ESG

In 2022, ESG went from ‘nice to have’ for businesses to influencing corporate strategy

Hauke-Christian Dittrich—picture alliance/Getty Images The summary : Isn’t ESG boring? Don’t be so sure. A dramatic shift took place in 2022 as ESG went from being a nice-to-have to something that increasingly influences corporate strategy. Here’s how: ESG really had to move beyond its compliance and accounting origins if […] Click here to view original […]

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5 variables that lead to a sustainable investment cycle

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Achin Goel Sustainable investing is a discipline of investing that considers corporate governance, environmental, social, and economic factors in order to produce long-term challenging financial returns and beneficial social impact. Sustainable investing is driven by a variety of factors, such as one’s own values and aspirations, institutional missions, and […] Click here to view original

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Why sustainable debt and ESG markets turned frosty in 2022

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Through to November, sustainable debt issuance was $1.2 trillion, while last year, companies had raised $1.5 trillion. The pullback in sustainable debt issuance — across three types of bonds and two types of loans — has been universal. (AP Photo / Steve Helber, File) In the past five years, […] Click here to view original

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Executive pay linked more to ESG progress: WTW

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Vadym Petrochenko via Getty Images Dive Brief: Sixty-nine percent of Standard & Poor’s 500 companies tie incentive compensation to at least one environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance measure, a 9 percentage point increase compared with last year, Willis Towers Watson said. Two out of three S&P 500 companies […] Click here to view original

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Nuclear: An Investible ESG Asset

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As the world responds to rapid changes across economic, social, environmental, geopolitical, and COVID-19 landscapes, many investors and companies are increasingly incorporating ESG—environmental, social, and governance—considerations into their business and investment decisions. Although commercial nuclear power plants have played an important role in the global economy since the Eisenhower […] Click here to view original

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Texas Senate grills BlackRock, ISS, State Street reps on ESG

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Texas state senators grilled representatives from BlackRock , ISS and State Street on Thursday over their investing practices and policies tied to ESG, or environmental, social and governance. Dalia Blass, BlackRock’s head of external affairs, testified first on BlackRock’s policies and portfolios at an hourslong hearing held by the […] Click here to view original

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