"Banks are exposed to climate-related risks through their lending and financial service activities, including project finance, equity and debt underwriting.…Continue readingBanking on a Low-Carbon Future: Are the World′s Largest Banks Stepping Up to the Risks & Opportunities of Climate Change?

"We are happy to present the 2018 Q1 Clean200™ list of publicly traded companies that are leading the way with…Continue readingCarbon Clean 200–2018 Q1.

"Eight of Ten Companies Included Were Exposed to Severe Governance Issues, in Particular Bribery and Corruption." [COMMENTARY]Interestingly, RepRisk believes 2017…Continue readingRepRisk Releases the Most Controversial Companies 2017 Report.

"Ethisphere′s notion that financial value and ethics are inexorably tied together has been borne out through long-term tracking of how…Continue readingEthisphere Institute Announces 135 Companies Honored as World′s Most Ethical Companies.

(1) “INSIDER-TRADING prosecutions have netted plenty of small fry. But many grumble that the big fish swim off unharmed. That…Continue readingEthics in the markets. Some real concerns!

"The survey findings also show that 65% of Londoners are looking to make more environmental investments, and that they are…Continue readingOne-third of [UK] investors deem social impact just as important as returns.

"There has been a significant shift in UK investor behaviour, with 60 per cent of investors looking to make more…Continue readingWhen ethical investment desires equal a demand for returns.

"Barron′s offers our first ranking of the most sustainable companies in the U.S. We have always aimed to provide information…Continue readingBarron′s 100 Most Sustainable Companies.

"Companies that aim to do good for society by adhering to environmental, social and governance policies are more likely to…Continue readingStrong ESG policies are no protection against scandal.

"Conscientious investors will be able to track the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) scores of more than 2,000 publicly traded…Continue readingYahoo Finance Expands Offerings as Only Free Provider of Sustainability Scores, across Desktop and Mobile Web.

"The team leveraged recent advances in several scientific disciplines, including earth observation and modeling, epidemiology, and public health, and linked…Continue readingCUNY, Harvard scientists team with UBS Asset Management on sustainable investing framework.

"A new paper from Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices, suggests major companies across the electric utility, chemicals and…Continue readingUtilities may suffer ’significant losses’ from carbon taxes.

"Companies from 22 different countries made the 2018 list, with the U.S., France and U.K. leading the pack. European companies…Continue readingJust out, Corporate Knight’s 2018 Global 100.

"During a year when a number of high profile environmental, social and governance (ESG) related events unfolded, sustainable fund assets…Continue readingSustainable Fund Assets Under Management Achieved Limited Gains in 2017 But Poised to Increase Traction.

"China Alliance of Social Value Investment says its Social Value 99 index outperformed traditional benchmark stock indices in a simulation."…Continue readingChinese index ranking companies by social value commitment aims to help ethical investors.

"The latest Spectrem Group report, ’Millennial and Generation X Investors,’ suggests these two generations are significantly more attuned to socially…Continue readingMillennial Investors Want Perks and ESG Investing.

"While the top-line percentage was unchanged, plans with more than $20 billion in assets increased incorporation of ESG factors by…Continue readingLarger Plans Continue to Outpace Smaller Plans in Incorporating ESG Factors.

"The report looks at 10 key trends and dozens of metrics assessing how, and how much, companies are moving the…Continue readingState of Green Business Report 2018, by GreenBiz/Trucost.

"In this paper we explore the role of screening, the activities typically targeted, the different ways that exclusions are defined,…Continue readingDemystifying negative screens: the full implications of ESG exclusions.

"For calendar 2016 the managers that scored the highest under MSCI’s responsible investment assessment recorded an average compound annual growth…Continue readingMSCI links ESG with stronger asset growth.