All ESG/SRI articles – Page 95
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White papersResponsible Investing Roundtable: Experiences from Around the World
AllianceBernstein asked four institutions around the world to share their thoughts about the opportunities and challenges of responsible investing in their investment plans.
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White papersNine ESG Questions You Should Be Asking Your Manager
Figuring out whether your money is funding issuers that are effective stewards of their corporations, society and the environment starts with asking your asset managers pointed questions about how they incorporate environmental, social and governance concerns into their processes.
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White papersDC Default Solutions—Managing ESG Factors Thoughtfully
Environmental, social and governance is already a hot topic—and new proposals by the Department for Work and Pensions are turning up the heat on pension trustees.
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White papersLGIM’s approach to responsible investing
We believe responsible investing can not only mitigate risks, but also lead to better long-term financial outcomes without sacrificing performance.
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White papersHigher ESG scores that don’t cost the earth
Environmental, social and governance related measures are increasingly being recognised as valuable sources of information on companies, with investors using them to supplement traditional financial metrics in constructing portfolios and risk analysis.
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White papersBetter Than A Benchmark: Grassroots Research
By going on the ground in emerging markets and talking to people in their homes, equity investors can develop research insights about long-term, powerful trends driven by environmental and social sustainability.
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White papers2018 Midyear Outlook: (Still) Risk On
Investors are facing some pretty big questions: How long will the economy continue to expand? How will rising interest rates affect my portfolio? Will volatility continue to climb? Do geopolitics (or even just political posturing) really matter?
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White papersTackling financial exclusion through the financial markets
We have never lived in a more interconnected society. We can communicate with friends and colleagues on the other side of the planet in the blink of an eye, and have more access to more information than ever before.
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White papersTime to catch rising Asian ESG tide
Asian governments now prioritise sustainable economic growth over ‘growth at any cost’, yet there remains a wide disparity in ESG standards in the region.
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White papersAsset Allocation Update: Strong earnings prompt US equities upgrade
Amid background noise such as ongoing trade skirmishes involving the US, the evolving Chinese economy and geo-political tensions, we have spent time analysing recent market movements and the implications for risk assets.
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White papersInterview: Investing for Returns Can Support Sustainable Development
Can investing for market-rate returns contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals?
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White papersESG: What Institutional Investors Are Saying About Sustainable Investing
At a Neuberger Berman conference, institutional investors discussed current trends in ESG investing.
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White papersImpact investing through sustainable financing: integrating ESG into real asset debt strategies
With more than 15 years’ experience of integrating environmental, social and governance (‘ESG’) analysis into listed asset investments, BNP Paribas Asset Management (‘BNPP AM’) has extended its approach to the real asset financing strategies launched last year by its Private Debt & Real As- sets investment group.
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White papersResponsible investing’s ‘Big Bang’ has lost none of its spark
The COP21 Paris Conference in 2015 was undoubtedly climate change’s ‘big bang’, but nevertheless a certain amount of scepticism greeted the legislation. After all, many had questions about how forms would integrate environmental, social and govern- ance (ESG) criteria into traditional asset manage- ment models.
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White papersCarbon Footprints: Where do they lead?
The world is changing. Investors can no longer look to existing strategies and indexes – clearly representative of the “old” economy – to be sufficient during the current transition towards the “new”. This is especially true regarding environmental issues in light of the Paris Agreement, the recent UN Sustainable Development Goals becoming standard for investment strategy assessments, and increasing public and regulatory pressure.
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White papersHow index investors can change the future
There are multiple ways for ‘tracker’ funds to help foster better financial and societal outcomes, says Meryam Omi, Head of Sustainability and Responsible Investment Strategy at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)
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White papersThe Pillars of impact investing
The concept of ESG-aware invest- ing is now well understood, although it is delivered in varying forms. The investment industry is now taking this one step further and embracing impact investing, an approach that is well established in the world of philanthropy, family offices, non- governmental organisations and social enterprises, but is less well understood in the mainstream.
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White papersImpact investing & the global microfinance sector
According to the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), impact investing is investments made into companies, organisations and funds with the intention to generate measurable social and environmental impact alongside financial return.
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White papersAggressive tax optimisation: what is the best ESG approach?
Between 100 and 240 billion euro per year. This is what aggressive tax planning costs governments in lost revenue.
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White papersHow to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals through savings and investments
With increasing interest from clients to know how asset managers can help them contribute to the UN SDGs, we take a closer look at some of the strategies that can be deployed to achieve this.
