ESG Special Reports – Page 19
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The Nordic Region: Early movers and growing assets
Susanne Jacobson and Linda Stany assess the role smaller investors are playing in the responsible investment area
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Who governs the agenda?
The UK’s Stewardship Code leaves something to be desired. For example, what exactly is good stewardship? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Has the need for dividends compromised the green credentials of pension funds when it comes to oil companies such as BP? Nina Röhrbein reports
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Garbage in, garbage out
Like all investment data and ratings, environmental, social and governance indicators need to be scrubbed clean and carefully analysed, writes Adam Seitchik
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Local supporter
Nina Röhrbein finds out how the Minneapolis-based Community Reinvestment Fund is helping to funnel capital into distressed urban communities
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Special ReportThe environment factor
Nina Röhrbein reports on the progress of sustainable real estate
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ESG risk in a portfolio context
Nina Röhrbein reports on research into the implications that a ESG strategy can have upon asset allocation
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Lukewarm on weather derivatives
Nina Röhrbein reports on whether investors are turning to weather derivatives as a means of assuaging climate change concerns
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Going green in emerging markets
Green is gaining in currency with investors. ATP has just announced a €1bn investment to a fund focused on emerging markets and climate change, while the World Bank’s green bond issues have been snapped up. Nina Röhrbein reports
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ESG progress in emerging markets
China had more than its fair share of bad press off the back of December’s UN Climate Change Conference. But Andrew Ness points to cutting-edge sustainable technologies in Asia, as well as real progress on social and governance fronts
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Governance push in Japan
The Japan Engagement Consortium aims to improve Japanese corporate governance standards at the same time as companies realise they must improve to attract investors, reports Nina Röhrbein
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Copenhagen – will it matter?
Conclusive climate change strategies probably won’t emerge in Copenhagen but investors must start planning for them as the clever money needs to think ahead, says Nina Röhrbein
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ESG concerns for cash funds
SRI money market funds might be growing in popularity, but levels of screening and transparency can leave a lot to be desired, find Dominique Blanc and Caroline Estimé
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An emerging prospect
Pension funds investing in microfinance should take a patient and responsible approach to their investments, says Ivo Knoepfel
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Asia’s green fields of promise
Stimulus packages are helping spur green investments in Asian companies, which already have many advantages over their Western counterparts, including good access to capital and cheaper labour costs, finds Nina Röhrbein
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Fundamental shift in ESG
Nina Röhrbein looks at how the ESG market in Switzerland is moving on from the ideological and political corner of SRI to the real performance of sustainability
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How do you integrate ESG in your portfolio?
Henrik Larsen CIO Sampension Denmark Danish common management company for three pension funds Invested assets: DKK125bn (€16.8bn) Participants/members: 289,000 Defined benefit Date established: 1945 Sampension’s environmental, social, governance (ESG) policy - which was implemented in 1999 - is a result of discussions within ...
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ESG as a legal obligation?
The UN’s Fiduciary II aims to take ESG integration to the next stage, while a shift in US policy is pushing demographic concerns up the agenda. Nina Röhrbein reports
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A climate of change driving SAA
A new research project by Mercer will look at the opportunities and risks inherent in climate change by region and asset class. Nina Röhrbein reports
