All ESG/SRI articles – Page 6
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A just transition: 2024 Outlook
Hope comes in many forms but any attempt to tackle the climate crisis will have to work for the world’s haves as well as the have-nots.
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A disruptive festive menu: jellyfish, bean burgers
As we look forward to gathering with friends and family over the holidays, it is worth considering how our festive meals may change in decades to come. Given the environmental, social and technological forces disrupting global food systems, what dishes might we serve up in the future?
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2024 Outlook: Natural capital - the call of the wild
It’s time for investors to embrace the economic potential of protecting and enhancing the world’s natural resources.
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The Federated Hermes 2024 Outlook
2024 will once again be a year where events define the investment landscape. From geopolitical risk, including conflicts in Europe and the Middle East, to the enormous challenges posed by the need for a just transition, investors face volatility and uncertainty. And this is all taking place against the backdrop of the largest election year in history and markets adjusting to ‘higher for longer’ interest rates.
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Engagement case study: Netflix
After engaging Netflix on environmental and social issues since 2018, we have seen improvement in performance and ambition from the company.
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A tale of two risks: building robust portfolios aligned to net-zero
Building climate-aligned portfolios requires a forward-looking approach to maximise opportunities and reduce risks associated with the climate transition. Instead of focusing solely on historical levels of carbon emissions, our TargetNetZero strategies identify the potential leaders and laggards of the climate transition in all sectors of the economy by evaluating companies’ current policies and commitments to decarbonisation.
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COP28: Expect Disappointment and You’ll Never Be Disappointed
Four things to look out for amid the pessimism at this year’s climate-change gathering.
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Webinar
Webinar | rethink net zero: investing in the transition
Watch the replay of our webinar: rethink net zero: investing in the transition
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Navigating the climate index jungle
The need to understand Climate benchmarks and their personalities
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Sustainability watch: oil and gas subsidies, artificial rain, and carbon markets
Our selection of sustainability news from November includes news of a co-ordinated push to end subsidies for foreign oil and gas operations and coal mining, India’s plans for artificial rain, and China’s loosening of the rules governing its carbon market.
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Convertible bonds: cutting emissions and promoting efficiency
Why does the investment approach to reach net-zero emissions matter? At LOIM, we believe that the energy transition can provide growth potential for investors who are also seeking to achieve real and tangible emission reductions. Our approach invests across all sectors but focuses on companies with credible and ambitious decarbonisation targets. We explore how our TargetNetZero strategy identifies such companies in convertible bonds.
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Cooling high-carbon sectors with corporate bonds
Investing in companies that are already low-carbon today does nothing to lower emissions in the future. That’s why we invest in transitioning companies with credible plans to decarbonise. How do we assess companies for their climate alignment to see if they make the cut for our TargetNetZero credit strategy?
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The next stage of ESG evolution in the pension landscape
”The ESG pillars have never been so central to the investment conversation.”
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Tin: a hidden beneficiary of semiconductor demand
Tin is an important commodity in the universe of our Transition Materials strategy1. The ancient metal is instrumental in manufacturing semiconductors, solar panels, 5G technologies and electric vehicles (EVs), helping drive a robust demand outlook.
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Expert insights on the short end of the curve
Federated Hermes’ Short Term Investments Committee of portfolio managers meets on a monthly basis to provide insights, strategise, and discuss investment opportunities across the short end of the yield curve.
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Podcast
Fixed on ESG, Ep. 19 - Climate Finance
A look into the current state of international climate finance and how it’s been integrated into our sovereign ESG framework considerations.
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ESG Viewpoint: Investing in a Just Transition
It’s essential we consider the social dimension as we transition to a low carbon world. We explore the investment implications of a Just Transition.
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Emerging Markets Outlook for 2024
”While EM may struggle in a challenging global environment, there are nonetheless advancing structural factors that can benefit some peripheral countries.”
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2024 Responsible Investment Views
”Responsible Investing is moving from a niche to a standardised environment.”
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Hot Debates for 2024
During the Amundi Investment Seminar, which took place in Rome early in October, we asked our investment professionals questions to help us define a forecast for what 2024 will be like for the economy, geopolitics and investments.