A new Morningstar report presents proxy voting as a backdoor entry to ESG investing for retirement plan participants. As advocates pressure for simpler proxy voting procedures, retail investors could gain considerable leverage.
Sales of bonds for environmentally friendly projects set a new record in March. The momentum’s likely to continue given developments like the Biden administration’s $650 billion in funds for clean water and other ESG efforts, George Moriarty reports.
Ironic that boost in oil prices is helping funds aimed at supporting firms with strong environmental, social and governance scores.
Of top 25 funds, Fidelity, JP Morgan, and Brown are the three fund families that have more than one fund on the list.
SDG #1: No Poverty. Capital Good Fund is working to eliminate poverty by disbursing financial tools and technical assistance to individuals who use those in life-changing ways.
A recent SEC risk alert cited “the lack of standardized and precise ESG definitions.” CEO of the Investment Company Institute Eric Pan says the SEC alert shows “more work should be done in this space.”
Resilient businesses must consider how their operations interact with the outside world.
Big banks’ finance work involving environmental, social and governance projects saves them a lot on taxes.
U.N. diplomat and SDG negotiator Esther Pan Sloane and sustainable investment pro Jay Lipman describe the history of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the role investors will play in whether or not they are achieved by 2030.
At international summit, President Joe Biden says US will double climate assistance to developing countries and cut 50% of domestic emissions by 2030.
Host of measures intended to enable investors to reorient investments towards more sustainable technologies and businesses
After 12-month returns in the triple digits, investors got a wake-up call when ESG funds came crashing back down to earth.
