AllianceBernstein has unveiled a strategy that it says aims to hugely lower the carbon footprint in MSCI World Index investments.
AllianceBernstein has unveiled a strategy that it says aims to hugely lower the carbon footprint in MSCI World Index investments.
Aviva Investors says it will originate £1 billion (€1.08 billion) in real estate debt over the next four years with a view to carbon reduction.
Investors who are planning to double their ESG investments over the next five years are being held back by the quality of sustainable data.
Dr Andy Sloan, Deputy Chief Executive, Strategy, at Guernsey Finance and the Chair of Guernsey Green Finance, outlines the island’s approach towards ESG and making sustainability understandable.
2020 was the year the Earth stood still. The pandemic saw life as we know it grind to a halt as countries sought to contain Covid-19, plunging the global economy into the deepest recession in nearly a century, writes Romil Patel.
Asset owners, managers and consultants examine the use of intelligence to pursue ESG, climate and financial goals at the same time, intermediary targets as a vehicle to meeting long-term goals and diversity in all its forms. Chaired by Romil Patel.
Environmental, social and governance investment issues are more important to investors than ever. Schroders’ Head of Sustainability Strategy, Hannah Simons, explains the evolution of the company’s approach and how it is using technology to provide transparency around the impact of investments across its entire range of products and solutions.
Much has been made of the need for responsible investment to climb up the corporate agenda – and rightly so, says David Russell, head of responsible investment at the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS).
Johan Florén, head of communications and ESG at Swedish pension fund AP7, discusses collaboration between asset owners to address systemic challenges, setting and achieving realistic ESG policy goals and contributing to sustainability in real terms.
Although ESG investing has become more mainstream in the West, Covid-19 has turbocharged the trend as sustainable funds have proven their performance mettle this year, writes Lynn Strongin Dodds.
