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ESG momentum has impacted stock prices, says MSCI study
12 November 2018Changes in environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores have affected stock prices of companies, particularly those that are neither leaders nor laggards, a report has found.
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Alpha flows from alternative ESG data, says Schroders
09 November 2018Identifying long-term environmental, social and governance (ESG) winners is about creating an individual approach to sustainable investing und using alternative data, said a Schroders' portfolio manager.
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Miner slams MSCI's ESG rating report
26 October 2018A mining company has launched an extraordinary attack on its most recent environmental, social and governance (ESG) rating report from MSCI, branding it superficial, distorted and misleading.
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BlackRock launches ETFs 'to take ESG mainstream'
23 October 2018BlackRock has launched six 'sustainable exchange-traded funds' (ETFs), which it hopes will propel environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing further into the mainstream.
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People Moves: CalPERS, Sustainable Development Capital, IIRC, MSCI and Innergex
05 October 2018Jason Perez has joined California Public Employees' Retirement System's (CalPERS) board of administration, ousting ESG advocate Priya Mathur.
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Sustainalytics launches 'gamechanging' ESG risk ratings
12 September 2018Sustainalytics has launched a new risk ratings system it says will allow investors to better assess the materiality of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors.
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MSCI integrates ESG information into all its analytics services
12 September 2018MSCI is making available its environmental, social and governance (ESG) analysis tools across its range of portfolio and risk management services for both equity and fixed income investors.
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Setting a European benchmark
10 September 2018The European Commission's bold proposals to reform benchmark regulation are designed to increase the flow of green finance and reduce the risk of 'greenwashing'. Michael Hurley asks why change is required
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Willis Towers Watson develops 'mainstream' ESG strategy with MSCI
06 September 2018Willis Towers Watson has developed a “mainstream” equity environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy.
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Green is Good
22 August 2018Times are a-changin' in the bond market. Companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings stand to have privileged access to the capital markets. A universal 'green treasury' approach is needed to reap the economic and social rewards, says Arthur Krebbers