All ESG/SRI articles – Page 54
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White papersSaving the World is Hard
ESG investing has a long way to go, but why shouldn’t global financial markets do their part?
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White papersEquity Convexity and Unconventional Monetary Policy
In this paper, we intend to gain an understanding of the drivers of stock convexity, also known as gamma.
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White papersResponsible investment: themes to look out for in 2022
Responsible investment issues tend to have a long time horizon. However, we have identified key issues and opportunities we expect will drive change in the coming year.
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White papersElectric vehicles: charging towards a sustainable world
What has driven the recent acceleration in electric vehicle (EV) sales?
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White papersWhy food waste is a moving target in the climate change fight
Many societies have become relatively comfortable with the idea of just-in-time supply chains that funnel goods to them day in, day out. Less palatable would be just-enough food production and distribution. Individuals have become used to the appearance of plenty – and as supply chain wobbles in 2021 showed, the public spooks easily at the sight of empty supermarket shelves.
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White papersEquity factor investing – Sunshine after the storm
After a particularly difficult 2020, 2021 proved favourable for multi-factor equity strategies investing in the cheapest, most profitable and least risky companies with the strongest momentum in each sector.
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White papersThe Circular - Edition 1, 2022
As Earth ticks off another twirl around the sun, down at ground level the planetary alarm clock ticks on – faster than ever.
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Research ReportSenior housing: how to solve the mismatch in the market
In the next twenty years, the main driver for demographic growth in the Netherlands is the ever-growing senior age group.
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PodcastBiodiversity: Episode 3
Forests grow over decades and centuries and replenishing them is far from instant. Deforestation is a complex and nuanced global problem, where long-term solutions are required.
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White papersEuropean strategic sovereignty must be an investment opportunity
The concept of strategic sovereignty goes far beyond the issues of security and defence. It also assumes relative self-sufficiency, and the ability to impose one’ standards and to create global leaders in tomorrow’s ecosystems. This political objective must be founded on economic reality and will first require new investment momentum in Europe.
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White papersWorking for a just food system
In the fourth article in our EOS Insights series on the social and environmental impacts of the global food system, Emily DeMasi looks at labour practices and human rights risks.
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White papersInvestment Symposium Series – Biodiversity, food and health: The crucial pieces of the 1.5°C jigsaw
Boosting investment in restoring Earth’s biodiverse natural capital, so as to transition urgently towards a healthy, sustainable food future as well as keeping global warming to 1.5°C, is absolutely critical.
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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 papersHow the ESG data dilemma rewards active and engaged investors
What you can measure you can manage. In responsible investment that has steadily become a practical reality, but thoughtful and analytical management is still required to make sense of sometimes uneven inputs and difficult comparisons.
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White papersFive Ways Technology Companies Offer Inflation Protection
From the advent of electricity to the adoption of the internet, technology has often been a catalyst for cost reduction. Yet today, investors may find that some technology companies can raise prices amid inflationary pressures, adding to their fundamental appeal in a challenging economic environment.
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White papersFinancing economic growth with private debt
Listed assets no longer suffice to build an investment portfolio. Private debt is becoming central to allocations.
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White papersWhy investors in renewable infrastructure shouldn’t overlook private debt
Rising competition has seen pressure mount on the private equity side of renewable energy infrastructure finance, but private debt remains enticing.
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White papersESG Thema #7 - ESG Corporate Disclosure: Towards more demanding and harmonized reporting
The 21st century company is one that must go beyond considerations of financial profitability, ensuring that the ecosystem in which it operates is preserved.
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PodcastThe Weakest Links in the Global Supply Chain: Part II
In continuing our discussion on the current global supply chain crisis, we’ve seen that companies have been considering onshoring many of their production centers in order to keep up with slowdowns in deliveries from international ports.
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White papersThought Leadership: Transformation in the property markets
Sustainable transformation of their real estate holdings is right at the top of the agenda for institutional property investors in Europe. Given growing pressure from European as well as national and local regulations to improve the sustainability of property stock, 68 per cent of the 150 real estate companies surveyed across the three largest European economies by Union Investment for its investment climate study are responding primarily by investing in sustainable refurbishment of their portfolios.
