News & Commentaries
Companies with strong ESG scores outperform, study finds.
"Portfolios in large and medium-sized groups in developed markets, excluding the US, record best results." [COMMENTARY]Actually, the US portfolios did well too. Just not as well as those in Europe, most particularly. Incidentally, it’s interesting to see how the EU and US governments seem to be diverging on encouraging ESG in funds’ management. The US…
Majority of impact investors satisfied with investment performance: survey.
"The majority of impact investors said their investments have met their expectations for both impact (82 per cent) and financial (76 per cent) performance since inception, according to a report by the Global Impact Investment Network." [COMMENTARY]It’s great news that most impact investors are really happy with their investment results. Such data will inspire many…
ESG adoption gaining among U.S. asset owners – Callan survey.
"More than 40% of U.S. asset owners have incorporated environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisions, up from 37% in 2017 and 22% in 2013, said Callan’s annual ESG survey report, released Wednesday." [COMMENTARY]Of course, when a respondent says they’ve incorporated’ ESG into their investment decisions, it’s difficult to know if that’s really…
Investors ask 500 companies to come clean on treatment of workers.
"More than 100 institutional investors, which together manage $12trn in assets, have sent a survey to 500 companies demanding that they disclose detailed information on how they manage their global workforces." [COMMENTARY]Finally, this issue is receiving the attention of some of the biggest investors on the planet. It’ll be quite interesting to see who responds…
Poll shows low adoption of smart beta ESG funds.
"Research among 85 clients of Aberdeen Standard Investments and Sustainalytics found that only 24% of the sample group were actively using a dedicated smart beta ESG strategy in their portfolio at present." [COMMENTARY]At 24%, I don’t think the adoption rate is too bad at all. As Doug Morrow at Sustainalytics says, these are relatively early…
Lack of market ‘plumbing′ holds back sustainable investing.
"We need standards, benchmarks and derivatives to make this sector take off." [COMMENTARY]A thoughtful article by the chairman of UBS on how sustainable investing can become fully mainstream. Also, it’s terrific to see a leader such as Mr. Weber participating in the process of advancing sustainable investing.Lack of market ‘plumbing′ holds back sustainable investing, by…
