“‘Most [faith-based fund companies] are trying to screen out things like [companies involved with] abortion and pornography,’ says Chris McMahon…Continue readingHow Faith-based Funds Are Evolving to Address Climate Change.

“As regulators around the world push businesses for more disclosures related to their performance on environmental, social and governance matters,…Continue readingIs There Such a Thing as Too Much ESG Disclosure?

“Corporate Knights newly launched Sustainable Economy Intelligence (SEI) Database* ranks more than 2,800 public companies primarily by the percentage of revenues…Continue readingCompanies that invest the most in green growth earn triple the returns

“Unpublished BlackRock research also reveals thousands more will be downgraded in wide-ranging MSCI shake-up.” [COMMENTARY] It’s likely that other index…Continue readingHundreds of funds to be stripped of ESG rating.

“Implementing their suggestions could force Canadian financial institutions to divest their fossil fuel company loans or refuse to insure oil…Continue readingStronger climate regulations for banks might not actually cut emissions.

“We document statistically significant excess returns in ESG portfolios from 2014 to 2020 in the U.S. and Japan. We propose…Continue readingQuantifying the Returns of ESG Investing: An Empirical Analysis with Six ESG Metrics.

“As regulatory oversight of ESG tightens in the EU and U.K., with additional disclosure and more substantive requirements in this…Continue readingESG Battlegrounds: How the States Are Shaping the Regulatory Landscape in the U.S.

? “We explore the feasibility and performance of more targeted investment strategies based on specific ESG categories, by deconstructing ESG…Continue readingDeconstructing ESG Scores: How to Invest with your own Criteria

“As Bob Eccles, sustainability researcher and founder and president of investment company Advisory Capital Partners puts it: ‘ESG is about the…Continue readingIn pursuit of positive impact: Growing scrutiny around ESG highlights impact investing as a force for change.

“The European Union said on Wednesday it had reached a deal on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for…Continue readingEU agrees world’s first bond issuance rules to combat greenwashing.

“In this guest commentary, Alejandra Padin-Dujon proposes a new kind of carbon tax, building upon recent EU legislation, that would…Continue readingThe case for a Scope 3 carbon tax for financial institutions.

“The importance of environmental, social and governance performance in business has become the subject of growing skepticism and pushback. But…Continue readingContradicting Skeptics, New Research Links ESG Performance to the Bottom Line.

“Financial advisers are not optimistic about the future of including environmental, social and governance attributes to investing, in part due…Continue readingSurvey: Financial Advisers Not Optimistic About Future of ESG Investing.

“In October, Kentucky’s attorney generalorderedsome of the nation’s biggest banks and investment firms to turn over piles of documents that…Continue readingThe E.S.G. Fight Has Come to This: Bankers Suing Lawyers.

“Last week at the inaugural IFRS Sustainability Symposium in Montreal, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) wrapped up deliberations on…Continue readingFirst global sustainability standards approach the finish line.

“The Clean200 lists the 200 major corporate players from 35 countries around the world that are at the forefront of…Continue readingThese 200 companies are leading the clean economy in 2023.

“In a new publication in the journal Tourism Economics, Lee and his collaborators reviewed the research literature on how CSR…Continue readingPenn State Research Shows Results Mixed on Whether Corporate Social Efforts Help Improve Company Finances.

“Our results from studying actively managed mutual funds support the hypothesis that ESG information is financially material, but complex. Specialized…Continue readingThe Complex Materiality of ESG Ratings: Evidence from Actively Managed ESG Funds.

“The impending wave of disclosure rules foreshadows a new era of transparency that will transform the market by enabling investors…Continue readingTidal wave of ESG disclosure rules will trigger flight to quality.

“Adam Matthews, chief responsible investment officer at the Church of England Pensions Board, said the risks posed to the renewables…Continue readingESG investing’s dark side threatens to undermine clean-tech strategies amid ravenous demand for metals: ‘We should be under no illusion.’