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‘Go green’ business practices insurance for the future

‘Go green’ business practices insurance for the future

Professor Bibi Chummun is an Associate Professor lecturing in the Postgraduate Diploma and MBA programmes at the University of KwaZulu-Natal Graduate School of Business and Leadership. Picture: Supplied Published Share BIBI CHUMMUN The way that executive heads of organisations and business managers are engrossed in thought to implement appropriate […] Click here to view original […]

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Voodoo economics and made-up property rights are the next frontier of ESG

Voodoo economics and made-up property rights are the next frontier of ESG

The seemingly never-ending contest for the worst idea in Washington is heating up. A leading contender for this year’s dubious distinction, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s “Natural Asset Company” proposal, would have established a new type of corporation with the express purpose of prohibiting economic activity from occurring on […] Click here to view original

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Institutional Investors, Investment Funds, and ESG

Institutional Investors, Investment Funds, and ESG

Recently, we have been witnessing a trend among institutional investors of preferring investment funds that take ESG (environmental, social and governance) considerations into account. ESG considerations lead to investments in such areas as job creation, renewable energy, healthcare and welfare, and improving environmental quality, concurrent with generating financial returns, […] Click here to view original

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A Hedge Fund Manager’s Guide to Dealing With GOP Attacks on ESG

A Hedge Fund Manager’s Guide to Dealing With GOP Attacks on ESG

The Man Group office in London.Photographer: Newscast/Universal Images Group/Getty Images The best defense against Republican attacks on ESG is to persuade naysayers of the investing strategy’s ability to generate returns, according to the chief investment officer for responsible investment at Man Group. The world’s largest publicly traded hedge fund […] Click here to view original

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EU Agreement on ESG Ratings Seen as World’s Toughest

EU Agreement on ESG Ratings Seen as World’s Toughest

Subscribe to Newsletter A provisional agreement in the European Union setting guardrails around the ESG [environmental, social, and governance] ratings industry is being hailed as the world’s toughest. The plan goes “much further than any of the other regimes we have seen internationally,” Raza Naeem, financial regulation partner at […] Click here to view original

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