESG/SRI articles – Page 4
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InsightProtecting nature through listed investments
Our natural environment urgently needs protection. As investors, we can help make that possible. Companies can either protect nature or put more pressure on it. In 2026, we will start an ambitious engagement programme with selected companies from our investment portfolio, focusing on two major threats to biodiversity: deforestation and water pollution.
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White papersWhat the global housing shortage (and recovery) means for natural capital investment
The world needs more housing, and the math behind that shortage is staggering. Across the U.S., Canada, Australia, the U.K. and the EU alone, an estimated 5.1 million new housing units per year are needed just to close the gap. For timberland investors, that demand tells a compelling story about where wood consumption is headed. Read the full paper to explore the connection between the global housing shortage and the long-term case for natural capital investment.
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White papersSustainable Global Equity, Annual Report 2025
AI offers transformative opportunities for sustainable development, yet its expanding resource footprint threatens to undermine those gains. In this report, the Sustainable Global Equity team assess why investor action will be crucial in driving AI efficiency and ensuring its growth supports a more sustainable future.
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White papersDecoding data centers: Sustainability due diligence across the value chain
AI is reshaping the world, but behind every large language model and data center is a very real environmental footprint that investors can no longer afford to overlook. Nuveen and the Environmental Defense Fund have teamed up to cut through the complexity, offering a practical, science-grounded guide to help investors ask better questions and manage material risks across the entire AI value chain. Download the report to see what smarter due diligence looks like in the age of AI.
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White papersBeyond data centres: Could fibre optic networks bridge the AI divide?
If you were asked to name a few standout inventions from the 19th century, you’d probably answer without much hesitation. The steam train, the light bulb, the telephone – all fundamentally changed the way people interact with one another and the world around them.
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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 papersISA Briefing: Muddled green
Sustainability frameworks and metrics have been expanding for years in both variety and number. But in our view, more information isn’t translating into better insights for investors, despite more involved and complex reporting outputs.
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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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Asset Manager NewsAvailable now | Redevco’s research paper on Funding Europe’s Green Transition
Around €100 billion of European office assets sit in EPC D/E categories requiring reinvestment by 2030, Upgrading to EPC B could require approximately €10 billion, or €2.5 billion annually through 2030, Retrofit spending represents an estimated 10–20% of annual office lending volumes
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White papersReady to build for a new era
Sosteneo Infrastructure Partners’ Chris Deves explains why the firm favours a greenfield approach to the energy transition journey
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VideoLooking beyond mainstream bonds
Out-of-index sectors, such as trade finance, offer alternative investment opportunities.
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InsightScaling 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.
