News & Commentaries
Rising carbon prices could slash company profits.
"The impact of climate change could hit global profits just as hard as the financial crisis and Schroders have launched a new tool to help investors work out which companies will suffer most." [COMMENTARY] This is an important article to read for all ethical investors. Such research will likely become ever more important to investors…
Sustainable Signals: New Data from the Individual Investor–Morgan Stanley.
"80% [of investors] are interested in sustainable investments that can be customized to meet their interests and goals." [COMMENTARY] Morgan Stanley’s Institute for Sustainable Investing has published the results of its second investors’ survey. Unsurprisingly, the results show a growing interest in sustainable investing– especially by millennials. (Again, for individual investors interested in a do-it-yourself…
Pension funds need to look beyond ESG fund ratings.
"These environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings ’do not tell the whole story’ and each set can provide very different conclusions for the same companies, the investment manager [Kames] argued." [COMMENTARY] I think most investors are aware of the above. That’s why some might want to add a do-it-yourself approach and hence my new and…
Introductory DIY Ethical-Sustainable Investing Webinars. The next webinars are Saturday, September 30, 4 pm EST and Tuesday, October 10, 7 pm EST. All are welcome.Pension funds need to look beyond ESG fund ratings, by James Phillips, August 31, 2017, Professional Pensions, UK.
Why FAs Are Still Reluctant to Jump on ESG Bandwagon.
"Asset managers and major brokerages think there′s big money to be made shilling these funds to advisors, with the likes of BlackRock, Bank of America and UBS highlighting the growing acceptance and mainstream popularity of SRI and ’impact investing’ strategies. But many advisors don′t seem to be biting. A survey of advisors from the Financial…
The Carbon Clean 200 2017 Q3 Update is now available.
"A growing movement of investors representing more than $5.2tn in assets under management have signed a pledge to divest some portion of their fossil fuel holdings. But where to invest this capital? The Clean200 list ranks the largest publicly listed companies by their total clean energy revenues, with environmental, social, and governance screens to help…
