News and CommentariesQuantifying the Returns of ESG Investing: An Empirical Analysis with Six ESG Metrics. March 14, 2023May 1, 2023admin“We document statistically significant excess returns in ESG portfolios from 2014 to 2020 in the U.S. and Japan. We propose…Continue readingQuantifying the Returns of ESG Investing: An Empirical Analysis with Six ESG Metrics.
News and CommentariesESG Battlegrounds: How the States Are Shaping the Regulatory Landscape in the U.S. March 11, 2023May 1, 2023admin“As regulatory oversight of ESG tightens in the EU and U.K., with additional disclosure and more substantive requirements in this…Continue readingESG Battlegrounds: How the States Are Shaping the Regulatory Landscape in the U.S.
News and CommentariesDeconstructing ESG Scores: How to Invest with your own Criteria March 10, 2023May 1, 2023admin? “We explore the feasibility and performance of more targeted investment strategies based on specific ESG categories, by deconstructing ESG…Continue readingDeconstructing ESG Scores: How to Invest with your own Criteria
News and CommentariesIn pursuit of positive impact: Growing scrutiny around ESG highlights impact investing as a force for change. March 6, 2023May 1, 2023admin“As Bob Eccles, sustainability researcher and founder and president of investment company Advisory Capital Partners puts it: ‘ESG is about the…Continue readingIn pursuit of positive impact: Growing scrutiny around ESG highlights impact investing as a force for change.
News and CommentariesEU agrees world’s first bond issuance rules to combat greenwashing. March 1, 2023May 1, 2023admin“The European Union said on Wednesday it had reached a deal on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for…Continue readingEU agrees world’s first bond issuance rules to combat greenwashing.
E-NewsletterFebruary 2023 Newsletter February 27, 2023May 2, 2023adminNews & Commentaries by Ron Robins ————————————————————- New Podcasts: The Most Sustainable Banks. Plus… And, The Most Undervalued Solar Stocks.…Continue readingFebruary 2023 Newsletter
News and CommentariesContradicting Skeptics, New Research Links ESG Performance to the Bottom Line. February 27, 2023May 1, 2023admin“The importance of environmental, social and governance performance in business has become the subject of growing skepticism and pushback. But…Continue readingContradicting Skeptics, New Research Links ESG Performance to the Bottom Line.
News and CommentariesThe case for a Scope 3 carbon tax for financial institutions. February 27, 2023May 1, 2023admin“In this guest commentary, Alejandra Padin-Dujon proposes a new kind of carbon tax, building upon recent EU legislation, that would…Continue readingThe case for a Scope 3 carbon tax for financial institutions.
News and CommentariesSurvey: Financial Advisers Not Optimistic About Future of ESG Investing. February 26, 2023May 1, 2023admin“Financial advisers are not optimistic about the future of including environmental, social and governance attributes to investing, in part due…Continue readingSurvey: Financial Advisers Not Optimistic About Future of ESG Investing.
News and CommentariesThe E.S.G. Fight Has Come to This: Bankers Suing Lawyers. February 24, 2023May 1, 2023admin“In October, Kentucky’s attorney generalorderedsome of the nation’s biggest banks and investment firms to turn over piles of documents that…Continue readingThe E.S.G. Fight Has Come to This: Bankers Suing Lawyers.