Industry News: ESG | Global (84)

Women Are Still Being Held Back in Fund Management

2020-09-30

International Investment: Outdated ideas about gender roles are still are still holding women back in the fund management industry, according to GAM Investments.

Hedge Fund in Long Haul to Tackle Lack of Black Money Managers

2020-09-28

Reuters: When the death of George Floyd forced companies to reflect on why there were so few Black people in their senior ranks, top banks and private equity firms pledged to do better. But one corner of the finance world - the hedge fund industry - made fewer public statements.

Corporate Boards Improving on ESG, Less on Diversity

2020-09-28

Pensions & Investments: Corporate boards are improving the ways they deal with crisis management and ESG issues but less so on diversity, according to PwC's Annual Corporate Directors Survey released Monday. [Full article available to Pensions & Investments subscribers.]

Socially Responsible Investing Goes Mainstream As Pandemic Continues, Says Survey

2020-09-23

Opalesque: About two-thirds of investors agree that the global pandemic has led them to place a higher priority on social factors when analyzing investment risk, according to a survey of attitudes toward ESG investing by Federated Hermes.

Asset Managers Progress Biodiversity Impact Measurement Plan

2020-09-22

IPE: AXA Investment Managers, BNP Paribas Asset Management, Sycomore Asset Management and Mirova have selected the research provider that will develop a tool to allow them to measure the impact of their investments on biodiversity. [Full article available to subscribers.]

Big Four Accounting Firms Unveil ESG Reporting Standards

2020-09-22

Financial Times: The leaders of the Big Four accounting firms have come together in an unusual joint initiative to unveil a reporting framework for environmental, social and governance standards. [Full article available to Financial Times subscribers.]

BlackRock Votes Against 49 Companies For Lack of Climate Crisis Progress

2020-09-17

The Guardian: BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, has disclosed that in the past year it has voted 55 times against directors at 49 companies for failing to make progress on tackling the climate crisis. [Full article available to The Guardian subscribers.]

Investors Call for Climate Disclosures in Company Accounts

2020-09-16

Bloomberg: Climate change will have a major affect on companies’ profits and the value of their assets, so its impact should be reflected in their accounts.

ESG in Private Equity: From Why to Why Not

2020-09-16

Private Equity News: The introduction of the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation in March 2021 and the regulatory imperative for funds to better understand the ESG status of their portfolio investments is looming large. [Full article available to Private Equity News subscribers.]

Investors With $47 Trillion in Assets Take Aim at Big Polluters

2020-09-14

Bloomberg: Climate Action 100+, a group of more than 500 investment firms that together manage over $47 trillion in assets, called on some of the world’s biggest polluters to be more aggressive in reducing their greenhouse gas emissions and introduce plans to cut them as close to zero as possible.

ESG Newsletter

Women Are Still Being Held Back in Fund Management

2020-09-30

Hedge Fund in Long Haul to Tackle Lack of Black Money Managers

2020-09-28

Corporate Boards Improving on ESG, Less on Diversity

2020-09-28

Socially Responsible Investing Goes Mainstream As Pandemic Continues, Says Survey

2020-09-23

Asset Managers Progress Biodiversity Impact Measurement Plan

2020-09-22

Big Four Accounting Firms Unveil ESG Reporting Standards

2020-09-22

BlackRock Votes Against 49 Companies For Lack of Climate Crisis Progress

2020-09-17

Investors Call for Climate Disclosures in Company Accounts

2020-09-16

ESG in Private Equity: From Why to Why Not

2020-09-16

Investors With $47 Trillion in Assets Take Aim at Big Polluters

2020-09-14

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