All ESG/SRI articles – Page 84
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White papersGreta’s expectations: we must all be stewards now!
We need to rethink our economic model – and the new one needs to be premised on stewardship in the broadest sense of the word. Action is required on the part of all participants in the economic system, with the investment industry, as the turntable of capital, having a key role to play.
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White papersNeuberger Berman Fixed Income: Company Leadership during COVID-19
Assessing Company Leadership during COVID-19 with Active ESG Engagement
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White papersEnergy transition – An area full of opportunities
Amid pervasive evidence of environmental disasters, pressure to meet the Paris Accord targets on the global temperature rise and growing demand from expanding and wealthier populations, the appetite for energy is set to increase massively, more and more so for clean energy.
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White papersWorld Environment Day – The importance of and concerns over biodiversity
The United Nations’ World Environment Day on 5 June focuses on biodiversity and the concern about its integrity and its importance for global communities and life on Earth generally as well as markets and economies.
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White papersClimate change and infectious diseases
As we manage our way through the coronavirus pandemic, we must not lose sight of the systemic risk posed by the climate crisis. In the second of our series, Nick Spooner explores how climate breakdown will exacerbate infectious diseases, and the steps that companies, investors and governments need to take to mitigate the impacts of the climate crisis and future pandemics.
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Asset Manager NewsFederated Hermes marks World Environment Day
Over the past year, there has been a notable shift in awareness of two environmental challenges: the burgeoning climate emergency, and our troubled relationship with nature and biodiversity. The wide-reaching impact of the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to prepare and protect against future global threats, and it is imperative that policymakers, companies and individuals take heed and come together to tackle both the climate crisis and our exploitation of the critical ecosystem ‘services’ we rely so heavily on.
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White papersThe Coronavirus and ESG Investing, the emergence of the social pillar
Amundi’s Quantitative Research team has been studying the evolution of ESG investing across asset classes and geographies for the past several years. With the coronavirus pandemic, we have carefully examined these Responsible Investing trends and have identified some interesting findings:
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White papersSDG Engagement Equity commentary: Huhtamaki
The SDG Engagement Equity strategy focuses on attractive companies with the potential – through engagement aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – to generate outcomes that benefit people, the planet and investors. Here we demonstrate how we are engaging with current holding Huhtamaki to create positive impacts on society.
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White papersCobalt mining in the DRC – reflections from the ground
Dangerous working conditions and human rights violations are among the risks faced by cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Late last year, engager Marcus Wilert joined an OECD delegation to the DRC to see the conditions first-hand. Here he reflects on some of the challenges.
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White papersAssessing Climate Risk in Portfolios: Expert Roundtable
With climate change, portfolio managers face a new type of variable with diverse effects on economies, industries and companies. AB investors and experts from Columbia University and Willis Towers Watson weigh in on how to address climate change in the investment process.
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White papersScience and Investing: Addressing the Climate Imperative
Tackling climate change will require enormous amounts of capital—invested smartly. Climate scientists and investors can learn from each other, an idea driving collaboration among Columbia University climate experts and AB investment professionals.
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White papersWhy Investors Need to Calibrate Climate Risk Now
The global climate is enormously complex, challenging investors to determine ground-level impacts on individual issuers. With climate change likely to accelerate, it’s time to ramp up analysis now—and not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
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White papersTrajectory Monitoring in Portfolio Management and Issuer Intentionality Scoring
2°C alignment has become a major issue for climate-aware portfolio management. There are sophisticated initiatives aiming to predict corporate emission intensities from 2030 up to 2100.
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White papersWhy ESG Is Outperforming The S&P 500
Over the past year, the S&P 500 ESG Index exhibited returns nearly 3% above the benchmark S&P 500. This is impressive given the objective of the ESG Index is not to outperform the benchmark. Instead, it can offer a sustainable alternative to the broad-based S&P 500, with similar risk and return, while at the same time achieving a boost in S&P Dow Jones Indexes ESG Score performance.
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White papersBuilding back better: why climate action is key to a resilient recovery
As the world begins to plan for a post-pandemic recovery, we contend that governments across the world can maximise the longer-term benefits by ensuring that stimulus measures are combined with efforts to tackle climate change, thereby creating a more sustainable and resilient future for all.
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White papersVolatility, Tech & ESG: COVID’s Impact on Global Equities
COVID-19 has proved challenging for businesses—but opportunities have emerged, particularly for companies with business models built to capitalize on long-term structural trends. Dr. Ghadir Cooper shares her views on equity markets today and what to expect going forward.
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White papersGemologist: can we adapt to the new climate normal?
Climate change will test our ability to avoid mortal danger more than ever before. Humanity’s ability to adapt, something we have excelled at, must again come to the fore.
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White papersGlobal Emerging Markets: ESG Materiality, Q2 2020
Welcome to the Global Emerging Markets’ ESG Materiality commentary – a quarterly publication that demonstrates our engagement activity with portfolio companies and showcases holdings that are creating positive impact aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals. In addition, we explore an environmental, social and governance (ESG) theme and its implications for the asset class.
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White papersMarket Risk Insights: portfolio triage
In the Q2 2020 issue of Market Risk Insights, we provide our latest analysis of six key risk factors – volatility, correlation, stretch, liquidity, event and environmental, social and governance (ESG) – in order to help investors navigate the coronavirus sell-off.
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White papersEmbedding ESG into private debt can reduce risk and add opportunity
Embedding environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria within private credit investment processes can reduce downside risk and open up a range of thematic opportunities, BNP Paribas Asset Management’s Sustainability in private debt investing briefing paper explains.
