Since 2002
Postings and Commentaries
by Ron Robins
Podcast: September 2026 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks
September 2026 Sustainable Stock and ETF Picks. Includes top analyst picks on AI infrastructure stocks, alternative energy, and wind stocks.…
Is the finance sector really equipped to assess climate risks?
"10 years after the sub-prime mortgage crisis that triggered a global financial crash, analysts are still largely ignoring long-term financial…
Socially Responsible Funds Underperform. (Is this true?)
"In a new paper that will appear in the April 2017 issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance, a…
Dalbar: Active Investors Do Better Long-Term; Passive Investors Do Better Short-Term.
"The study concludes that the choice of active or passive investing should be based largely on the needs and preferences…
The Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility Assurance – A Longitudinal South African Study.
"Although the extent to which companies have provided independent assurance over their CSR disclosures has steadily grown, the study also…
The race is on for socially responsible investing in Japan.
"The Japanese market is finally moving towards an ESG environment, similar to the mature markets of the US and Europe."…
How to solve the imbalance in ESG investing.
"Investors are actively demanding more information about different components of environmental, social and governance investments. As evidence of this, S&P…
Global financiers launch green investment criteria.
"Nearly 20 global banks and investors have launched a set of criteria for investments to be considered sustainable. The group,…
Nearly a Third of Non-Profit Institutional Investors Say They Make "Mission-Related" Investments, According to Cambridge Associates Survey.
"In a survey of 159 non-profit institutional investors around the globe, 31% say they’re currently engaged in mission-related investing —…
Ethical investment demand outstrips adviser interest.
"[UK] Fnancial advisers may be seriously underestimating demand for responsible investment, after research showed wide discrepancies between adviser and consumer…
The Tipping Point: Women on Boards and Financial Performance.
"This year, we analyzed U.S. companies over a five-year period (2011-2016). U.S. companies that began the period with at least…
Steps remain to fully integrate ESG. (Article also reviews important new ESG study.)
"Across all 12 industries, the positive effect on equity return is 6.12 percentage points higher for ESG companies on average.…
Why green bonds are reaching record highs.
"According to a recent report by Moody’s Investors Service, the rise of green bonds issuances in 2016 is projected to…
Green Bond Giant Awakened by Countries Spending to Save Climate.
"Sovereign debt pool of $44.5 trillion starts going green." [COMMENTARY]It appears that sovereign debt issuance of green bonds is about…
2017 Global 100 (Corporate Knights).
"An index of the Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world." [COMMENTARY]This annual index is one of the best…
Major banks ’still not doing enough’ to embed climate risk in decisions.
"Major banks are largely failing to align their business practices with international climate targets and are still not doing enough…
’Inflection point’ approaching for long-term investors, says MSCI.
"In 2017, the MSCI researchers predicted the emergence of two approaches to long-termism: new benchmarks that ’explicitly incorporate views of…
Church of England equips investors to monitor climate impact. (Tool useful for all ethical investors!)
"The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI), created in partnership with the UK Environment Agency Pension Fund and the London School of…
The Risk And Opportunity For America’s Corporate Pension Plans.
"Stated very simply, while more and more companies are proclaiming their commitment to ’sustainability,’ their pension funds are virtually ignoring…
630 Companies And Investors Tell Washington: Continue Accelerating the Low-Carbon Economy.
"The company signatories, which include DuPont, Gap Inc., General Mills, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Hilton, HP Inc., IKEA, Johnson & Johnson,…
Is Your Mutual Fund Company Taking Climate Change Seriously?
"The vast majority of climate scientists (97 percent) believe climate change is real, but what about your mutual fund company?…
