FTSE Russell launches China ESG indexes
Targeting ‘one of the world’s most dynamic and strategically important capital markets’
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Vanguard to test individual fund investor proxy voting next year
The company plans to give index fund shareholders more say on ballot measures
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MSCI adds climate action indexes
It includes companies based on SBTi targets, green revenues, climate risk management and track record
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MSCI adds climate action indexes
Selects companies based on SBTi targets, green revenues, climate risk management and track record
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MSCI, Bloomberg team up on China ESG indices
The two index providers announce a suite of nine ESG indices covering China fixed income
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Abrdn adds sustainable index to its MyFolio range
Companies that don’t meet UN standard on human rights, labour, environment, and anti-corruption are excluded
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Who’s afraid of ESG?
There is a struggle to define ESG, and opponents are using that to their advantage
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Passive ESG: More active than the average index fund?
Demand for passive ESG funds is outpacing active ones
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Climate funds failing to measure against climate indices
19% of active, climate-focused funds use no benchmark and 73% use market capitalisation index rather than a climate index
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Climate funds failing to measure against climate indices
19% of active, climate-focused funds use no benchmark and 73% use market capitalisation index rather than a climate index
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LGBT equality benchmark launched for finance firms
Firms including Fidelity International, Legal and General, BlackRock and M&G awarded ‘gold standard’ in first round
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Companies make ‘tremendous’ impact through refugee integration
Group developing ETF aims to channel capital and resources towards refugees