Climate Change and the Economy Economics, ESG Climate scientists and investors could help each other in developing more granular models of the impact of climate change on specific areas. This is needed because the impact will be far greater than current economic models assume, Associate Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick says. Read More
Economist Blasts Climate Risk Assessments ESG, Financial Crisis The impact of climate change on global economies has been grossly underestimated, economist Steve Keen argues. The impact of climate change on the global economy, and in extension investment portfolios, has been significantly underestimated due to problems with widely-used economic models that assess the impact of global warming on future gross domestic product (GDP) growth. […] Read More
Engagement Does Not Exclude Divestment ESG, Opinion Is engagement alone enough to ensure super funds’ investment portfolios are net zero by 2050? Divestments could still have a role to play, Bill Hartnett writes Read More
Reassessing Workplace Culture ESG The global pandemic didn’t spark a discussion just about working from home, it acted as a catalyst for a broader conversation on workplace culture Read More
Addressing Non-Market Risks ESG, Leadership & Management, Private & Alternative Markets, Risk and Regulation, Women in Finance Today, institutional investors are facing a whole range of risks that are not directly related to the market and don’t fit established risk models well. Investors would do well to look at the lessons learned in ESG to cope with these new risks, Sue Brake says Read More
How Credible Are Your Net Zero Targets? ESG, Women in Finance Many companies have committed to net zero targets by 2050, but how likely are they to get there? To answer this, investors need to understand not only the actions firms take, but also the policy and technological context that companies operate in, abrdn says Read More
Tracking Decarbonisation Advances ESG Morningstar Sustainalytics has developed a new framework for assessing how companies are progressing on their decarbonisation promises Read More
Embracing Climate Awareness ESG, Opinion Being climate-aware is not simply a matter of applying a single tweak to return assumptions. It will require an evolution of existing valuation approaches, JANA’s Chris Worthington says Read More
Private Equity and the ‘S’ in ESG ESG, Private & Alternative Markets Social issues in private equity are not only important from a risk perspective, but can also contribute to the value of a business if managed properly, IFM Investors says Read More
