All ESG/SRI articles – Page 47
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White papersFinding a way to net zero carbon in real estate
The need to transform the built environment for the better in the coming decades marks a key responsibility, and opportunity, for real estate investors. Embracing the transition to net zero carbon is imperative, framed by binding environmental targets and growing demand for green assets by occupiers. Net zero carbon buildings are at the heart of this – but there is currently little market standardisation around what this constitutes in practice.
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Asset Manager Newsa.s.r. purchases Pesse solar panel farm from GroenLeven
a.s.r. has purchased the newly realised solar panel farm in Pesse from GroenLeven. The solar park in Drenthe with over 60,000 panels has a capacity of 32.6 megawatts and meets the electricity needs of approximately 11,500 households.
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White papersESG Thema #9 - Engaging on Human rights: Identifying risks and promoting best practices
This paper is the first of our ESG Thema series on social issues. The “S” pillar of ESG investing is increasingly on the agenda of investors, alongside environmental issues, as they have come to recognize the materiality of social risks. The first topic we will tackle as part of this series is that of respect for human rights, specifying how investors can integrate these fundamental rights in their investment and engagement strategies.
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White papers2021 ESG Engagement Campaign
At AB, active engagement with issuers is fundamental to our research and investment processes. Our investment analysts, in partnership with the Responsibility team, engage with issuers on ESG topics throughout the year in their normal course of business, but we believe that centralized campaigns can help drive meaningful outcomes and better results for our clients.
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White papersElectrification: Paving the Road to Emissions Reduction
As investors focused on long-term sustainability, we have long focused on emissions, energy efficiency as well as long-term opportunities and threats in business models as it relates to their sustainability and competitiveness over the long run.
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White papersSustainable Global Equity Report, Q1 2022
In this latest update on the Sustainable Global Equity strategy, fund manager Martin Todd asks: Is ESG inflationary?
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White papersWhy Passive ESG Fails to Deliver
Investing based on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has gained traction in recent years, reflecting the interest of many investors in deploying their capital to positively influence corporate practices and drive sustainable change.
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White papersMiFID II and ESG preferences: A paradigm change in Europe?
The revision of the European Union’s MiFID II directive taking effect this August and requiring investment firms to assess clients’ sustainability preferences sets a regulatory priority that will impact asset management professionals in 2022 and beyond.
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PodcastPrivate equity has put sustainability firmly in its sights
Many believe that private equity (PE) is particularly well placed to embrace ESG and sustainability given the scale and scope of the industry’s investments and the benefits of a direct ownership model. Together with various initiatives aimed at establishing common standards for ESG integration, PE is sharpening its focus on climate-change resilience across portfolio companies in particular. While this inherently bodes well for other stakeholders like lenders, there is still a role for engagement with borrowers to ensure they demonstrate progress.
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White papersSaving the world doesn’t have to cost the Earth: ESG positioning for new builds, as well as existing assets
Sustainable returns are well within reach. But we must act with haste by not only looking at new builds, but also at the possibilities that existing assets hold for ESG repositioning, as it will prove very difficult to manage a real estate portfolio on failing foundations.
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White papersMIPIM 2022 – Making an impact
At this year’s MIPIM conference, environmental, social and governance issues were at the forefront of discussions with driving urban change being the main theme. The insights in this collection of articles, gleaned from our research and the conference, highlight how real estate investors can make a difference and how we can create positive, impactful outcomes.
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White papersTransitioning to Net-Zero in Credit Portfolios
From defining and setting interim targets from day one, to the critical role of bondholder engagement, we reflect on the process of putting together a major net-zero credit portfolio.
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White papersAdopt a Gold Standard for Your Sustainable Investments
From escalating climate threats to growing social challenges, the impetus for creating a more sustainable world has become impossible to ignore. But we can’t rely on governments and philanthropy to solve the problems. Investors have an important role to play by supporting private sector efforts to address the issues that will redefine life on earth for decades to come.
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White papersHow can a social taxonomy work as a platform for better social impact?
Developing taxonomies to create guidance for businesses and investors working towards more environmental and social sustainability has been a key part of the European Commission’s action plan. A social taxonomy, however, functions with different parameters than an environmental one, as Malika Takhtayeva, Delphine Riou and Xuan Sheng Ou Yong explain.
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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 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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PodcastUnderstanding Short Duration for the Long Run
As investors continue to seek out hedges against inflation, many may look to equities—but what about the global bond market? Short duration fixed income, particularly High Yield, typically suits an environment of slowing growth and rising rates.
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White papersThe demise of ESG is much exaggerated
Far from being a casualty of the war in Ukraine, ESG investing is the key to security in energy, food and commodities, says Eoin Murray, Head of Investment, Federated Hermes
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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?
