ESG Special Reports – Page 12
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Special ReportSDI Asset Owner Platform: ESG investing gets a platform lift
Two Dutch pension providers have launched a global platform to help asset owners invest in line with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
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Special ReportInvestment Process: A recipe for confusion
The shift to ESG has inadvertently led to divergence of opinion over the best metrics to use
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Special ReportRobeco Active Ownership: ‘Engagement’s not a one-off’
Carola van Lamoen, the head of active ownership at Robeco, talks to Liam Kennedy
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Special ReportESG Adoption: Big advances on the ESG front
A custodian’s view on how technology and a generational shift are powering the growth of ESG investment among European pension funds
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Special ReportMateriality: A new framework for ESG
A new materiality concept focuses on seeking investment value where the interests of shareholders and other stakeholders intersect
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Special ReportResearch: Europe has turned a corner
Asset managers must cater to the trend to deeper ESG investing to remain competitive Key points ESG investing in Europe has developed over more than three decades There are four broad categories of ESG investment – exclusion, integration, stewardship and impact Integration is the most widespread approach ...
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Special ReportIceland: From strategy to practice
Several factors are pushing Icelandic pension funds towards responsible investment
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Special ReportIndia: Still early days
The growing adoption and importance of ESG criteria among Indian firms could have implications for companies such as rice producers
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Mining the ESG vein
ESG used to be an optional extra in the mining industry but governments are starting to mandate minimum standards through legislation
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Special ReportETFs for ESG: Why passive makes sense for ESG
ESG investing – the incorporation of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into investment criteria – has grown rapidly in recent years.
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Special ReportETFs for ESG: The ESG governance challenge
An increasing number of institutional investors are interested in investments with an environmental, social and/or governance (ESG) focus.
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ETFs for ESG: Sustainable investing is here to stay
Sustainable investing was once viewed as a trade-off between value and ‘values’. Yet today, it’s something investors can no longer afford to ignore.
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Special ReportETFs for ESG: The devil in the detail of ‘low carbon’ ETFs
Sustainable market indices are nothing new. The Dow Jones Sustainability index was launched in 1999 and the FTSE4Good index in 2001.
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Special ReportETFs for ESG: Corporate governance for passive investors in Japanese equities
The Japanese economy has been experiencing significant and positive change since the election of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2012. After a sustained period of economic stagnation, Japan’s return to growth is being fuelled by Abe’s transformative economic policies.
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Special ReportETFs for ESG: Gender equality ETFs gain a foothold
Can a new category of ETFs help address one of the oldest economic imbalances of all?
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Special ReportEU Sustainable Finance: The greening of Europe
The EU wants to encourage environmentally friendly investment practices. Will its taxonomy stimulate the green bond market?
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Viewpoints: Investment as the saviour
How taxonomy, trajectory and Ecolabel could save our children
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Viewpoints: The industry reacts
Will the EU Sustainable Finance Technical Expert Group’s June 2019 reports on the green taxonomy, green bond standards and climate benchmarks succeed in mobilising investors and capital in support of sustainability objectives?
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A green game changer
New EU green finance requirements will increase demand for better and more comparable ESG data
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Special ReportThe origin of ESG indices
What does the proliferation of sustainable benchmarks mean for passive ESG investing?
