Managers of Wealth Americas

A little humour might help with climate change gloom

Climate news can be depressing. What if we used humour to introduce climate change issues while allowing young people to remain politically engaged?

MarketAxess Raises Funds for Emerging Market Communities

"We’ve raised nearly $2 million across the last seventeen years and remain deeply committed to the quality of life in emerging market countries.”

US fund managers overwhelmingly blocking climate votes

The range of proposals cover emissions reduction targets, climate reporting and governance, and corporate lobbying.

Brown Advisory launches Global Leaders Sustainable Fund

The Global Leaders Sustainable Fund expands on the ESG integration that is already built into their bottom-up research process by adding back-end screens to avoid certain business controversies, such as military equipment, alcohol and tobacco, as requeste

PNC Issues Inaugural Green Bond

Proceeds will fund eligible projects that promote a transition to a low-carbon economy

Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions

Here are some of the most commonly-asked questions about carbon accounting.

Companies struggle to digest ‘alphabet soup’ of ESG arbiters

Awareness builds that a standardised reporting approach is needed in battle to fight climate change.

Investors struggle to make US companies change tack on climate change

Number of shareholder-backed environmental proposals tumbles

How are banks doing on sustainable finance commitments? Not good enough

World Resources Institute’s new Green Targets Tool shows that only 24 of the 50 largest private-sector banks have made a sustainable finance commitment — and the targets vary considerably.

Lincoln Financial Group Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index for Fourth Consecutive Year

Achievement Recognizes Leadership in Environmental, Social and Governance Performance

Billionaires Pledge $750 Million To Caltech For Climate Change Crisis Research

With their gift, Caltech plans to construct a new 75,000-square-foot building

Collective Commitment to Climate Action

Working together and supporting each other in developing each bank’s capabilities and the necessary methodologies to measure climate impact and alignment with global and local climate goals.

World's richest families fret about geopolitics, climate change

Total cash reserves were 7.6% of family office investments in 2019, up 70 basis points from a year earlier.

BNY Mellon Expands ESG Analytics Service

An extension of BNY Mellon's Global Risk Solutions Exposure and Structural analysis product, ESG Analytics is an intuitive, multi-dimensional and comprehensive service that helps clients manage and monitor ESG

UN to launch Principles for Responsible Banking

The Principles provide the framework for a sustainable banking system, and help the industry to demonstrate how it makes a positive contribution to society.

You, Too, Are in Denial of Climate Change

Most Americans believe, abstractly, in climate change. That’s not enough.

Responsible finance is leading sustainability theme for BMO responsible global emerging market equity strategy

The report marks the first time that BMO’ Responsible Global Emerging Market Equity team has mapped every one of the portfolio’s holdings to the SDGs, with an estimated 60% of holdings positively aligned.

Climate change moves to top of investors' list of ESG issues

Climate change made a dramatic jump to first from third place in the latest Extreme Risks report from Willis Towers Watson Investments' Thinking Ahead Institute.

Morgan Stanley Survey Finds Investor Enthusiasm for Sustainable Investing at an All-Time High

Investor interest and adoption continues to rise; 85% are interested in sustainable investing.

Big US sustainable funds fail to support ESG shareholder proposals

Products from BlackRock, JPMorgan and Vanguard tend to back company management

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