"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.

"Impact Shares, is launching the first ETF focused on women empowerment that will screen for sexual harassment. The fund will…Continue readingSexual Harassment Screens Making It Into ETF ESG World.

“’It will get to a point where, if a fund group doesn′t have fully-implemented ESG integration, and had it in…Continue readingWhy managers need to wake up to ESG threat.

"Profits, not ethics, are behind big-name investors′ interest in ESG issues." [COMMENTARY] Now we know ESG has ’arrived’ and why…Continue readingWhy activists are cheerleaders for corporate social responsibility.

"The debate started when the American Council for Capital Formation published a sharply written report alleging that, as the group…Continue readingCalPERS′ Ongoing Push Into ESG Drives a Healthy Debate.

"A transparent, public and standardised ranking of the world’s largest companies and their carbon emissions." [COMMENTARY] Engaged Tracking created its…Continue reading2017 Engaged Tracking Carbon Rankings.

"Today, as many as 225 influential global investors with more than $26.3 trillion in assets under management pledged to engage…Continue readingInfluential investors urge 100 carbon-intensive companies to step up climate action.

"Today, JUST Capital, in partnership with Forbes, has released the 2017 list of America′s Most JUST Companies, our annual ranking…Continue readingRediscovering our Moral Compass: JUST Capital′s 2017 List of America′s Most JUST Companies.

"Morningstar finds biggest index managers have expanded their stewardship or corporate-governance teams." [COMMENTARY] Morningstar’s research findings are consistent with other…Continue readingIndex Managers Taking Note as ESG Surges: Morningstar.

"More than one-third, 35%, of asset managers have made the introduction of environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing a high…Continue readingMore Advisers Expect Increased ESG Demand.

"According to my estimates for every dollar actively managed, either through high turnover diversified portfolios or through low turnover concentrated…Continue readingCan Index Funds Be a Force for Sustainable Capitalism?

"A report by environmental law firm ClientEarth states that trustees are legally required to respond to climate change risk that…Continue readingDB advisers could be sued over climate change risk.

"A survey by FTSE Russell shows nearly half (46 per cent) of global asset owners have an allocation to smart…Continue readingESG investing and smart beta combination grows in popularity.

"Six in 10 investors plan to increase their allocations to responsible investments over the next three years. The same proportion…Continue readingEuropean pension funds ramp up responsible investments.

"Determining whether marijuana is a responsible investment depends on several fundamental factors that should be discussed with an investment professional…Continue readingResponsible investors have burning questions about cannabis.