All ESG/SRI articles – Page 56
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White papersDon’t get lost on the road to Paris: How to avoid the unintended consequences of a net-zero portfolio.
Making pledges and setting targets is the only straightforward thing about decarbonisation. More and more, asset owners will need to demonstrate how their approach is enabling them to reach net zero while future-proofing returns within a specified timeframe. It’s a question of understanding the individual challenges presented by each asset class and factoring this insight into a nuanced and sophisticated decarbonisation approach.
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VideoSolving for 2022
The heads of our investment platforms identified the key themes they anticipate will guide investment decisions in 2022.
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White papersSocial bonds – A tool to effect positive social change
Social bonds have been the fastest growing segment of the market for thematic bonds. Numerous factors are driving their popularity, including their use to address gender inequality and to support pandemic relief.
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VideoRecap of the Further, Faster Conference
On 4 and 5 November, Federated Hermes hosted the “Further, Faster“ conference, to address the three interlinked emergencies of Climate, Nature and Social Injustice.
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White papersClean energy investment delivers greener hotels
Hotels are traditionally high energy consumers and high carbon emitters. Focusing on energy efficiency solutions is helping to cut those emissions, as well as delivering benefits to hotel owners and operators, while offering guests the opportunity to make more sustainable accommodation choices.
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White papersShifts & Narratives #11 - Green sentiment: what impact on stock returns and firm’s behaviour?
As a large number of investors turn to green assets, this raises questions about investors’ impact on the economy, in particular through their influence on firms’ valuations and corporate behaviour. Understanding this effect is key for institutional investors, who not only care about the consequences of their investment but also struggle to understand how much of past performances have been driven by changing climate fundamentals and by changing environmental preferences of investors, i.e. “green sentiment”.
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White papersLithium, Cobalt Lead Charge for Alternative Fuels
As the push towards alternative energy sources gains momentum amid growing concerns over the environment and demand from an expanding electric car industry, the spotlight has turned to battery metals such as lithium and cobalt that are used to store electricity, rallying their prices this year.
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White papersMeasuring the value of human capital
Human capital refers to skills, knowledge and experience possessed by an individual or population, viewed in terms of their value or cost to an organisation or country. Within our Environmental, Social and Governance frameworks, human capital is identified as one of the largest drivers of value.
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White papersBattling the superbugs
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is growing, although the risk too often goes unmanaged or ignored. Yet the ramifications for public health are huge.
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White papers2022 Investment Outlook - Investing in the great transformation
As the global economy recovers from its pandemic scars and inflation makes its first comeback in decades, the world is preparing to face its greatest ever challenges: the energy transition to fight the inexorable climate crisis and the development of an inclusive growth model.
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White papers4 investment opportunities for a net-zero future
The buzz swirling around the electric vehicle (EV) sector has been front and centre for investors looking to profit from the world’s transition to a net-zero carbon economy.
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Research Report2020 – 2021 Annual Stewardship Report: Taking action, delivering outcomes
Today, our focus is firmly on the future, and our teams integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into our investment processes across public and private asset classes to ensure that we are managing our clients’ assets with their futures at the front of our minds.
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White papersAn asset class at a crossroads: reshaping credit through ESG
Our holistic approach considers ESG factors within all stages of the investment process, from initial universe screening through to stewardship and advocacy.
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White papersESG Thema #5 - Carbon offsetting: How can it contribute to the net zero goal?
The sharp increase in net zero commitments from governments, corporates and financial institutions comes with a renewed interest in carbon offsetting mechanisms. As a clear signal of this momentum, the voluntary carbon credits market is on track to double year-on-year in 2021.
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White papersESG Thema - Special COP26 - From Paris to Glasgow - Are we moving fast enough?
The Conference of the Parties (COP) was established with the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
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Asset Manager Newsa.s.r. again included in Dow Jones sustainability index
This year a.s.r. has once again been included in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, the index that monitors sustainability of companies worldwide. This was announced last Friday by S&P Global, the company that publishes the index. a.s.r. is now among the 10% most sustainable insurers worldwide.
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White papersESG Improvers in Credit Investing
The objective of this article is to explore the impact of ESG Improvers on the corporate bond market. We study passive and active strategies respectively on a broad portfolio and a concentrated portfolio. In particular, we examine how the ESG Improvers strategy behaves if we constrain the optimised portfolio to match the benchmark risk metrics. Some constraints are then relaxed to build a concentrated portfolio.
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White papersYour Questions Answered: Sustainable Global Equity
Why Sustainable Global Equity and why now? What makes the fund unique? Is there a ‘green’ bubble? These are some of the questions our clients and prospective investors are asking about the some of Sustainable Global Equity fund.
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White papersFinanciers should look beyond profit/loss to help save the planet
Political leaders weren’t the only ones at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this month. The international business of Federated Hermes hosted the 2-day Further, Faster conference to discuss how the world community should tackle the climate crisis and steer organization to a more sustainable future.
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White papersThe challenge for asset managers in the climate crisis
For all the wrangling over targets and commitments at COP26 in Glasgow, one thing is clear: The transition to a net zero economy will require vast investment over the next few decades – and the asset management industry will be responsible for much of it.
