ESG Special Reports – Page 17
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Learning from Vedanta
Nina Röhrbein examines the rights of indigenous people, an important issue as natural resources become scarcer, forcing exploration of the world’s remoter regions
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Taking climate change in your stride
Nina Röhrbein looks at Mercer’s project to help institutional investors tailor their investment portfolios to manage the risks as well as exploit the opportunities thrown up by climate change
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Hedge fund paradox
Nina Röhrbein looks at how the few responsible hedge funds are reconciling their short-term outlook with the medium to long-term nature of ESG investing
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Implementing ESG – the sustainable bank’s way
Some 75% of the core portfolios of KfW, Germany’s development bank, is managed sustainably, as Nina Röhrbein finds
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Positive impact in Africa
A local presence and a tilt towards impact investing is the way to succeed on the final frontier, writes Nina Röhrbein
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Kirsteen Morrison identifies some showcase opportunities in renewable energy, water and agriculture in India
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Cleantech: no longer a dirty word
Smart grid and biomass are two sectors investors in renewables might consider if they are looking beyond the more traditional headline-hitting solar and wind energy. Nina Röhrbein reports
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SRI conquers non-equities territory
The emergence of new types of SRI strategy is a major factor in driving the market as Eurosif’s 2010 European SRI study highlights. Nina Röhrbein reports
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The Nordic Region: Early movers and growing assets
Susanne Jacobson and Linda Stany assess the role smaller investors are playing in the responsible investment area
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Who governs the agenda?
The UK’s Stewardship Code leaves something to be desired. For example, what exactly is good stewardship? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Special ReportBP, investors’ blind spot
Has the need for dividends compromised the green credentials of pension funds when it comes to oil companies such as BP? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Garbage in, garbage out
Like all investment data and ratings, environmental, social and governance indicators need to be scrubbed clean and carefully analysed, writes Adam Seitchik
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Local supporter
Nina Röhrbein finds out how the Minneapolis-based Community Reinvestment Fund is helping to funnel capital into distressed urban communities
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Special ReportThe environment factor
Nina Röhrbein reports on the progress of sustainable real estate
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ESG risk in a portfolio context
Nina Röhrbein reports on research into the implications that a ESG strategy can have upon asset allocation
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Lukewarm on weather derivatives
Nina Röhrbein reports on whether investors are turning to weather derivatives as a means of assuaging climate change concerns
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Going green in emerging markets
Green is gaining in currency with investors. ATP has just announced a €1bn investment to a fund focused on emerging markets and climate change, while the World Bank’s green bond issues have been snapped up. Nina Röhrbein reports
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ESG progress in emerging markets
China had more than its fair share of bad press off the back of December’s UN Climate Change Conference. But Andrew Ness points to cutting-edge sustainable technologies in Asia, as well as real progress on social and governance fronts
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Governance push in Japan
The Japan Engagement Consortium aims to improve Japanese corporate governance standards at the same time as companies realise they must improve to attract investors, reports Nina Röhrbein
