ESG / Sustainable & Responsible Investment
Ahead of World Water Day, Ceres launches new effort to catalyze capital markets to value water as a financial risk
March 20, 2020
Source: Ceres - As climate change, population growth, and pollution increasingly threaten water availability and water quality around the globe, the sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres announced a major new effort today to catalyze...
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March 20, 2020
Source: Ceres - As climate change, population growth, and pollution increasingly threaten water availability and water quality around the globe, the sustainability nonprofit organization Ceres announced a major new effort today to catalyze...
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Sustainable Finance: From Niche to New Normal
March 20, 2020
Source: Global Compliance News - There is an increasing sense of urgency and expectation about putting the global economy on a path toward sustainable development. The urgency stems from a massive projected investment gap of EUR 180 billion each year to meet the...
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March 20, 2020 Source: Global Compliance News - There is an increasing sense of urgency and expectation about putting the global economy on a path toward sustainable development. The urgency stems from a massive projected investment gap of EUR 180 billion each year to meet the...
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Investors with over US$200b support BankTrack Human Rights Benchmark
March 18, 2020
Source: Investor Alliance for Human Rights - The need for corporate transparency and accountability in the financial sector is vital in today’s increasingly connected world. While private sector banks can contribute to economic growth and prosperity through increased access...
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March 18, 2020
Source: Investor Alliance for Human Rights - The need for corporate transparency and accountability in the financial sector is vital in today’s increasingly connected world. While private sector banks can contribute to economic growth and prosperity through increased access...
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2020 is a critical year for the world’s forests
March 17, 2020
Source: Ceres - As the need to address biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem stability become more urgent, it’s more important than ever that investors turn their attention to mitigating the risks deforestation poses to individual...
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March 17, 2020
Source: Ceres - As the need to address biodiversity loss, climate change and ecosystem stability become more urgent, it’s more important than ever that investors turn their attention to mitigating the risks deforestation poses to individual...
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Does ESG investing deliver its promise?
March 16, 2020
Source: The Asset - RELIABLE fund managers and investment strategies should be able to perform even through a significant market downturn. With the broad market sell-off in the past week sending worrying signals arising from the coronavirus...
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March 16, 2020 Source: The Asset - RELIABLE fund managers and investment strategies should be able to perform even through a significant market downturn. With the broad market sell-off in the past week sending worrying signals arising from the coronavirus...
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Microsoft stock is the biggest winner from environmental and socially responsible investing
March 16, 2020
Source: Quartz - Microsoft has been the biggest winner from stock market investment into environmental, social, and governance-oriented (ESG) funds, according to financial data company EPFR. The Windows creator is among the tech giants...
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March 16, 2020 Source: Quartz - Microsoft has been the biggest winner from stock market investment into environmental, social, and governance-oriented (ESG) funds, according to financial data company EPFR. The Windows creator is among the tech giants...
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Investors and companies urge states to adopt Transportation and Climate Initiative, a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity’
March 12, 2020
Source: Ceres - A diverse group of investors, companies, trade associations, institutions, and organizations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are urging the region’s governors today to band together and create a clean transportation future...
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March 12, 2020
Source: Ceres - A diverse group of investors, companies, trade associations, institutions, and organizations across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are urging the region’s governors today to band together and create a clean transportation future...
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Roiling Markets Test Strength of Investors’ Sustainability Commitment
March 12, 2020
Source: Karma Impact - The 15% meltdown in equities over the past three weeks is poised to test investors’ commitments to sustainability as never before.
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March 12, 2020 Source: Karma Impact - The 15% meltdown in equities over the past three weeks is poised to test investors’ commitments to sustainability as never before.
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Goldman to Vote Against Directors if Boards Lack Women
March 11, 2020
Source: Bloomberg - Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s fund-management unit wants a woman on every corporate board, and the Wall Street firm said it's now willing to
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March 11, 2020
Source: Bloomberg - Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s fund-management unit wants a woman on every corporate board, and the Wall Street firm said it's now willing to
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Can Climate Sustainability Help Your Portfolio? Oh, Yes
March 11, 2020
Source: Forbes - Stock prices historically depend on future cash flows. But what if climate change endangers that stream? Odds are very strong, alas, that this could happen. And the results for investors will be ugly. Not to mention the results...
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March 11, 2020 Source: Forbes - Stock prices historically depend on future cash flows. But what if climate change endangers that stream? Odds are very strong, alas, that this could happen. And the results for investors will be ugly. Not to mention the results...
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