All ESG/SRI articles – Page 88
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Climate change and human rights
The climate crisis has already displaced millions of people due to flooding, and forced hundreds of thousands to flee from deadly wildfires. Pauline Lecoursonnois explores what companies can do to assess and mitigate climate-related human rights risks.
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Marking UN Day
As a leader in sustainability and investment, on UN Day we’re supporting companies’ efforts to build back better from the pandemic and create a positive societal and environmental impact.
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ESG in Action: Protecting the Amazon by Investing in Brazilian Beef
Blazing wildfires and a shift in Brazilian government policies away from environmental stewardship have thrust deforestation into the international spotlight. AB equity and credit portfolios’ large positions in Brazilian beef producers provide an opportunity to promote sustainable practices that can help protect tropical forests while mitigating environmental and investment risks.
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ESG More Than Just a Branding Exercise in ILS
Published by Artemis, this recent article featuring Jennifer Signori, Principal and Senior Vice President, ESG and Impact Investing at Neuberger Berman, discusses the importance of ESG factors when it comes to Insurance-linked Securities (ILS).
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How best to approach climate change risk management?
Chris Wagstaff considers how asset owners might best approach climate change risk management by adopting a number of non-mutually exclusive mitigating actions to address transition and physical risks.
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Sustainable investing – The divergence of ESG ratings
Here is the first in a new series of monthly articles on current academic research into a range of responsible investment topics. The papers discussed were presented at the latest annual GRASFI[1] conference.
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Materiality Matters
How Environmental, Social and Governance Issues Inform Long-term Growth and Sustainability of Companies
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A home for impact investing
More than any other sector, the built environment shapes people’s lives. We discuss why real estate is a natural home for impact investing, the requirements of a successful impact investment programme and why opportunities in Europe need international and local solutions.
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Building ESG momentum in US equities
US ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) investors are increasingly likely to benefit as the country’s companies close the gap with best-in-class global companies on ESG disclosure and performance. The trend towards ESG in the United States is being driven by asset owners demanding ESG integration into corporate business strategies, investors using it as a source of alpha1, and regulators looking to formalize ESG into its rules and protocols.
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City of Fear? Fear of the city? Urban life and COVID-19
Fear City: A Survival Guide for Visitors to New York City was distributed to arrivals at New York City’s airports in June 1975 by police unions in dispute with city leaders about cuts in emergency services. It warned them graphically of the dangers that lay in wait in an increasingly chaotic city being abandoned by both terrified residents and disinterested politicians.
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HEINEKEN case study - UK Institutional
HEINEKEN has improved the standard and transparency of its business conduct policies, increasing investor confidence.
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Positioning for a green recovery from COVID-19
The improving economics of renewable power generation and the rise of electric vehicles and green hydrogen mean it is increasingly possible to decouple economic growth and carbon emissions. We believe Asia should follow the EU’s plan for EUR 225 billion in (truly) green bonds.
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Fit for the future: Unboxing ESG in real assets
Recent events have highlighted the importance of the environmental, social and governance characteristics of real asset investments – not only as part of COVID-19 recovery programmes, but also as a way of futureproofing portfolios.
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Takeda Pharmaceutical - UK Institutional
Takeda Pharmaceutical has significantly improved the transparency and accountability of its executive remuneration, aligning itself more closely to global peers.
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Decarbonisation set for a boost in the EU
The EU is stepping up its efforts to tackle global warming. A new tougher target to cut air pollution should enhance the economic incentive for companies to switch to more environmentally friendly ways of doing business.
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Deep decarbonization – Green hydrogen, net zero and the future of the EU ETS
Green hydrogen is set to be a key pillar of the EU’s sustainable development and emissions reduction plans. This has major implications for how carbon emissions are removed from the EU economy over the next 30 years and for how carbon pricing is used as a tool to achieve zero emissions, according to new research from BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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Don’t feed the troll
Facebook, Twitter and other platforms are drawing criticism for their failure to tackle hate content. But will the hit to their reputation do any lasting commercial damage?
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Corona hasn’t changed the climate crisis
The corona crisis, the US elections, trade wars… the climate problem remains. And also the need for an investment strategy that specifically responds to climate change. If anything, the health crisis has created additional opportunities to outperform the market this year due to stimulus for green sectors, argue Ulrik Fugmann and Edward Lees, who head the Environmental Strategies Group at BNP Paribas Asset Management.
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“Doing good” increasingly differentiates Asian businesses
In Asia, as elsewhere, investors increasingly regard “doing good” as a source of competitive advantage leading to outperformance
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Shipping: a social industry making environmental strides
Transport assets remind us that, within ESG investing, “S” can be just as important as “E” and “G”, and focusing on the environment and governance at the expense of social aspects can be detrimental