Fund managers are overestimating the impact of their investments
Snowball report finds although there are good intentions funds managers not accurately measuring impact of portfolios
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Expert commentary and insight on ESG investment research across global markets.
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Apollo launches impact platform
Leadership comprises Apollo Global Management veterans and new hires
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Fashion companies lack awareness and transparency on water pollution
The fashion industry is well known as a major water polluter
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Achieving SDGs ’62 years behind schedule’
Covid-19 has potentially delayed achievement of Sustainable Development Goals by a decade
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Green linings of lockdowns
ASI’s Eimear McKeown looks at the transition to green energy and how this was impacted by lockdown
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Lombard Odier enters sustainable finance partnership with University of Oxford
Partnership will create platform for knowledge exchange between scholarship and financial services
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City Week spotlights ESG at 10th financial services forum
City Week 2020, the annual international financial services forum, is set to take place, in virtual format, on 21 -22 September 2020
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Scrutinising firms’ climate-related disclosures
HSBC Global Asset Management’s Stephanie Maier analyses the impact of 10 different climate scenarios on company valuations
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Blackrock ESG funds worst for ‘deforestation risk’
Blackrock and Vanguard Asset Management equity investments can be linked to 40,000 hectares of lost forest
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‘Immediate boardroom action’ needed to tackle climate change risks
ESG issues have shot up company agendas, but the majority struggling with the ‘scale of the challenge’
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Passive providers rush to launch ESG funds amid rising demand
A string of passive launches include offerings to entirely new markets such as green bonds or gender equality
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Investors are marrying ESG with smart beta
Asset owners are being attracted to passive factor strategies where the underlying index is re-weighted by ESG criteria.