Archive

  • Can you really make an impact in listed equities?

    21 October 2019

    One of the big debates among impact investors is about whether listed equities investments can really help meet the SDGs. Peter Cripps reports

  • ESG data files: Part five - the impact of the EU's taxonomy

    04 October 2019

    Will the EU's sustainability taxonomy reduce the reporting burden on companies, or could it be another weight on their shoulders? Michael Hurley reports

  • TEG expects ‘massive domino effect’ of ESG benchmark disclosures

    01 October 2019

    A prominent member of the Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) has predicted that recommendations for minimum disclosure requirements for most investment indexes “will have a massive domino effect” on companies publishing environmental, social and governance (ESG) information.

  • UK lagging behind US on sustainable investing, says asset manager

    17 September 2019

    The UK is lagging behind the US and Europe when it comes to sustainable investing, according to a London-based asset manager.

  • ESG factors increasingly important for active managers

    17 September 2019

    Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are increasingly influencing the investment decisions of active managers, as the opportunity to generate superior risk-adjusted returns becomes more important, according to a survey by Russell Investments.

  • MSCI snaps up Carbon Delta

    09 September 2019

    MSCI has bought Carbon Delta, as the wave of consolidation among climate risk data providers continues.

  • Green bond comment September: Are stringent standards a good thing?

    04 September 2019

    Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).

  • The ESG data files - part four: fixed income data

    21 August 2019

    While the availability of sustainability-related data for fixed income investments is catching up with that for equities, much progress remains to be made, Michael Hurley is told

  • Just 17% of bonds in MSCI green bond index would satisfy EU GBS criteria

    21 August 2019

    Only 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria, and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), according to MSCI.

  • ESG data files - part 3, continued: ESG rating providers

    29 July 2019

    The second instalment of this analysis of ESG rating agencies finds that investors are increasingly drilling down into the data that underlies the ratings. Peter Cripps reports.