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ESG data files - part 3: ESG rating providers
25 July 2019As ESG ratings become embedded in mainstream investment decision making, they are attracting criticism. Is it justified, asks Peter Cripps.
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Environmental Finance launches ESG data guide
22 July 2019Environmental Finance has launched its Guide to ESG data providers, detailing more than 100 products from the main ESG data companies from across the world.
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BlackRock launches low-carbon ESG funds for UK pension schemes
18 July 2019The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has launched two new environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed authorised contractual scheme (ACS) funds that aims to reduce the carbon exposure of their portfolios by 50%, compared with their parent index. The funds were launched as a response to growing demand from UK pension schemes, BlackRock said.
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People Moves: Goldman Sachs, GRI, Metzler
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Leading ESG funds not focusing investment in top-rated companies
10 July 2019The funds with the best ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors do not tend to focus their investments in companies with the highest ESG ratings, MSCI research has found.
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ESG data files: part two - non-reported data
05 July 2019What are the uses of, and potential, for non-reported or alternative data sources, asks Peter Cripps
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The ESG data files - part one: reported data
02 July 2019Investors are demanding an increasing amount of data from companies. What are its strengths and weaknesses, asks Peter Cripps
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The ESG data files - introduction
26 June 2019ESG data has gone 'mainstream'. But how good is it, and in what ways does it need to improve? Environmental Finance is today launching a series of features to answer these questions. Peter Cripps reports
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MSCI launches carbon transition indexes
21 June 2019Data provider MSCI has launched a new series of ‘low-carbon transition’ indexes, as it extends its range of climate change-focused indexes.
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ESG ratings ‘not far from being random’
17 May 2019Ratings of companies’ performance on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are “not far from being random”, Schroders has claimed.