10/11/2019
How to help spell out ESG in the wealth sector
With more HNWs look towards green investing, firms need to open ‘active dialogues’ with clients
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10/09/2019
Standard Chartered Launches Sustainable Deposit Solution
This follows what the bank claims to be the world’s first SDG deposit product launched in Europe by Standard Chartered in May 2019.
10/09/2019
Solid foundations in place and rapid progress made – Guernsey’s self-assessment on green and sustainable finance published
The report identifies that Guernsey has moved quickly, through the creation of Guernsey Green Finance
10/09/2019
Carbon offsetting: the frequently asked questions
Here are some of the most commonly-asked questions about carbon accounting.
10/09/2019
Can Civilization Survive What’s Coming?
The new IPCC report on climate change will fill you with existential dread — rightfully so
10/07/2019
Investors struggle to make US companies change tack on climate change
Number of shareholder-backed environmental proposals tumbles
10/06/2019
Companies struggle to digest ‘alphabet soup’ of ESG arbiters
Awareness builds that a standardised reporting approach is needed in battle to fight climate change.
10/06/2019
The unsustainable sustainable investing boom
According to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance, over $30.7 trillion of assets globally in 2018 were invested using environmental, social or governance (ESG) criteria, a 34 per cent increase from 2016.
10/04/2019
Can the global investment industry meet Greta Thunberg’s challenge?
How should groups respond to the impassioned speech by the young climate activist?
10/04/2019
How are banks doing on sustainable finance commitments? Not good enough
World Resources Institute’s new Green Targets Tool shows that only 24 of the 50 largest private-sector banks have made a sustainable finance commitment — and the targets vary considerably.
10/03/2019
REYL Group Launches Impact Investing Affiliate
Asteria will allocate capital to companies that generate positive social and environmental benefits, looking to the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as its frame of reference.
10/01/2019
Sustainable Investing: what is it and what is the future of sustainable investing in Asia?
Over the past couple of decades we have witnessed the introduction of a dramatic number of laws, policies, targets and initiatives across the globe which are imprinting environmental and social considerations into the rules that govern our financial syste
10/01/2019
ESG: how can clients avoid 'greenwashing'?
Transnational initiatives have also been put forward recently in an effort to both harmonise and clarify the nature, breadth and scope of ESG principles and assist multi-governmental efforts aiming to apply them domestically in a coherent manner.
10/01/2019
Nordea selection head: ESG is 'integrate or die' issue for active managers
The fund selector referred to the rise of passive and factor products, increased cost transparency demands and constant lowering of management fees as some of the biggest obstacles the industry is facing.
09/30/2019
Demand growing for ESG fixed income solutions in Asia
HSBC Global Asset Management is looking to raise US$750 million for an emerging market green impact bond fund
09/30/2019
HSBC GAM’s discretionary ESG approach
Fund managers at HSBC Global Asset Management can accept or ignore ESG red flags, but they can’t deny the warnings, according to the firm’s responsible investment specialist.
09/30/2019
GIM view – Can the global investment industry meet Greta Thunberg’s challenge?
The speech was aimed at politicians, but if the campaign was to turn its fire on the global investment industry would that be justified?
09/30/2019
AI and climate change shaking up investors’ assumptions
AI is seen as a risk and opportunity by 52%, a risk alone by 33% and a pure opportunity by 7%.
09/30/2019
Schwyzer Kantonalbank to launch three funds
The fund will focus on socially and environmentally friendly firms, and investments will be subject to final checks by SZKB.
09/29/2019
UK corporate directors urged to keep abreast of climate change issues
Lord Sales noted in his speech that, based on the current law, "there is much force in the view that directors may and, increasingly, must take into account and accord significant weight to climate change in their decision-making".