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Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, and Impacts
This Net Zero America study aims to inform and ground political, business, and societal conversations regarding what it would take for the U.S. to achieve an economy-wide target of net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.
Engagement: labour rights and covid-19
This session looks at how investors can influence investee companies to change their focus and put people before profits to create a more sustainable economy.
Change how we invest
Should we be thinking about investment differently in 2021? Certainly, there appears to be cause for challenge of current thinking on inflation rates and the rise of China in the new world order.
Measuring Portfolio Alignment
This report is an excellent critical assessment of the strengths and trade-offs of the options available to measure the alignment of investments with climate goals and is an important contribution to the debate.
ML forecasts trump analyst coverage over long horizons: Research
Machine learning forecasts of corporate earnings outperform analyst forecasts, by revealing new information, economically important predictors and capturing non-linear relationships. Investors can use ML models as a less-biased forecast and a decision-making tool for when there is a vacuum of analyst coverage, an award-winning research paper has found.
Arguments for optimism: Why investors are looking on the bright side
When global asset owners gathered at London’s historic Rosewood Hotel to gauge market sentiment and explore investment strategies and ideas, the tone was remarkably upbeat in a conversation that spanned currency strategies, the muted impact of geopolitics on asset prices, and the importance of managing human bias.
COVID-19 pushes millions into poverty
COVID-19 is taking its toll on the world, causing deaths, illnesses and economic despair. But how is the deadly virus impacting global poverty? The World Bank argues that it is pushing about 40-60 million people into extreme poverty, with its best estimate being 49 million.
Partnering for impact: Institutional investors and the net-zero transition
Partnering for Impact: Institutional Investors and the Net-Zero Transition
Blue bonds: The next wave of sustainable finance?
The blue bond market can provide an innovative means of supporting the critically underfunded blue economy and blue bonds offer a compelling opportunity in fixed income with untapped impact potential. Challenges include illiquidity in the market and where to place the investment in a portfolio.
Sustainability Digital – Sept 2021