All ESG integration articles
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NewsDutch physiotherapist scheme goes passive with custom-made ESG benchmark
The fund has swapped €400m in fund investments for a passively managed ESG mandate
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NewsManager ESG progress still needed but picture positive, says Redington
Findings include a near 10% voting policy-action gap
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NewsPRI signatories performed better than non-signatories over 5yrs – study
CEM Benchmarking also looked at cost differences between signatories and non-signatories
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NewsIPD: Danish central bank must ensure green bonds OK for pension funds
Lobby group calls on central bank to liaise with FSA over planned inaugural green bond issuance
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NewsBlackRock: SDGs not just for impact-oriented allocations
Asset manager explores UN-backed goals through financial materiality lens and finds significant overlap with SASB indicators
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Opinion PiecesViewpoint: Why companies and investors must leave ESG ratings behind
ESG ratings are an oversimplication, says Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon of ESG data science firm RepRisk
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NewsDWS bids to boost stewardship with new ESG approach
CEO says DWS has developed ‘an overarching taxonomy to apply its influence’
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NewsStudy: ‘Social responsibility’ top driver of fixed income ESG integration
Fast rates of change in ESG integration, EMD allocations
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NewsAQR's Lasse Pedersen calls for honesty about ESG and returns
Founder Cliff Asness says 2017 article about exclusions was ‘pro-ESG’
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NewsUK asset managers agree responsible investment ‘common language’
IA says framework and definitions aim to provide ‘clarity and consistency for savers’
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NewsReputational risk drives ESG at pension funds more than at other investors
But in Europe regulation was the top driver of pension funds’ adoption of ESG principles
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NewsZurich cantonal pension fund targets responsible investment leadership
BVK, the CHF33bn (€29.5bn) pension fund for the canton of Zurich, has taken on a company engagement case within Climate Action 100+
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NewsUK trustees ready for ESG reporting rules despite implementation challenge
A Hymans Robertson poll shines a light on how pension fund supervisors will handle new reporting rules coming into force in October
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NewsPRI in Person: Natixis IM CEO on empirical evidence in ESG investing
In a welcome speech to delegates, Jean Raby says investors need to ‘go back to basics’ and ask themselves what they are trying to achieve
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NewsAsset managers warned over poor data governance in ESG rush
Report seeks to prompt asset managers to think about ESG data in the same way they would about other important inputs into the investment process
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NewsEC tenders studies to advance sustainable finance action plan
The European Commission wants to conduct studies looking into sustainability-related products and services, and the integration of ESG risks by EU banks
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NewsPRI consults on challenges to ESG, active ownership in passive investing
Organisation wants to ‘develop market thinking in this area given its rapid development and increasing importance of passive strategies’
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NewsSchroders to buy majority stake in impact investor BlueOrchard
Deal underscores growing mainstream investor interest in impact investing, as distinct from ‘exclusionary and inclusionary SRI and ESG integration’
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NewsUS academics challenge whether ESG investing must be fiduciary duty
Two law professors have argued that the position taken by the PRI and others is ‘contrary to both law and economics’
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NewsJoseph Mariathasan: Markowitz, Friedman and the crucial debate on ESG
Should the interests of company shareholders trump those of all other stakeholders?
