All ESG/SRI articles – Page 7
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White papersSo, you’ve set your net-zero target: What next? Practical considerations for asset owners on achieving net zero
Asset owners are increasingly committing to net-zero emissions in their portfolios by or before 2050, but it is a huge and complex undertaking. What do asset owners need to consider as they start on their decarbonisation journey?
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Redefining stewardship: Why stakeholder capitalism needs to wake up
Asset managers and other financial institutions have a duty to act in the best interests of their customers and society. Macro stewardship will be crucial to meeting these responsibilities, argues Mark Versey.
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Responsible Investment Quarterly Q3 2022
The third quarter of this year continues to be dominated by the implications of the energy crisis, but there was also a significant new development in the US, with Congress passing the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). We believe both these events will accelerate the uptake of renewables and accelerate decarbonisation over the next decade.
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Reversing the Entropy of Climate Change
According to the second law of thermodynamics, the state of disorder or chaos of a system, also known as entropy, increases over time, defining the so-called arrow of time.
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COP27 Net Zero Atlas
Our Cop27 Net Zero Atlas builds on our inaugural report to systematically assess climate targets and mitigation strategies of G20 countries’. It also includes analysis of physical climate risk exposure for each G20 country for the first time.
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ESG Thema #11 - EU Sustainable Finance Action Plan: State of play
Countries and corporates’ carbon reduction plans are still falling short of the 1.5°C target in order to align with the Paris Agreement. According to the Climate Policy Initiative, an additional $1.6 to $3.8 trillion per year is required to finance the energy transition.
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ESG Viewpoint - Drivers of Deforestation: how we are working to put the brakes on deforestation in automotive supply chains
When you purchase a new car, you may not realise that the leather on your seats may be driving deforestation in the Amazon, or the rubber in your tyres could be forcing orangutans closer to extinction.
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Packaging new food systems
The process of aligning food systems with global climate goals is underway and this is shaping a number of investment opportunities. Specialised food packaging solutions in particular have reached an inflection point.
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Partnership matters when benchmarking climate change
The UK currently offers an example of what happens when those in charge of an economy are unable to stick to a clear plan. Markets wobble, investment flows dry up and consumer confidence suffers.
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Pro-invest Group’s ESG Journey: Private Equity Real Estate Investors – overcoming the challenge of Sustainability & ESG
2017: A Giant Step Forward - Pro-invest Group had moved from its Macquarie Street offices to Hunter Street in Sydney, giving the ever-growing team easy access to Wynyard station and Harbour City.
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COP27: Talk like an Egyptian?
It looks like we are not on track to prevent climate warming occurring over the next century. As a result, we need to focus our plans for living on a warmer planet by switching financing efforts towards climate adaption, rather than mitigation.
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Climate Change Aware, Alpha-Oriented Portfolio Construction
ESG and climate change are at the top of many political and regulatory agendas, making the task of institutional investing much more complex. The State Street Global Climate Transition strategy is a concentrated, high-conviction approach that seeks to generate alpha by selecting securities based on our analysts’ proprietary and forward-looking climate transition scores. Select ESG and climate change indicators are applied to the Sustainable Climate World Equity and Global Climate Transition strategies.
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Real estate: Overcoming the decarbonisation data challenge
Investors are increasingly backing the case for decarbonisation in real estate - but to achieve net zero goals in the industry, clean and reliable data on emissions and energy consumption is crucial.
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The impact of efficiency enablers in proptech
In our first proptech article, consumer behavior was discussed as one of the key drivers behind proptech. In the second of a three-part series, we examine technologies that unlock efficiencies (“efficiency enablers”) as an additional driver impacting the sector.
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Impact investing: the insurance experience
TIAA’s chief investment officer and Nuveen’s head of responsible investing discuss how the General Account has built its targeted impact investing program while incorporating direct, measurable environmental and social goals across the portfolio.
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How the ECB’s climate tilt favours ice cubes
The European Central Bank is gradually decarbonising its corporate bond holdings in a move that will be beneficial to borrowers with clear net-zero targets. We expect increased spread differentiation between transition leaders and transition laggards, and consider how the design of our TargetNetZero strategy is well-positioned to capture the opportunities.
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COP27: A Chance to Reset
Broken promises, fraught debates and a dire economic and geopolitical backdrop are precisely why we believe COP27 is so important.
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How do you compare to your peers on your ESG journey?
In late 2021, we conducted our Think EQuilibrium study of 700 institutional asset owners across more than 20 countries to gauge their beliefs and actions around ESG integration, climate risk, social investing and diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I).
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Key Considerations When Navigating the Net-Zero Transition
Eighteen months ago, we mapped considerations for the industry’s forward path through the unfolding low-carbon transition (see Transitioning to Net-Zero Investment, April 2021). At the time, the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance had just added five members to their ranks, bringing the overall number of signatories to 42 owners, with a total of $6.6 trillion in assets under management. It was a crucial tipping point for net zero.
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Why COP27 Is on the World’s Environmental Radar
As the 26th UN Climate Change conference (COP26) concluded in Glasgow, it was clear that this ambitious conference had produced developments that will impact the financial services industry. A new standards body was established, which will help achieve a longdesired global ESG reporting standard. The global community will be watching closely to see if COP27 can help drive implementation and action from countries committed to the Paris Agreement and to targets set at COP26.
