All ESG/SRI articles – Page 87
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White papersDoes the coronavirus mean the end of the fast fashion trend?
With high street fashion stores closed due to the global pandemic and unsold stock piling up in warehouses, “fast fashion” is under pressure as never before. Does lockdown offer a chance to rethink this unsustainable business model, which has high environmental and social costs?
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White papersDealing with our plastics waste
We have a plastic problem. On a trip to visit my family in South Africa at Christmas, what struck me was that even on the most remote and protected marine coastline my children and I managed to fill bags with plastic straws and other plastic debris. And the stats confirm we have a problem. Currently, only 14% of our annual plastic packaging produced is recycled, while only 2% is reused for the same or similar products. Instead, most of our plastic waste ends up in landfill or is leaked into our environment (around 12 million tonnes of plastic enter the oceans globally every year).
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White papersCovid-19 and the climate: whither carbon pricing?
After a long spell of low carbon prices within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), times seemed to be changing over the past year, with carbon prices having become a material, near-term consideration for many investors and companies. This has particularly been the case for some industrial sectors in Europe.
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Asset Manager NewsResponsible Investment Quarterly - Q1 2020
Back in 1964 the German writer and historian Leopold Schwarzschild posed the question “What price freedom?” in an analysis of what is required from society in support of a more socialist political agenda. At the heart of the article, Schwarzschild remarked in particular the extent to which individual civil liberties must necessarily be brought into conflict with delivery of the wider interest. The question left hanging was, how much of a discrepancy in expectations and policy might society be willing to bear under the circumstances?
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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.
