“I can still recall that 10 to 15 years ago, the sustainability community including myself would say: “One day, ESG will become mainstream”. Well, it
Category: ESG
Academic Literature – ESG Activities Drive Better Financial Performance
Title : ESG AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: Uncovering the Relationship by Aggregating Evidence from 1,000 Plus Studies Published between 2015 – 2020 Executive Summary Meta-studies examining
Rate the Raters 2020: Investor Survey and Interview Results
In this survey by SustainAbility(An ERM Company) released in March 2020, the company finds that “As investors mature in their approach to evaluating ESG performance,
Top super funds increasingly vote down climate resolutions – The Sydney Morning Herald
Eight major super funds have been criticised for voting against the majority of shareholder proposals on climate change at recent annual general meetings despite being
Creating an impact management framework – KPMG
Amid growing public interest, the emergence of social and environmental investment risks has not gone unnoticed by regulators. Asset managers and financial services businesses across
Inside Microsoft’s Mission to Go Carbon Negative – Bloomberg
Over the past four years, Lucas Joppa, Microsoft Corp.’s 37-year-old chief environmental officer, has dislocated and broken one shoulder, separated the other one, broken his
The Other Fossils in the Boardroom – Bloomberg
The world’s largest banks have issued billions in loans to sustainable businesses and taken some steps to restrict funding for some of world’s worst polluters.
BlackRock’s Green Dreams Got Complicated Fast – Bloomberg
Laurence Fink started off 2020 by dropping a big, green bombshell. In his annual letter to corporate executives, the BlackRock Inc. chief executive officer wrote
Deutsche Bank zeroes in on sustainable finance – IFR
Deutsche Bank looks to make its mark on sustainable finance which is on the rise and has amplified its pace since the onset of the pandemic
Can fixed income investors act effectively on climate change? Yes we can – UBS
Fixed income investors concerned about climate change should consider past challenges and then look forward. Climate aware solutions are within reach, according to Jonathan Gregory,