News & Commentaries
SRI stutters in bid to take foothold in Asia: report.
"Socially responsible investments still have a long way to go to gain a foothold in Asia ex-Japan′s retail markets, according to new research from Cerulli Associates." [COMMENTARY]Not just Asia — but particularly throughout the developing world — SRI assets lag. As countries mature, SRI gathers momentum.SRI stutters in bid to take foothold in Asia: report,…
Impact Investing: What It Is and How It Can Reshape Markets.
"The Global Impact Investing Network, comprising several hundred institutional investors and asset managers, has released a roadmap to accelerate the development of impact investing, which has been growing in popularity among individual investors, too. Advisors with clients who are interested in impact investing as well as those who view impact investing as means to attract…
Are asset managers delivering on their ESG claims?
"Lane Clark & Peacock’s (LCP) biennial investment survey of 120 major UK-based investment management firms finds a disappointingly small number have put in place comprehensive approaches to responsible investment, particularly when it comes to managing climate-related risks. While the survey found some increased consideration of ESG issues and improvement in attitudes compared to the survey…
The Harris Poll On Corporate Reputation: Americans Favor "Main Street" Companies Over Traditional Corporate America; Praise Companies Bringing Innovation To Help Solve Societal Challenges.
"’This year, the RQ® study revealed that socially conscious companies are thriving off of the division and dysfunction in government, and what we’re seeing is a new vanguard of corporate leaders taking an active role to solve societal challenges that government can’t or won’t,’ said The Harris Poll CEO, John Gerzema. ’We’re calling this a…
Investing ethically? Buy shares, not funds! – A guide.
"Ron Robins, founder of the ethical-ESG investing website, ’Investing for the Soul’, speaks exclusively to What Investment about why he thinks investing in shares – as opposed to funds – is the best route to ethical ESG investments." [COMMENTARY]This article I wrote, my tutorials, and other similar articles are for investors who can spend the…
The story of ESG.
"Despite growing focus on the value of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data in our marketplace, we are only at the beginning of the beginning of how this traditionally “non-financial” data will matter. At the end of this process, it will cease to exist as something separate from financial reporting, and we will look back…
