News & Commentaries
US SIF Foundation Launches Sustainable Investing Course for Individual Investors.
“The course, which takes approximately 30 minutes to complete, provides a brief overview of the development of sustainable investing and summarizes the investment options and strategies available. It also links to additional resources and offers next steps for interested investors.” [COMMENTARY] This is a great idea. It could also be a good adjunct to myDIY…
Canada’s CPP Investments [C$409.6 billion pension fund] Sustainable Investing Policy: Update Reinforces ESG Role in Long-Term Value Creation.
“Integrating ESG factors, including climate change, into investment analysis and asset management activities supports the organization’s clear legislative objective: to maximize long-term investment returns without undue risk of loss.” [COMMENTARY] I’ve included this item to contrast this highly successful — and one of the world’s largest — pension funds, with the recent US Department of…
BlackRock Heats Up Climate Change Pressure On Boards.
“BlackRock announced that it voted against management at 53 companies worldwide (primarily in the energy sector) for ‘lack of progress’ on climate concerns during the 2020 proxy season, and directed another 191 companies to take faster action.” [COMMENTARY] Blackrock, at last, appears to be serious about getting companies on board with climate change! It’s a…
BlackRock Heats Up Climate Change Pressure On Boards.
“BlackRock announced that it voted against management at 53 companies worldwide (primarily in the energy sector) for ‘lack of progress’ on climate concerns during the 2020 proxy season, and directed another 191 companies to take faster action.” [COMMENTARY] Blackrock, at last, appears to be serious about getting companies on board with climate change! It’s a…
ESG Investing Is About Long-Term Risk Management.
“Sustainable investing isn’t just about values, it’s about managing risks that affect all investors.” [COMMENTARY] Some interesting data about ESG ratings and returns in this article. Important for all ethical and sustainable investors to understand.ESG Investing Is About Long-Term Risk Management, by Alex Bryan, July 14, 2020, Morningstar, USA.
Most ESG Investing Makes A Charade Of Fighting Climate Change.
“Thus far, ESG funds have merely divested capital from the fossil fuel industry. They have put hardly any capital into new cleantech companies that could help with the energy transition. Energy efficiency technologies, hydrogen power, carbon capture and nuclear fusion remain severely underfunded.” [COMMENTARY] The writer makes one particularly good point about ESG funds. That…
