News & Commentaries
CUNY, Harvard scientists team with UBS Asset Management on sustainable investing framework.
"The team leveraged recent advances in several scientific disciplines, including earth observation and modeling, epidemiology, and public health, and linked these data to corporate operational and financial data to show how products and services can contribute to more sustainable environmental and human systems. The research suggests a new way to assess the sustainability of corporations…
Yahoo Finance Expands Offerings as Only Free Provider of Sustainability Scores, across Desktop and Mobile Web.
"Conscientious investors will be able to track the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) scores of more than 2,000 publicly traded companies, only on Yahoo Finance." [COMMENTARY] More wonderful news for the retail investor interesting in obtaining free corporate ESG ratings! Sustainalytics is demonstrating that it wants its quality ESG research freely available to all investors.…
Utilities may suffer ’significant losses’ from carbon taxes.
"A new paper from Trucost, part of S&P Dow Jones Indices, suggests major companies across the electric utility, chemicals and automaker industries could suffer ’significant losses’ from new carbon pricing policies or carbon taxes introduced as part of nations’ climate efforts." [COMMENTARY] It seems that some defensive stock plays might not be so reliably defensive…
Just out, Corporate Knight’s 2018 Global 100.
"Companies from 22 different countries made the 2018 list, with the U.S., France and U.K. leading the pack. European companies dominated the rankings, accounting for 69 per cent of listed companies, while North America and Asia accounted for 22 and 12 per cent respectively." [COMMENTARY] This is a ranking I always look forward to. And…
Sustainable Fund Assets Under Management Achieved Limited Gains in 2017 But Poised to Increase Traction.
"During a year when a number of high profile environmental, social and governance (ESG) related events unfolded, sustainable fund assets under management in the US, including mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and exchange-traded notes (ETNs) achieved limited gains. Estimated net inflows, including new 2017 fund launches, were $2.9 billion or 1.5%." [COMMENTARY] It’s an old…
Chinese index ranking companies by social value commitment aims to help ethical investors.
"China Alliance of Social Value Investment says its Social Value 99 index outperformed traditional benchmark stock indices in a simulation." [COMMENTARY] It demonstrates that ESG investing is gaining ground in China. Actual index information can be foundhere. Hopefully, an English version of the page will be up at some point.Chinese index ranking companies by social…
