Since 2002
Postings and Commentaries
by Ron Robins
Podcast: July 2026 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks
July 2026 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks. Includes articles on the top sustainable pharmaceutical companies, clean energy ETFs, and more!…
Don’t Be Fooled by Most ESG Rankings. Focus on Materiality Instead.
“The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article about how big technology stocks dominate ESG funds. Tech companies are not…
Don’t Be Fooled by Most ESG Rankings. Focus on Materiality Instead.
“The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article about how big technology stocks dominate ESG funds. Tech companies are not…
LSE sustainable business head: ESG is the highest priority for large investors.
“David Harris, group head of sustainable business of the London Stock Exchange, spoke to Fintra TV about how he works…
LSE sustainable business head: ESG is the highest priority for large investors.
“David Harris, group head of sustainable business of the London Stock Exchange, spoke to Fintra TV about how he works…
ESG Stock Resilience Is Paving the Way for a Surge in Popularity.
Ethical Investing News/Commentaries
BIS: Reserve Management and Sustainability: The case for Green Bonds?
“Central banks are playing an increasingly active role in promoting the move towards a sustainable global economy. One area in…
UBS Says Investors Should Prefer Green Bonds Over Regular Debt.
“Sustainable bonds are a ‘defensive opportunity’ that credit investors should favor over non-green, investment-grade corporate notes, said UBS Global Wealth’s…
The ESG Fund Universe Is Rapidly Expanding.
“Record flows, strong performance, and other takeaways from the 2019 Sustainable Funds U.S. Landscape Report.” [COMMENTARY] Jon Hale describes the…
FTSE companies urgently need to raise their game on CO2 reporting’.
“Alexia Perversi and Andrew Jones of Mazars say a recent study by the auditing firm casts huge doubt on the…
Point of No Returns.
“A ranking of 75 of the world’s largest asset managers’ approaches to responsible investment.” [COMMENTARY] Provides an insightful ranking. The…
ESG Study: How Institutional Investors Embrace Responsible Investing.
“Franklin Templeton commissioned a comprehensive study across 21 markets, to see the extent of how responsible investing is incorporated into…
Swiss bank report queries better returns for ESG investments.
“ACCORDING to the latest study from Credit Suisse’s in-house think tank the jury is still out on whether ESG and…
ESG Funds Might Soon Have to Prove to SEC They’re Actually ESG.
“The Securities and Exchange Commission wants to know whether money managers are engaging in false advertising by saying funds are…
SEC Decisions Raise Specter of Bias, McCarthyism National Policy Analysis #681.
Ethical Investing News/Commentaries
IIRC plans major revision to integrated reporting framework.
“The IIRC opened a call Thursday for market feedback on specific themes to help inform the nature and direction of…
The Carbon Clean200: Leading the transition to a clean energy future.
“Who are the largest 200 publicly traded companies ranked by green energy revenues in 2020?” [COMMENTARY]A great ranking that all…
EU watchdog says ESG rating firms need rules to stop ‘greenwashing’.
“Steven Maijoor, chair of the bloc’s European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) said the supervision of ESG ratings was ‘far…
Transatlantic Divide On Fixed Income ESG.
“Environmental, social and governance investing is a source of outperformance for investment grade bonds from European issuers, but the opposite…
Who Will Be the Moody’s of ESG Investing?
“‘Sustainalytics is probably the premier data provider for ESG,’ Horstmeyer says. A number of firms are jockeying for position in…
Stock performance study shows companies should take environmental and social factors seriously.
“Societe Generale looked at the impact of ‘high ESG controversy’ events on stock performance, and found that two thirds of…
