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Strategy + Business: The year 2019 was one of cataclysmic fire and rain. Wildfires swept across California, the Amazon, and Australia, and storms and floods deluged parts of six continents — a string of natural disasters that scientists say were caused by the changing climate. And in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has coursed through the world.
Bloomberg: We are all grappling with coronavirus right now— both the immediate reality and what it means for the future. Governments are assuming a much bigger role in the economies of developed countries, propping up households and businesses that would otherwise be ruined by the desperate measures being taken to stop the spread of disease.
Bloomberg: Corporate social responsibility, or CSR, has become a shorthand for what companies do to integrate environmental, social and governance issues into their businesses. Until now it’s been a mashup of philanthropy, employee engagement, renewable energy programs and investor relations.
Financial News London: Climate-change campaigners are putting on a brave face. They say the coronavirus crisis will focus attention on this even bigger threat to global public health, give governments more levers to force companies to take the issue seriously, and change consumers’ behaviour in a way that will lead to permanent reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Politico: Sustainability discussions are taking on a new shape as the world heads deeper into the Covid-19 pandemic. They’re turning away from the E in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investments, and toward the S and G.
IPE: Danish pension funds PKA and PenSam have signed a new green energy deal under their alternatives partnership, investing DKK1.7bn (€228m) in two solar energy plants in California and Texas owned by US renewables developer Longroad Energy.
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Bloomberg: ESG investors face a new threat in the age of coronavirus: "social washing". Much like the greenwashing that exaggerates or misrepresents the environmental credentials of a project or a company, social washing can occur when the impact of an investment on labor rights or human rights are falsely overstated.
Pensions & Investments: It's time for hedge funds to take ESG investing seriously or risk losing money and assets.
Yahoo Finance: Funds focused on buying stocks that score well on environmental, social and governance-related metrics proved a safer harbour for investors during the coronavirus-fuelled market rout last month.
IPE: The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has launched two signatory groups to facilitate discussions about investor responses to the COVID-19 crisis.
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