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Citywire Selector: Index giant MSCI has publicly revealed its ESG fund ratings for 36,000 multi-asset class mutual funds and ETFs as part of a wider push to increase transparency.
Financial Times: So goes the Cambridge Dictionary definition of the word which is sandwiched by “Environmental” and “Governance” in the popular ESG acronym which has come to exert a large influence on the world of investing over the past five years.
Forbes: The Securities and Exchange Commission should take the global lead in mandating material ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) disclosures, the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) urged today.
Reuters: Asset managers lending out of their securities can be compatible with investment on environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, an industry body said on Thursday, adding it was working on drawing up guidelines.
Eco-Business: The findings from the latest analysis of environmental and climate-related disclosure by Europe’s major companies reveal that current corporate reporting practices could fall short on delivering on the objectives of the European Green Deal and the 2050 climate neutrality target.
Pensions & Investments: While the coronavirus pandemic has damaged businesses and the economy, it may help to bring more women into the investment industry — and help eliminate some obstacles that may have kept them from more senior and prominent roles.
Financial Times: BlackRock has been accused of double standards after it refused to back landmark environmental resolutions at two big Australian oil companies just months after the world’s largest asset manager warned global warming represented a risk to markets unlike any previous crisis. [Full article available to Financial Times subscriber]
IPE: Even before a group led by The Rockefeller Foundation coined the term ‘impact investing’ in 2007, some firms had already started using private equity, venture capital and private debt strategies to generate both attractive financial returns and, at the same time, social or environmental impact for investors.
Established in 2012 by Jim and Krista Sorenson, the Sorenson Impact Foundation's seeks to invest in socially impactful businesses while creating an ecosystem for impact investing. The Foundation invests with impact in mind and provides grants to build the capacity of its peers with regards to Impact Investing. Notably, the Foundation endowed the Sorenson Impact Center at the University of Utah to create a program
In 2017, the Sorenson Impact Foundation decided to align 100% of its assets with mission-related investments by 2020. As such, the Foundation increased its exposures to Thematic and ESG funds including Affordable Housing, Financial Inclusion, and Climate Change dedicated investment funds.
Institutional Asset Manager: The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) convened the new Response, Recovery, and Resilience Investment Coalition (R3) with the purpose of maximising global impact investing response efforts to the pandemic, by identifying high-impact investment opportunities and co-ordinating impact investors to fill financing gaps.
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