ESG integration wields best results with good data and effective engagement
Large investors across Europe share the elements of their success when it comes to ESG integration and engagement, including in sovereign bonds.
Oil crisis: Curb or catalyst to the green transition?
The blockage of the Strait of Hormuz has left the world facing another energy crisis and warning bells of a global recession are growing increasingly shrill. Ostensibly, the crisis could also push the energy transition back as governments and companies scramble to shoulder the cost of $100 per barrel of oil and prepare for higher
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Water crisis deserves the same attention from investors as climate change
The historical undervaluing of water as a resource, combined with climate change, is impacting communities around the world and posing a systemic risk to investor portfolios, argues Ceres' Brooke Barton, a key figure behind the Valuing Water Finance Initiative.
The value of reporting, measuring and enforcing DEI
Intentional and actionable work on DEI is required to bring the investment industry’s talent composition closer to the broader society it serves, experts say.
The three Rs of investing: Risk, return, and resilience
Sarah Williamson, chief executive of US non-profit organisation FCLTGlobal explains the importance of investment's three 'Rs:' Risk, return, and resilience.
Equities allocation damaging biodiversity: Ilmarinen study
A recent biodiversity risk analysis at Ilmarinen, Finland’s €60 billion pension insurer, found one third of the companies in its listed equities portfolio have a damaging impact on biodiversity. The study is part of a push to integrate biodiversity into its investment processes.
CPP Investments: A pathway agnostic approach to net zero
In a fireside chat at Conexus Financial’s Sustainability in Practice forum, CPP Investments' managing director Derek Walker discussed incorporating climate risk into a total portfolio approach, and making a “pathway agnostic” commitment to net zero carbon emissions.
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