All ESG/SRI articles – Page 52
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Global corporate bonds 2022 outlook
Although global investment grade corporate bonds posted negative total returns in 2021, in large part due to rising government bond yields, excess returns were positive.
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Environmental strategies – Electrifying opportunities
2022 is likely to see further efforts to limit energy consumption, reduce losses, use natural resources more efficiently and more responsibly and protect our environment – all in our joint efforts to transform the global energy system en route to a low-carbon economy.
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From Rates & Inflation to ESG: What’s Next for IG Credit?
Despite heightened risks, IG corporate bonds remain supported by an improving economy and robust corporate fundamentals.
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Asset Manager News
Hines Joins the World’s Largest Green Building Network
Hines, the international real estate firm, has joined the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC), the world’s largest green building network, to continue its drive to accelerate the ESG agenda, across the built environment, further forward.
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Why sustainability requires a modern approach to reputation risk management
Reputation and brand have long been understood to be major drivers of a firm’s long-term value – the 2021 UK Reputation Dividend report estimates corporate reputation contributes a third of FTSE-350 market capitalisation.
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Synthetic Biology: Investing in the Science of Sustainability
If the technology for making diabetes medicine hadn’t changed since the 1930s, today we’d need an area larger than the surface of the earth for raising pigs, harvesting insulin from their pancreases to help hundreds of millions of diabetics around the world.
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The time for action is now: Incorporating carbon into private markets
Our real assets research analysts explore the whys and wherefores of understanding and managing the carbon footprint of their portfolios.
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Federated Hermes Sustainable Global Equity Fund awarded Towards Sustainability label
Our recently-launched Federated Hermes Sustainable Global Equity Fund has been awarded the ‘Towards Sustainability’ label.
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ExxonMobil case study
We continue our longstanding dialogue with ExxonMobil through significant leadership changes at the board level
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Cities That Work 2021: Europe’s top cities for office investments
London, Stockholm and Berlin have been ranked Europe’s top three cities in terms of office sector investment opportunities in Allianz Real Estate’s Cities That Work 2021 report.
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Does meeting the SDGs require new macroeconomics?
In 2015, world leaders developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The SDGs set forth a blueprint for fostering a healthy planet and an equitable society – both critical for a healthy economy.
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Investing for climate action: Easy as SBTs?
With governments struggling to turn words into action on climate change, investors can ensure the private sector plays its part by pushing firms to adopt science-based targets, argues Rick Stathers.
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Pensions Watch – Issue 16: What’s Been Happening And What’s On The Horizon In The World Of Pensions
In this edition of Pensions Watch, the first for 2022, we consider what’s on the horizon over the next 12 months for UK pension schemes, what these initiatives mean for schemes and why each is key to improving member outcomes.
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The wheels of a Circular Economy go round and round - N°4 The Electronics and ICT sector: designing a new matrix
Since the 1980’s, the electronics industry has grown dramatically and has benefited substantially from the linear economy by regularly offering new and better products, pushing consumers to renew their computer equipment (computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.) at an ever-increasing frequency. The extraction of materials, especially rare earths, the programmed obsolescence and the low recycling rate have become the industry norm.
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Podcast
The Investment Podcast: Taking Asian real estate asset to another level in 2022
In an era of generally steep pricing, the focus is on real estate quality to cater to a variety of specific cultural and geographical requirements.
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Green Light Central Banks, Green Light Bonds
Global investors have their pick of reasons to avoid the bond market. Inflation is at levels not seen for decades, growth is soaring, and central banks are backing away from bond purchases while some are already raising rates. Hence, the consensus is forecasting higher rates ahead and crying “abandon bonds!”
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Asset Manager News
PGIM Real Estate adds ESG lead for Europe and Asia Pacific
PGIM Real Estate has further strengthened its commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing, with the addition of Julie Townsend as ESG lead for Europe and Asia Pacific, based in London and effective immediately. PGIM Real Estate is the real estate investment and financing business of PGIM, the US$1.5 trillion global investment management business of Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU).
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Portfolio Construction with Climate Risk Measures
Because of the 2015 Paris Agreement, the development of ESG investing and the emergence of net zero emission policies, climate risk is certainly the most important topic and challenge for asset owners and managers now and will remain so over the next five years.
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Podcast
Biodiversity: Episode 1
How can markets price the absence of birdsong? How much are people willing to pay to maintain the existence of, or be compensated for, the loss of biodiversity in all its forms?1
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Emission Impossible? Navigating Climate Action and Regulation
At COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, many promises were made. Now investors are closely watching governments and companies to see how they take concrete action. Could climate disclosures become mandatory in the U.S. as they have in the UK?