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Mondaq: As the University Pension Plan increases its focus on climate change, its responsible investment policy considers environmental, social and governance factors as essential to sound long-term investing.
Cerulli: Despite being challenged by weak investor sentiment in 2022, ESG investing is expected to remain as a long-term trend in the Asia Pacific, and asset managers will continue to work together with distributors to promote these products.
Funds Europe: Less than 1% of sustainable funds meet the minimum expectations set out by the EU’s proposed voluntary Ecolabel, analysis by the European Securities and Markets Authority (Esma) has warned.
Corporate Knights: The year started optimistically, fresh off the bold and ambitious agreement in November 2021 that established the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ). GFANZ assembled some of the world’s most powerful financial institutions to fight global warming by pledging to bring loan and investment portfolios worth US$130 trillion to net-zero by 2050.
RIABiz: Vanguard Group's cold calculus to join an ESG group with BlackRock and State Street is now a hot mess after it flip-flopped, threw active management under the bus and perhaps jeopardized its relationships with “blue” states to appease “red” ones.
ESG News: Taiwan’s central bank said it would begin incorporating climate change risks into its modelling and forecasts for inflation and economic growth and adapt monetary policy to promote sustainable development.
BNN Bloomberg: More than a dozen Republican state attorneys general have blasted ESG financial practices, while Republicans in Congress plan to increase their scrutiny of what they call “woke capitalism.”
The Globe and Mail: The surge in investor enthusiasm for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds that aim to drive higher returns by focusing on sustainability criteria has taken a nosedive from the dizzying heights of 2021, with net inflows to ESG funds falling to their lowest levels in nearly three years.
Forbes: Over the past year I’ve certainly had some fun banging on about those in the GOP who are ranting about ESG. Their flawed reasoning and fiery rhetoric made this an easy thing to do.
BNN Bloomberg: The asset management arm of BNP Paribas SA said using a different interpretation of “sustainable investment” than some of its peers has allowed it to keep the European Union’s top ESG tag attached to about $20 billion worth of funds.
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