Asset managers have an ESG data problem
Without standardization, institutional investors have some trouble incorporating the data
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BlackRock to extend proxy voting to some individual fund shareholders
Firm opened proxy voting to big investors a year ago
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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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Exec compensation increasingly tied to ESG
Social and governance issues are most common, with environment playing a small part
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What really happens when emissions vanish
Accounting methods can produce misleading figures for emissions reduction
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The ESG case for direct indexing
Companies see it as an area for growth given tax benefits and customization
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Sustainable fund sales rebound in Q3
Clean energy and clean tech funds drew the strongest inflows
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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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Impax’s Keefe on rebranding and ESG challenges and opportunities
‘We try to invest in the next economy rather than the last economy’
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World on track for 2.8°C rise, UN warns
Ahead of this year’s COP27 event, the UN reports that little has been accomplished over the past year
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Less than a third of private companies set net-zero targets
Of the minority that do, only a small proportion have disclosed roadmaps
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COP27: An opportunity for sustainable finance policy reform
PRI’s Margarita Pirovska says investors need to work harder at changing behaviors