ESG Special Reports – Page 9
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Special ReportStrategy: Peak oil versus net zero: escaping the climate trap
Fossil-fuel use could continue to rise despite efforts to achieve climate neutrality
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Special ReportGünther Thallinger: 300 – the budget the world dare not spend
This decade will be decisive in determining if the world can limit climate change or not
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Special ReportFrancis Richard Pereira: Challenges for COP26
Action is required in three key areas to mobilise private finance for climate-change goals
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Special ReportClaire Elsdon: Calling for data and policy alignment
TCFD–aligned corporate reporting should not be a choice
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Special ReportMatthew Leatherman: Thinking harder about carbon emissions
Mandate terms can help get investors to achieve their net-zero targets
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Special ReportRoger Urwin: Doing all you can with what you’ve got
The examples of forerunners can trickle down to others
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Special ReportMatt Orsagh: Don’t make climate promises you can’t keep
The devil is in the detail with climate promises
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Special ReportKatherine Garrett-Cox: Commitment, collaboration and consequences
Real progress needs to be evident before 2030
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Special ReportAndrew Milligan: Resist the call to divest
Divestment is sometimes necessary but far from sufficient
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Special ReportGiles Gunesekera: A gender view on climate
Women and girls are likely to suffer more from climate change
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Special ReportRaj Thamotheram: From urgency to agency
A recipe for change that can be enacted by positive mavericks
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Special ReportPrivate equity: Focus shift brings turmoil to market
China’s focus on ‘common prosperity’ is boosting the importance of ESG factors and generating new opportunities as well as risks
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Special ReportCommon prosperity reshaping equity markets
China’s focus is shifting to emerging industries in its drive to become a powerhouse of innovation
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Special ReportCommentary: A mile in Xi’s shoes
The shift from ‘trade war’ to ‘tech war’ between China and the US has forced China’s policy makers to deal with the country’s three key vulnerabilities
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Special ReportInterview: Diana Choyleva
Diana Choyleva, chief economist at Enodo Economics, says the battle for technological supremacy between the US and China will transform the global investment map
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Special ReportInvestor self-seeded ETFs: the dos and don’ts
Two of Finland’s biggest pension firms – Varma and Ilmarinen – have initiated the launch of several ESG-themed ETFs over the past few years. In April this year, Ilmarinen announced it was investing €170m in the new AXA WF US high yield low carbon bonds fund, which focuses particularly on the carbon and water intensity scores of issuers, acting as a seed investor for the fund launch.
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Special ReportGreen ETFs: a perfect pairing or fleeting fad?
Sustainable investing is here to stay. What was once a set of niche strategies for environmentally conscious investors is now an industry expected to hold a third of global assets by 2025, according to Bloomberg analysis.
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Sustainable ETFs are a pension scheme’s friend
Pension fund trustees already face myriad challenges and, today, most schemes face a timeline for compliance with various climate and ESG regulations, which vary by country, scheme type and scheme size. Meanwhile, the intensifying spotlight being shone by scheme members on areas like climate, diversity and stewardship will continue to pave the direction of travel.
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Special ReportBuilding stronger portfolios for a low carbon world
Limiting further global warming will require less fossil fuel use and an increase in the production and use of greener forms of energy. As the world transitions to a low carbon economy, investors need to prepare their portfolios to manage the risks and capitalise on the opportunities that are being created across all markets, sectors and regions.
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Special ReportESG and fixed income: a new direction for ETF investors
Fixed income has long lagged equities in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing space, but we are at a turning point in ESG investing in corporate bonds, for both active and passive management. Rising demand for ESG debt is leading to the development of a rapidly expanding range of fixed income solutions. As increasingly socially conscious investors re-evaluate their asset allocations, fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) present an opportunity for the reshaping of portfolios.
