All ESG/SRI articles – Page 53
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White papersOmicron Soon to Be the Dominant Variant in the U.S…Is This Strain the Way Out of the Pandemic?
We thought it might be helpful to frame our latest thinking on the SARS-CoV2 Omicron variant now that we have seen more data out of South Africa on the evolution of this viral variant.
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White papersESG Thema #6 - Carbon-efficient technologies in the race to Net Zero
Although its decarbonisation has been under way for several years now, as highlighted by the strong growth in renewable power capacities, the power sector still accounts for 38% of global energy- and industry-related CO2 emissions.
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White papersThe Opportunity in Wind
As the fossil fuel industry, coal in particular, may suffer job losses, it is important to ensure that a low carbon energy transition can work for everyone.
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White papersEuropean long-income real estate: Seeking resilience in an uncertain world
As the trajectory of COVID-19 continues to evolve, Isabel Gossling looks at the implications for European real estate and long-lease strategies.
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Research ReportReal Estate Outlook Europe, Edition 4 - 2021: See the wood for the trees.
With inflation back with a vengeance and central banks set to raise rates over the next 12 months, investors can no longer depend on the buy and hold model to deliver strong returns.
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White papersThe wheels of a Circular Economy go round and round - N°3 The construction sectors: road work ahead
As one of the main contributor in terms of waste and in terms of CO2 emissions, the construction sectors is well aware of the necessity to reinvent itself. Besides, the sector faces strict legislations at the EU level and more specifically in France
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White papersHow investing in biotech can help achieve the SDGs
From pioneering therapies to renewable food sources, biotechnology has the potential to address many of humanity’s greatest challenges, as aligned to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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White papersThe Decarbonizarion Challenge & Path Toward Green Steel
The global steel industry is presented with a number of challenges to reduce its carbon footprint, and this is especially true in emerging markets.
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Asset Manager NewsOrchard Street is targeting becoming a net zero carbon business by 2040, ten years earlier than planned.
Following the launch of our net zero carbon targets in January, the attached pathway outlines two new and ambitious commitments: to become a net zero carbon business for corporate and landlord emissions and refurbishments – the scope over which the business has the most influence – by 2030, 20 years earlier than originally announced, and to become a net zero carbon business for occupier emissions and fit-outs by 2040, 10 years earlier than planned, as momentum for the firm’s responsible investment strategy continues to build.
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White papersKey Investment Themes for 2022 - Views from around Generali Investments
2021 saw investors contend with pivotal changes in the macro environment, big developments in ESG policy, and the shifting uncertainties of the pandemic.
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Podcast2022 Outlook Series: Investing Through Climate Risk
Climate change is already having material impacts on public and private asset classes across developed and emerging markets.
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Research ReportClimate change: How investors can help deliver a Just Transition
Climate change is well understood as a systemic risk, but there is less understanding of how the transition to a low-carbon economy might affect society
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White papersFactor investing: understanding your performance!
Multifactor strategies are based on investable portfolios, benchmarked against market capitalisation indices and tilted towards stocks with given characteristics (factors): they should be cheaper (value), more profitable (quality), less risky (low risk), and have outperformed in the past (momentum).
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White papersClimate Change Roundtable
Investors everywhere are facing the reality and urgency of climate change.
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WebinarInvesting Through Climate Risk
Across every asset class, investors are facing the reality and urgency of climate change and its associated risks.
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White papersRecovery, risks and relationships
While interest rates are likely to creep up in the short term, the long-term structural impacts that have kept rates so low for so long are still in place.
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PodcastThe Future State of Real Estate Investing
As we wrap up on yet another atypical year across the global economy, we see many macro themes coming to the fore that investors are evaluating in the year ahead. Real estate, both in the public and private markets, can potentially act as a diversifier during times of uncertainty.
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Asset Manager NewsPATRIZIA, on behalf of a South Korean consortium, sells Astro Tower, Brussels’ first green office tower, to Union Investment
PATRIZIA AG, a leading partner for global real assets, has sold the shares of the company owning Astro Tower, a prime office building in the heart of Brussels, on behalf of one of its single mandate institutional clients, AIP Asset Managment, a South Korean consortium.
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White papersThe wheels of a Circular Economy go round and round - N°2 The automotive sector: ready to step up a gear
The automotive sector has known a deep transformation over the last two decades. First, because the EU legislation has pushed automakers to better treat end-of-life vehicles by imposing high recycling, reusing and recovering rates. Secondly, because the fight against climate change and the rise of electrification are questioning the whole business-model and thus, companies have to reinvent themselves.
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White papersThe science behind net zero
In the final article in our three-part series on net zero and climate change [1], Alex Bernhardt takes a closer look at the science around carbon neutrality and keeping the rise in world temperatures to 1.5C.
