ESG Special Reports – Page 8
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Special ReportGlobal poverty and the role businesses can play to help put an end to it
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a blueprint for a better and more sustainable future for all. It is therefore right that the first of them is to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”. However, the onset of the Covid-19 global pandemic has dealt a big blow to this aim, with global poverty increasing last year for the first time in decades.
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Heterogeneity: the key to good business management
Diversity and inclusion benefit companies and investments in the long term. This is the conclusion from various reports published over the last year by training institutes and financial-consulting companies. Information and research form the basis for analysis and screening tools to enable a financial model that Etica has always believed in: a sustainable, ethical and inclusive economic system.
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Special ReportAn actor for change
The Edmond de Rothschild Group, whose roots date back 250 years, is committed to supporting the major changes that shape our society, with the conviction that investment must be built over time and have an impact on the real economy. Our independence gives us the freedom to express our convictions, reflected in our voting policy and our leading engagement approach.
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Special ReportFrom climate change to biodiversity, and vice-versa
In addition to taking note of the extent of the climate crisis, successive IPCC reports have stressed that carbon neutrality must be achieved while protecting biodiversity. Indeed, half of the CO2 emissions generated from human activity are captured by land- and sea-based organisms, which absorb about 9.5 billion tonnes of CO2 each year. Preserving, sustainably managing, and restoring ecosystems can thus contribute to decarbonisation efforts.
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Special ReportHow can the investment industry address the biodiversity crisis?
It’s never been more important for the financial sector, including the investment industry, to take steps to help safeguard the planet’s threatened biodiversity. ESG analyst at BNP Paribas Asset Management, Robert-Alexandre Poujade explores the areas in which investors can make a difference.
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Special ReportInvesting in the blue economy
Better ocean health is vital for addressing climate change. As fixed income investors, we’re seeing growing opportunities to make a difference.
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Special ReportSix best practices for carbon offsets
As investors and companies increasingly seek to address the risks of climate change, there is growing debate about the use of carbon offsets in achieving net-zero emissions. We think there’s room for a measure of offsets to achieve carbon neutrality, provided best-practices are followed.
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Special ReportClimate change risk metrics: The rising tide
The industry is now seeing an expansion in data-driven practices, with new climate datasets emerging and becoming mainstream. Climate change itself is a phenomenon comprised of many interlinked processes, each with their own risks and uncertainties. To cater to the growing demand for quantitative climate change risk metrics, vendors have begun to explicitly model climate change risk.
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Impact investing as a way to support the transition to a low carbon economy
The transition to a low carbon economy requires political will, a carrot-and-stick approach and the investment of significant resources. The public sector won’t be able to finance the transition alone. Governments shall continue to support market investments in companies and technologies providing solutions to environmental problems. We identify some attractive investment opportunities for impact investing.
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Special ReportMaking sense of ESG Data: How to Quantify SDG Contribution
Sustainability is one of the world’s most prevalent topics, and within asset management investors are accordingly shifting their portfolios towards environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) investing. As a result of this increased demand for ESG investing, various frameworks have emerged such as ESG rating, ESG metrics and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) impact. These frameworks are defined by a vast amount of data and specific methodologies in order to measure the exposure. This poses a challenge for investors due to the necessity to understand the complexity of sustainability while also dealing with the quantity of available data.
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Special ReportPGIM Fixed Income case study— filtering Asian Green Bonds through our framework
Issuers have myriad incentives—often including a lower cost of capital than a traditional bond—to apply the green label to their bond offerings. Yet, once filtered through our Green Bond Framework, it’s clear that many of these securities present the opportunity for only marginal environmental improvements or possibly none at all. Although this less-than-green issuance has occurred globally, it has become prominent in Asia as the size of the green bond market has grown and issuers’ ESG initiatives have continued to evolve from their early stages.
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Special ReportPortfolio alignment: Methodology matters
The TCFD has updated its guidance to cover disclosing alignment with the Paris Agreement, with best practice outlined in a report by a team of experts
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Special ReportThe prospects for green energy
Hydrogen and other green energy sources are beginning to attract private capital at scale
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Special ReportGreen sentiment and its effects
A new type of index could help track demand for green assets
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Special ReportResearch: The time for action is now
Capital markets alone cannot resolve the market failure and market inefficiency associated with global warming
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Special ReportBanks face scrutiny on carbon exposure
The 60 global lenders in the Net Zero Banking Alliance must present emissions targets by autumn 2022
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Special ReportSpatial finance: A data-driven perspective on industrial output
Artificial intelligence-enabled spatial finance data could help overcome poor and lagging data disclosure by listed and private companies
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Special ReportStewardship: Heavy-lifting network
Groups like Climate Action 100+ can help index managers to target their investment heft in engagement with individual companies
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Special ReportBlended finance: Catalytic capital
Three examples show how innovative structures can mobilise institutional capital alongside development banks in high-impact emerging-economy projects
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Special ReportStrategy: Focus on real-world GHG
A portfolio decarbonisation framework for real-world greenhouse gas emissions impact
