Category: News and Commentaries

"Presenter Abigail Abrash Walton, Ph.D, will share: Research findings related to mission-aligned investing, leadership, and the decision-making process to divest…Continue readingWebinar–Mission-Aligned Investing: What New Positive Deviance Research Can Tell Us About What Moves Institutional Investors to Action.

"Funds with an ESG mandate tend to be a bit more expensive than other funds, but the differences are not…Continue readingAre Sustainable Funds More Expensive?

"The world′s largest asset manager is stepping up pressure on companies to address how climate risk will affect its portfolios.…Continue reading‘Climate is King′ Says BlackRock; Companies Must Now Address Risk.

"Over 95% of investors believe their company portfolios contain untapped environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) opportunities, according to a…Continue readingESG growing in importance, ERM survey reveals.

"Ethisphere′s notion that the financial value and ethics are inexorably tied together has been explained through an analysis of how…Continue readingEthisphere Announces 124 Companies to Make the 2017 World′s Most Ethical Companies List.

"Survey data from more than 400 senior investment professionals provides insights into why and how investors use environmental, social, and…Continue readingWhy and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey.

"One clear leader, as mentioned throughout the study, was Marks and Spencer (M&S). The U.K. retail giant… Ranking slightly behind…Continue readingThe World′s Leading Companies on Human Rights.

"Research conducted by ShareAction, a non-profit group in the U.K. that campaigns for responsible investment, ranks the 40 mega-managers who,…Continue readingHow ’Responsible’ Are Europe’s Mega-Managers Investing $22.4 Trillion?

"10 years after the sub-prime mortgage crisis that triggered a global financial crash, analysts are still largely ignoring long-term financial…Continue readingIs the finance sector really equipped to assess climate risks?

"In a new paper that will appear in the April 2017 issue of the Journal of Banking and Finance, a…Continue readingSocially Responsible Funds Underperform. (Is this true?)