All ESG articles – Page 10
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White papersSustainable preferences differ across Europe
What motivates retail investors when it comes to sustainability-related investing? And do the factors that influence their decision-making vary from country to country or at other levels such as financial literacy? We believe the answers have significant implications for the development of sustainable finance products and asset pricing.
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Asset Manager NewsThe Low Carbon Building Initiative (LCBI) reveals the methodology for the first pan-European low carbon label, measuring the carbon footprint of real estate based on a Life-Cycle Analysis
The real estate industry accounts for more than a third of CO2 emissions. Calculating carbon emissions at each stage of a building’s life cycle – construction, operations, and end of life – is necessary to quantify the real carbon footprint of buildings.
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White papersReal estate’s “SOS”: how to future-proof a major asset class
Owners and managers must focus on sustainability, operational excellence and finding new solutions (SOS) in management and investment, to keep pace with changing market dynamics.
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White papersTechnology investment in the built environment and the path to net zero
The transition to net zero will almost certainly be one of the most significant capital outlays in history.
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White papersSoftware to power the EV revolution
The EV revolution is well underway. Passenger EVs now account for 9% of all vehicles sold globally and in major markets such as Germany and the UK, EV penetration is 26% and 21% respectively. For the carbon conscious, this is good news. And for investors, some opportunities are clear e.g. power grid upgrades, renewables, charging point infrastructure. However, at Igneo Infrastructure Partners, we look at the less obvious opportunities also.
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White papersESG Viewpoint: The challenges of realising zero-carbon cement
Can cement emissions be curbed, while still allowing for crucial infrastructure growth?
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White papersESG: Making Sense of the Mudslinging
What ESG, sustainable investment and impact investment mean at Neuberger Berman, and how they are consistent with active management and the diverse needs of our clients.
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White papersFrom Traditional to Sustainable Growth
This article is a 360-degree analysis of the growth investment concept. Academics generally circumscribed it to a mere anti-value status. We show that growth-oriented stocks not only present the characteristic of being expensive and over-priced.
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White papersDoes sustainable investing have a future in the U.S. market? Part 1
In this series, Bloomberg’s Sustainable Indices team takes account of current market sentiment and conditions surrounding sustainable and ESG investing in the U.S. market and explores opportunities for 2023. Catch up on the introduction here.
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VideoClimate and women: a disproportionate impact
The more frequent and severe weather events resulting from climate change cause shortages of clean air, water, food and shelter. This puts all of humankind at risk, but climate change is not gender neutral.
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White papersAn entry point for sustainable SMID caps?
Policies aiming to drive investment in the sustainability transition and adapt to the post-pandemic business environment are generating opportunities for small- and mid-cap firms (SMID caps), which our Natural Capital strategy focuses on.
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White papersFrom seed to supper – Solutions to mitigate food waste
At every stage of its journey from farm or fishery to family dinner, a large slice of the food produced for human consumption is thrown away. The quantity and impact of food loss and waste has increased as populations grow, climate change drives supply chain disruptions and more resource-intensive foods are consumed.
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White papersSustainability watch: solar panels, seaweed, and hydrogen taxis
A sustainability revolution is underway and we believe it provides one of the biggest investment opportunities in history. This shift is accelerating – driven by policy, technology, consumer demand and market forces. It is fundamentally disrupting three systems vital to the global economy: energy, land and oceans, and materials.
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White papersHow real assets provide real solutions: investing sustainably for a better world
Investments in real assets are valued for providing diversification benefits, inflation protection, and stable yield—they also have the potential to be part of the solution to some of our most urgent global challenges.
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White papersCOP 15: Global Biodiversity Framework elevates nature-related risks and opportunities
In December 2022, after multiple Covid-19-related delays, the conclusion of the COP 15 conference in Kunming, China, saw the agreement of a 2030 Global Biodiversity Framework which aims to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030.
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BlogThe Surprising Lack of ESG in ESG-Labeled Real Estate Bonds
Our analysis of “requalified” bonds and REIT issuances, with proceeds allocated to purchasing green buildings, suggests they don’t provide the positive impact ESG investors are seeking.
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BlogGreen Bank Bonds: Abuse of Proceeds?
We see three reasons why investors should treat Green, Social, and Sustainability (GSS) bonds’ claims to ESG eligibility with skepticism.
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White papersTechnology investment in the built environment and the path to net zero
The transition to net zero will almost certainly be one of the most significant capital outlays in history. A 2022 report from Goldman Sachs noted that Electrification ‘is poised to revolutionise European Economies and our everyday lives’ and that this effort would ‘need to mobilise €3.7 trillion of capital, most into green energy infrastructure, to develop renewables, upgrade power grids, refurbish buildings and to support the switch to electricity for mobility real estate and manufacturing.’
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White papersSustainable Global Equity Report, Q1 2023
China’s road to reopening should act as a catalyst for emerging markets and global growth in general, while retaining a focus on common prosperity and decarbonisation.
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White papersUnderstanding scope 3: How responsible investors can wrestle with the unruliest of emissions
On one level, it is easy to understand the scale of emissions from a company’s operations. If a factory is pumping out millions of plastic widgets, we can measure the greenhouse gases (GHGs) produced as it does so, and the emissions linked to the energy used to make them. However, things can get a little murkier when we look up or down the value chain, perhaps at the customers putting their shiny new widget to use in the real world.
