BlackRock Inc. is moving forward in fulfilling Larry Fink’s commitment to tackling the climate crisis with a slate of exchange-traded funds. Among the changes BlackRock’s chief outlined in his January letter was making sustainability integral to portfolio construction and risk management.
Outperformance vs the broad market and meaningful asset commitments have entered the ESG arena, fueling long-term optimism that ESG investing is here now, and it will be for the long term.
The Department of Labor is surveying some retirement plans to determine how they use environmental, social and governance factors in making investment decisions.
Erika Karp of Cornerstone Capital joins InvestmentNews’ George Moriarty to discuss how essential social is to ESG success.
Raymond James Financial Inc., citing its “zero tolerance for racism,” fired a senior bond manager Monday after he and a woman were caught on video confronting a San Francisco man who was stenciling the Black Lives Matter slogan on the property where he lives. Raymond James would not comment on the identity of the bond…
The time is now for impact investing, according to Amit Bouri, co-founder and chief executive of the Global Impact Investing Network, GIIN. There’s nothing quite like a global pandemic and sweeping waves of social unrest related to racism and economic inequality to pave the way for a deeper focus on how investing capital can have…
Shareholder advocacy is blooming in the ESG sector, and investment advisers who take note can provide unexpected value to their sustainability-minded clients.
College savings programs have reworked their investment menus over the past several years, with 17 529 plans now including at least one fund that uses ESG criteria, according to a report by AKF Consulting Group.
In the midst of fighting a new virus, Etsy stands up to old prejudices in support of Black Lives Matter. Etsy’s CEO Josh Silverman not only comes out in support of Black Lives Matter but is also prepared to invest in the welfare of Black-led institutions.
Amid the devastation of covid-19, investment commentators have spoken on how the social and governance of ESG, in particular, have come under the spotlight and that this will continue to accelerate the adoption of responsible investments.
