Since 2002
Postings and Commentaries
by Ron Robins
Podcast: October 2026 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks
October 2026 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks. Includes top analyst AI stock picks and a terrific ranking of sustainable companies.…
The Year Wall Street Got Sustainable Investing.
"On October 23, 2018, the Financial Times published an article stating that Larry Fink, CEO of the world′s largest asset…
ESG investing a recipe for disaster.
"The attempts being made to expand the fiduciary obligations of pension fund trustees to incorporate ESG and, as yet, ill-defined…
Europe’s Largest Insurers Move To Limit Coal And CO2-Related Risks.
"’We also stopped insuring projects to build coal-fired power plants or any operation for oil sands mining and associated pipelines.–Thomas…
Winners of 2018 IRRC Institute Research Award Examine Pressing, Big Picture Investor Issues.
"An academic research paper examining the corporate stewardship of index fund managers and a practitioner paper looking at how to…
Lies, damned lies and ESG rating methodologies.
"CLSA picks out one company which is a really good example — yes, it’s our old friend Tesla. According to…
The 2018 [Canadian] RIA Investor Opinion Survey.
"Based on an Ipsos poll of 800 individual investors in Canada, found that 80% of respondents are concerned about climate…
Why Are Advisors Reluctant to Hop on the ESG Train?
"Some reasons found in a recent survey by financial consultant Practical Perspectives include lack of interest by clients, lack of…
Companies must address ESG issues to be deemed trustworthy by investors — Edelman survey.
"Results of the second annualEdelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Institutional Investors show that 89% of investors have changed their voting…
Education ‘main barrier′ to engaging in responsible investing.
"The survey [by First State Investments and research firm Kepler Cheuvreux], which assessed the attitudes of more than 400 millennials…
OECD, UN Environment and World Bank call for a radical shift in financing for a low-carbon, climate-resilient future.
"Delivering a new report, Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure, to the G20 at its Summit in Buenos Aires, the three…
Lack of international standards holding back ESG investing, finds BNY Mellon study.
"Non-financial performance measurement and a lack of international standards have been identified as the biggest hurdle for environmental, social and…
Companies Leading on Disability Inclusion Outperform Peers.
"Accenture, in partnership with Disability:IN and the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD), has released ’Getting to Equal: The…
Are ESG Ratings the New Credit Rating for Stock Prices?
"A new MSCI study of ESG ratings finds they have a similar impact on share prices as do credit ratings."…
From upstream to mainstream: ESG at a tipping point.
"In a year’s time, the percentage of Millennials expressing a high level of interest in ESG investing jumped from 26%…
Green finance: a contrarian take.
"Renaissance′s argument thereafter is that, even if emerging markets have far lower ESG scores, directing capital their way allows for…
S&P 500 Firms Expand Sustainability Data in Financial Filings, But Slow to Adopt Fully Integrated Reporting.
"78 percent of S&P 500 companies issue a sustainability report… Among companies that issue sustainability reports, 95 percent offer quantified,…
Research Links Financial and Corporate Sustainability (ESG) Performance.
"Based on 642 North American sustainability reports for the 2017 reporting period, CSE created a unique analysis framework. It identifies…
Clean finance needs to include traditionally ‘dirty′ industries.
"We need mechanisms that finance climate-friendly projects, not only for solar panels and transit tracks, but also for a massive…
Big data, ESG ratings help find alpha.
"This has fundamental implications for how chief sustainability officers and business leaders work with the broader ecosystem. The higher price…
US SIF Foundation Releases 2018 Biennial Report On US Sustainable, Responsible And Impact Investing Trends.
"The US SIF Foundation’s 2018 biennial Report on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends, released today, found that sustainable,…
