All ESG/SRI articles – Page 48
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PodcastCommodities: An Inflation Hedge for All Seasons?
As we see the effects of inflation taking place globally, investors may be wondering what their next move is in asset allocation. However, the inflationary environment we’re seeing today is unlike what we have seen in forty years. So to no surprise, commodities investments have become top of mind to many investors as it’s considered a traditional inflation hedge. But does that thinking apply to all inflationary environments? And what are the ESG implications behind commodities investing today?
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PodcastBiodiversity: Episode 5
The world is in the midst of a sixth mass species extinction. The financial services industry and business has vital role to play in addressing the crisis.
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White papersEOS Engagement Plan 2022-2024
Our engagement plan identifies 12 key themes and 37 related sub-themes. We find this breadth of coverage is necessary to reflect the diversity of the issues affecting companies in our global engagement programme.
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White papersAmazon case study
Amazon has committed to be 100% net zero across its operations by 2040 and continues to improve sustainability reporting aligned to its business strategy. EOS welcomes the company’s greater willingness to engage with us and other stakeholders recently and its positive response.
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White papersHow 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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White papersKeeping up With Demand
In this piece from Infrastructure Investor, Pieter Welman talks about institutional investors’ growing interest in infrastructure debt and touches on how the market has evolved over the past decade.
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White papers21st century investment governance for large asset owners
The past decade has brought profound change for asset owners of all kinds. The regulatory, social, and economic landscapes have fundamentally shifted, and the investment universe has expanded significantly. These changes pose major challenges to in-house teams at large asset owners including DB pension plan sponsors, insurers, sovereign wealth funds, and wealth management firms.
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White papersHow real estate investment creates opportunities in this post-crisis environment?
Thanks to its positioning as a global real estate investment player, Amundi is in a privileged position to observe the trend changes taking place in the sector. In particular, the changes in the way offices are used are likely to be profound, but they also offer new investment opportunities that are attracting an increasing number of retail investors, as Marc Bertrand, CEO of Amundi Real Estate, explains.
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White papersCommercial Real Estate Debt – a not-so-little wonder?
There are few go-to investments in public markets today. About 20% of bonds globally are yielding negative rates; the MSCI World Index is trading on a P/E above 211 and the Buffett Indicator for the US is over 200%. Little wonder that more and more institutional investors are looking to private markets for better value.
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White papersReal Estate House View - Europe 2022
The ongoing demand for real estate has in recent years turned former niche sectors (logistics, healthcare) into pioneers, and we are hearing of new ones such as life science, data centres and self-storage.
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White papersReal estate and ESG: poised to move the needle
Investors of many different types are rapidly joining the ranks of those who support protection of the environment and slowing the rate of climate change. Real estate has been at the center of the broader Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement, which includes social and governance priorities alongside environmental ones. All three criteria are rapidly becoming embedded in the investment processes of real estate managers.
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White papersAdidas case study
Adidas has achieved certification from the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi), affirming that its emissions reduction targets are aligned with a 1.5°C scenario. EOS continue to engage with the company on its circularity strategy.
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White papers‘Greenflation’ – Navigating the climate policy, oil price and inflation nexus
Given the relationship between climate policies, oil prices and inflation and the difficulties in managing inflation through interest rate policy, it is worth taking a closer look at the dynamics involved. How might climate policies, oil prices and inflation evolve given the outlook for oil? To what extent are oil prices and consumer price inflation actually linked?
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White papersESG Thema #8 - Financing the energy transition in Asia
Energy transition is critical in the fight against climate change and global warming, and Asia has a big role to play. Where more than half of the world’s population reside, Asia consumes over 40% of global energy while releasing over half of global carbon emissions as of 2020.
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Asset Manager NewsUBS-AM wins Real Asset Manager of the Year
UBS Asset Management (UBS-AM) is proud to announce that it has been awarded Real Asset Manager of the Year in the 2022 Insurance Asset Risk Awards.
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White papersTackling climate change through outcomes-focused stewardship
With the publication by EOS at Federated Hermes of the 2021 Annual Review of engagement and voting highlights, Dr Hans-Christoph Hirt, head of EOS, reflects on the climate crisis and the challenges it will pose for investors in 2022 and beyond.
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White papersWhat is place-based impact investing?
Place-based impact investing can help real estate investors deliver clear and measurable improvements to deprived areas. But how does it work?
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White papersDBS case study
EOS communicated to DBS investor concerns about sustainable palm oil production and pressed for an improved palm oil financing policy for existing borrowers. We were pleased to see DBS improved its palm oil financing policy for all customers, requiring a “No Deforestation, no Peat, no Exploitation” commitment, or principles and criteria of the RSPO for all its existing and new borrowers.
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White papersEOS 2021 Annual Review
Although the Covid-19 pandemic continued to exact a heavy toll in 2021, the climate crisis returned to the fore with extreme weather events around the globe, and the starkest warning yet from scientists in the run up to the UN’s COP26 climate summit.
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White papersBAE Systems case study
BAE Systems has accelerated its societal and environmental ambitions with key commitments regarding its workforce and climate.
