08/23/2021
Over a quarter of Scottish HNWI’s currently base their investment decisions on a business’s impact on the environment (27%) and 26% say that they would choose a company over another based on their good treatment of their employees.
08/23/2021
Timo Smuts, an investment analyst at Orbis Investment Management, believes Siemens Energy, AES and Signify are all cheap ways into a buzzy theme.
08/22/2021
The guideline sets out how certain German investment funds must be structured so that they qualify as “sustainable” or can be marketed as “sustainable” in Germany.
08/22/2021
The findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) place climate change firmly on our doorstep, and has demanded a global response.
08/22/2021
There is a sense we are now at an inflection point, with climate mitigation and other ESG issues becoming core to investment and business strategies for issuers, borrowers and investors.
08/20/2021
That’s as European regulators explicitly add ESG risks to pay guidelines, with the change due to take effect by the end of 2021.
08/20/2021
It argues that its methodology has a positive impact.
08/20/2021
The environmental activist group said it expected thousands of protestors to take part in the protests which will start on Monday.
08/20/2021
Banker bonuses tied to ESG metrics are on the rise in Europe
UniCredit SpA says 10% of its pay scorecard for senior management depends on the bank’s ESG ratings and customer satisfaction
08/19/2021
To get the most out of these products, some start-ups are offering to donate them or reduce the price and sell them on.
08/19/2021
A look at how the increasing use of complex data by quant credit strategies may drive faster and deeper integration of ESG into the fixed income markets.
08/19/2021
For many years now, companies just reported voluntarily as a matter of corporate responsibility or brand.
08/19/2021
The Scottish National Investment Bank is an impact investor, focussed on delivering both commercial returns and mission impacts with its capital.
08/18/2021
The Strategy builds on the Ten-Point Plan ambition for the UK to host 5GW of low-carbon hydrogen generation by 2030.
08/17/2021
The latest reading of Schroders’ Climate Progress Dashboard points to a long run temperature rise of around 3.4 degrees over pre-industrial levels.
08/17/2021
Climate, investors and the IPCC’s ‘code red’
The report lays out the stark impact of climate change, coupling data with evidence of flooding, drought and wildfires.
08/17/2021
Such ‘shareholder resolutions’, as they’re known, become binding when the majority of the company’s shareholders vote in favour of them.
08/16/2021
While some corporates authentically value and consider ESG issues, others have missed the mark and are being challenged to go beyond ticking the box.
08/16/2021
CaixaBank granted €7.2 billion in sustainable financing in the first half of this year, 45% more than the volume financed in 2020, consolidating its position as one of the bank's focal points of activity.
08/13/2021
Does the IPCC report change anything? - Schroders
The landmark IPCC report underlines the scale of the challenge ahead and adds impetus to political action and social pressure. But more aggressive action is needed.