All ESG/SRI articles – Page 58
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White papersGreen Sentiment, Stock Returns, and Corporate Behavior
In this paper, we propose a new method to estimate nonfundamental demand shocks for green financial assets based on the arbitrage activity of exchange-traded funds (ETFs). By estimating the monthly abnormal flows into environment-friendly ETFs, we construct a Green Sentiment Index that captures shifts in investors’ appetite for environmental responsibility that are not yet priced in the value of the underlying assets.
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White papersPlaying catch up – the challenge for Japan
Japan has been a notable laggard in two critical areas – climate change and gender equality. How are we engaging with Japanese companies and policymakers to accelerate the energy transition and support women in the workplace?
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White papersTrends Reinforced: Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: Understanding China’s Policymaking
This issue of Trends Reinforced examines the strategic goals that have shaped China’s latest regulatory moves.
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White papersInvestors reveal their top ESG roadblocks
As demand for ESG (environmental, social and governance) investing grows, the lack of consistent and robust data remains among the biggest challenges for institutional and wholesale investors globally.
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Podcast*Diversified private markets: A source of illiquidity premiums*
Negative cash flows, pressure to diversify risk exposures, stricter investment regulations – institutional investors are facing many issues. These are also making holding listed equities harder, while low bond yields add to the challenges of sourcing adequate returns. Where can attractive alternatives be found?
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White papersHow can investors ensure a “just transition” in climate change fight?
A dollar invested in emerging and frontier markets can do more for the climate emergency than one invested in developed markets, but we must ensure plans are fair to all.
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White papersClimate Financial Risk Forum
On Thursday 21st October, the outputs of Session 2 of the UK Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) were launched. In this article, Kate Fowler, Senior Responsibility Analyst, sets out the role of the CFRF and why it is so important to developing industry best practice.
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Research ReportClimate crisis in focus in EOS’s Q3 Public Engagement Report
With scientists calling for urgent action on climate change following another year of devastating wildfires and floods, November’s COP26 summit is considered critical.
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White papersTo rewrite our future, we must invest in nature at scale
During COP26, His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and founding members of the Natural Capital Investment Alliance (NCIA) – including Lombard Odier – emphasised the environmental and economic necessity of investing in nature at scale, and how forward-looking investors can find opportunities in the solutions urgently needed.
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WebinarPlanetary boundaries: Johan Rockström, Mark Carney on Earth’s tipping points
The move towards a net-zero and nature-positive economy requires the large-scale transformation of our economy. Capital must be deployed in a way that mitigates or enables adaptation to climate change, while ensuring businesses operate safely within our planetary boundaries.
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White papersUnravelling the conflicts in ‘Double Materiality’
Where do you draw the ‘moral’ line and how do you have a genuinely positive impact?
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White papersGolden Years: Investing well and ageing well
As the Generali Investments SICAV (GIS) SRI Ageing Population subfund celebrates its six-year anniversary this October, Giulia Culot and Olivier Cassé, co-fund managers, dive into one of its key investment themes – ageing well, both financially and physically.
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White papersGreen winners in the global economy: research by Lombard Odier and Oxford University
The transition to a green economy is shifting the competitive landscape of the global economy as more countries, regions and corporates commit to net-zero targets. Who will be the winners as humanity targets a 1.5°C limit for global warming?
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White papersA fair cop: Why social justice is vital to climate action
For too long, issues of justice and equality have been left out of the climate conversation. But policymakers, companies and investors are slowly beginning to acknowledge the social dimensions of climate action.
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White papersBiofuels Thrive on Net Zero Carbon Ambitions
The stated global ambitions by nations to reduce their use of fossil fuels is seeing a rise in the demand for more sustainable energy sources and biofuels appears to be at the forefront of the change.
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White papersNo more decades for dithering: It is crunch time to push climate policy
A major new forecast commissioned by the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) argues that accelerating the implementation of climate change policies by 2025 would render the ‘below 2C’ Paris Agreement target feasible.
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Asset Manager NewsGLP Joins UN PRI to Promote Responsible Investment Practices
Today GLP announced it became a signatory to the United Nations- supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), demonstrating our ongoing commitment to environmental, social and governance (ESG) and further aligning our values to our investment partners.
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White papersClimate change: Nine reasons why COP26 needs to work
Climate change is the greatest threat facing the world today and the urgency for action has increased dramatically. The sixth assessment report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) delivered a stark message on the pace and extent of global warming and its effects.
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White papersRoadmap to Net Zero Carbon
Orchard Street Investment Management (OSIM) has committed by 2030 to achieve net zero carbon for our landlord emissions, refurbishments and corporate emissions, and by 2040 for our occupier emissions and fit-outs.
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White papersHow can investors align to net zero?
Financial institutions are committing to decarbonising their lending, investment and insurance activities. But understanding the impact of this new way of allocating capital requires new analytical tools. What are the emerging best practices in measuring real emissions reduction, and how should investors implement them?
