Managers of Wealth

Impact investment’s pandemic challenge

Following global emergencies, the international community tends to revert to “business as usual,” rather than preparing for future disasters.

Putting the green into greenback

The funds delivered the results, the managers earned their fees and investors saw mouth-watering returns.

This Is Why We Need To Build Back Better For A More Sustainable Future

And as the pandemic starts to peak, thoughts are turning to how to help the economy to recover.

'Glacial pace': ShareAction slams European banks over sluggish action on climate crisis

BNP Paribas topped the rankings with a score of 63.2 per cent, and Lloyds was singled out as most improved, having shot up to second place after being deemed the worst offender in a prior edition of the survey published in 2017.

European policymakers consult on new ESG standards

The SFDR empowers the ESAs to develop Regulatory Technical Standards (RTS) on the content, methodology and presentation of ESG disclosures both at entity level and at product level.

The Rise Of Sustainable Investing

Twenty years can see an incredible amount of change and that has definitely been the case in my own specialist field, sustainable investing.

Covid-19: a lesson for investing in people and planet

Dealing with the economic and social aftermath of the crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic will present formidable challenges.

Will Greta Thunberg trade her sailing boat for a superyacht? A new trend for sustainable luxury vessels means that may happen sooner than you think

The world’s 300 biggest superyachts produce close to the same carbon footprint as the African nation of Burundi – but there may be one that even an environmentalist would find both appealing and sustainable

Bezos’s climate change billions

The Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has set aside USD10 billion to combat climate change. If he wants to have the greatest possible impact, here’s where he should invest the money.

Earth Day 2020: a worldwide call to boost climate action

The first Earth Day boosted environmental awareness and legislation.

What does COVID-19 mean for the environment?

Another positive has been increased focus on the global wildlife trade, brought on by some reports suggesting coronavirus started in a wet market in China.

Turning The Tide On India’s Rivers

India is among the world's most water-stressed countries

BlackRock partners with EU to advise on ESG regulation

BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory will study how the EU's banking sector can better embrace ESG factors, including managing risk and maximising growth to further ESG values across the bloc.

How Extended Reality Can Bring Climate Change Front Of Mind

Cities are also connected via a line if they are projected to have the same climate in 50 years.

Norway and the A-ha moment that made electric cars the answer

A country fuelled by hydropower has become the world’s electric vehicle leader

DWS: The outcomes we cannot afford to see from covid-19 crisis

Covid-19 will have a long-lasting impact on the ESG investing and carries a number of significant risks

ESG rating linked to outperformance during pandemic says Fidelity

The data found that a company’s market performance and ESG rating are positively correlated, even in a crisis.

The deadly link between COVID-19 and air pollution

What’s more, people living in high-pollution cities are more likely to have compromised respiratory, cardiac and other systems – and are therefore more vulnerable to COVID-19’s impacts.

Panel: Key driver of ESG funds’ recent outperformance was not ESG

Morningstar IM's Dan Kemp looks at recent dispersions in fund performance

Time for contemplation

The world is changing daily

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