All ESG/SRI articles – Page 83
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Investing for impact in private debt to combat climate change
Impact investment strategies will have an important role to play if the green credentials of the world’s stock of real estate is to be transformed, argue Gregor Bamert and Stanley Kwong.
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Impact investing: How private and listed markets offer choice for investors seeking positive change
Impact investing is helping investors tap into key financial markets megatrends while addressing some of our most important sustainability challenges.
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Value or Values?
As investors increasingly seek strategies that both deliver returns and advance core values, asset managers have been testing different approaches.
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Looking forward to a sustainable 2021
In 2021, BNP Paribas Asset Management aims to build out the pillars of its approach to sustainable investing, extending the integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in investment processes, says Jane Ambachtsheer, Global Head of Sustainability.
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Q&A: Making ESG Work for Real Estate Investors
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has evolved considerably over time from its origins more than 100 years ago, when many charitable organizations started to establish simple exclusionary rules.
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UK living: Accelerating the work-life balance
The decision to rent, expand living space, or move closer or further from work, has always been driven by individual social circumstance. However, we believe the pandemic has altered the tipping point of that decision, based around a more flexible approach to home working.
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Building back better: The path to net zero
While much of the world’s focus continues to be on tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis also requires urgent attention. The number of countries and companies supporting the move to a lower-carbon world is growing, but practical challenges remain. How can we build back better after COVID, and navigate to a cleaner, safer and sustainable world?
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EM Debt: Where is the Value Today?
Barings’ Cem Karacadag discusses the outlook for emerging markets debt, including the uneven impact of the pandemic, how rising interest rates and fluctuating currencies may influence the picture, and the increasing role that ESG is playing in identifying winners and losers.
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An Investment Scorecard for the Biden Administration
History will judge him on many dimensions, but what can investors reasonably expect that will improve the value of USA Inc.?
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Responsible Investing And Stock Allocation
We analyze the portfolio choices of approximately 913,000 active participants in employee saving plans in France. Looking at the cross-section of equity exposure, we find that the inclusion of responsible equity options in the menu of available funds is associated with a 2.1% higher equity allocation by plan participants.
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Global Equities case study: Vonovia
In our latest case study direct from our Global Equities portfolios, we examine the favourable ESG attributes of current holding Vonovia, a German real estate company.
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Is infrastructure key to a sustainable recovery?
Infrastructure investment is about financing the real economy, meaning few investments are better placed to deliver a sustainable future.
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Water: a pervasive resource and a portfolio staple
The transition of many economies from a depletive to a sustainable model with better social and environmental outcomes creates a wide range of investment opportunities in many areas including water, a resource that is fundamental to not only life, but also across end-markets from the consumer to industrial businesses.
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How can social bonds support a sustainable recovery?
Social bonds could help mitigate the economic damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, at least in the short term. While on the surface, most bond issuances appear well-intentioned, all market participants need do their homework to ensure they are directing capital to the right social causes.
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What is an impact bond? A specialist fund manager explains
An expert from BlueOrchard – a leading impact investment firm and a member of the Schroders Group – outlines what these increasingly popular assets are and why they matter.
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Global Innovations Driving Zero-Carbon Cement
Company-level metrics provide only half the picture of zero-carbon cement. Our Emerging Market Equity and ESG teams’ on-the-ground analysis provides the other half.
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Spirit of resilience: Market Risk Insights, Q4 2020
Last year, Albert Camus’s 1947 novel The Plague returned to global best-seller lists as people searched for a deeper understanding of the pandemic convulsing society.
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Global Emerging Markets: ESG Materiality, Q4 2020
In our ESG Materiality Newsletter, Q4 2020, we seek to demonstrate our engagement activity with portfolio companies and showcase holdings that create positive impact aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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Europe’s “Man On The Moon” Moments
While 2020 brought many challenges and uncertainties for investors in Europe, there are reasons to be optimistic about the future.
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From property to the portfolio: The ESG opportunity and industry trends
Last month, Principal Real Estate Investors hosted a panel of subject matter experts to discuss Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) developments and trends.