10/22/2020
Creating a climate of change
Addressing the business ramifications of climate risk on banks
Planet SOS
10/22/2020
Compliance in Brazil: what makes this a complex environment?
Long incorporation times, varying regional requirements and intricate tax and accountancy rules all play a role in making Brazil a challenging compliance environment.
10/21/2020
Broadridge 2020 Sustainability Report Underlines Commitment to ESG
Committing to best-in-class governance policies and practices that serve the interests of Broadridge and its stockholders
10/02/2020
California joins the Coalition for Climate Resilient Investment to advance the inclusion of climate risk standards into investment decisions
The wildfires across California and other Western states have illustrated the threat of asset damage, operational disruption and human suffering from physical climate risks and disasters that continue to escalate in 2020.
10/02/2020
The sustainability challenge in advice
A 2019 study by research firm Cerulli Associates found that 56% of US retirement plans surveyed showed a preference for investing in companies that are environmentally and socially responsible.
09/30/2020
Morgan Stanley commits to reach net-zero finance emissions by 2050
Morgan Stanley is also committing to taking a leadership role in developing the tools and methodologies needed to measure and manage our carbon-related activities in appropriate ways.
09/29/2020
More efforts needed from governments, regulators and business to unlock full potential of sustainable finance
The OECD Business and Finance Outlook 2020 says that ESG investing has grown steadily in recent years, with ESG ratings, indices and other financial products proliferating to meet demand.
09/24/2020
Goldman Sachs AM launches GS Global ESG Enhanced Income Bond Portfolio
"The GS Global ESG Enhanced Income Bond Portfolio makes a conscious effort to avoid companies that in our view exhibit weak ESG profiles"
09/20/2020
ESG sees record inflows amid pandemic. One leading issuer on the theme’s staying power
“Investors are adopting this ... less so as a satellite, very specific position, but as something that they’ll put at the heart of their portfolio,”
09/08/2020
How to separate the good from the bad and ugly ESG funds
Even oil majors can achieve good environmental, social and governance scores in some rankings
08/10/2020
Investment sector must focus on its own diversity
Fund managers focused on environmental, social and governance issues may talk a good game when it comes to responsible investments, but how are their own firms performing when it comes to internal diversity and equality?
08/03/2020
Momentum Builds for ESG Investment Among Global Public Investors, According To OMFIF-BNY Mellon Survey
The findings, also published in OMFIF’s latest Global Public Investor Report
07/29/2020
Allfunds strengthens its social commitment and joins the United Nations Global Compact
Allfunds strengthens its commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility and joins the United Nations Global Compact, the world's largest corporate sustainability initiative.
07/15/2020
World Federation Of Exchanges releases sixth annual sustainability survey
ESG is a core strategic mandate and principle of the WFE, and this year’s survey mapped exchange activities to the WFE’s Sustainability Principles for the second time.
07/10/2020
US asset managers set to fight proposals on ESG investments
Funds say Department of Labor rule would hamper ability to incorporate ethical principles into pension portfolios
07/10/2020
Rocky Mountain Institute Launches the Center for Climate-Aligned Finance
Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase partner with RMI’s Center to help shape the financial industry’s role in facilitating the transition to a low-carbon, sustainable economy and society
07/08/2020
Citi creates new team of bankers for ‘fast growing demand’ in ESG bonds
A memo to staff said Philip Brown, head of Citi's public sector DCM business, will run the new global unit
06/30/2020
Embedding ESG into banks’ strategies
Four key actions banks should be taking to prepare for the post-COVID-19 ESG mantra.
06/22/2020
Investors in Canada Turn to Sustainable Investing Amid Protests
Inflows into ESG funds is soaring in wake of virus, protests
06/19/2020
E, S or G: Which drives outperformance?
Latest research by MSCI examines performance of E, S and G factors over different time horizons