Energy Transition Well Underway: SSGA ESG, Innovation In a new report, State Street Global Advisors concludes that global demand for fossil fuels will peak this decade. We speak to Carlo M. Funk to hear how this might impact institutional investors. Read More
ABP lifts Hood on Sustainability Policy Asset Owners, ESG Dutch pension fund ABP has set itself some ambitious targets in its sustainable investment policy for 2030, but how they got there is equally interesting. Read More
Roadmap seeks to end Modern Slavery ESG A commission against modern slavery has called upon the finance sector to end slavery and provides a blueprint of how to achieve this in a report launched at the United Nations. Read More
Does Your ESG Policy Breach Fiduciary Duty? ESG, Factors, Quant & Systematic There are limits to how much of an ESG tilt you can introduce to your portfolio before it becomes more risky than a market index. But what is too much? Harin de Silva of Analytic Investors has found a way to measure this. Read More
The Merits of Complexity Editorial, ESG Simple is not always better, as even simple investment strategies can have unexpected consequences. But when embracing complexity, make sure you get all stakeholders on board. Read More
The Value of Engagement ESG There have been multiple attempts to quantify the contribution of ESG engagement to investment returns, but not all benefits are visible in the bottom line. A PRI-sponsored study, asks corporations what non-financial benefits they see from engagement. Read More
Insurers Talk Climate Risks Editorial, ESG In March, APRA released its long-awaited update on climate risks. We asked insurers how far they are in implementing risk modeling and what risks concern them the most. Read More
The Importance of Stakeholder Management Asset Owners, ESG VicSuper CIO Andrew Howard speaks about how stakeholder management is not simply about piling on the information. If boards receive too much data, it all becomes just noise, he says. Read More
Managing Other People’s Money ESG Investment governance tries to codify how to put safeguards around managing other people’s money, Michael Drew and Adam Walk say. Read More