3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

They reveal that between mid-2021 and late 2022, investors expected the 10-year return on ESG investments to underperform the market by 1.4% The authors view divestment as a form of voice, with disinvestment pledges resonating with boards, customers, employees, and stakeholders, especially via social media.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

This appears to be growing, with increasing numbers in the latter camp moving further in the opposite direction, favouring divestment over engagement – at least as far as the highest emitters are concerned.

Banking 80

Banking Divestment Net Zero Academics 80

Chris Hall

MAY 31, 2024

Head of Sustainability at CDPQ Bertrand Millot highlights the pension fund’s focus on decarbonising the real economy, as well as comprehensively divesting from the oil industry. But the pension fund exceeded the original targets by 2021, and decided to up its ambition. “We

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

But when the largest players’ strategies are so wholly focused on dirty revenue maximisation – campaign Follow This called Chevron’s purchase of Hess a bet that Paris would fail – is there any justification for engagement over divestment? At the very least, investors should pursue a policy of engagement with consequences.

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Divestment Sustainable Investment Value Creation Academics 81

Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Rickard Nilsson, Director of Strategy and Growth at Esgaia, highlights recent academic insights into the effectiveness of ESG engagement. Dimson, Karakas & Li (2015) , Barko, Cremers & Renneboog (2021) , and Bauer, Terwall & Tissen (2022) all found positive market reactions to ESG engagements in their samples.

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Stewardship Code Academics Divestment Greenwashing 52

James Militzer

MARCH 2, 2023

That’s why the William Davidson Institute is sponsoring the Energy Innovation in Low- and Middle-Income Countries Global Case Writing Competition , which aims to increase the number of academic business cases available about this very important topic. The winners of the competition will receive cash prizes ranging from $1,000 to $3,000.

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Supply Chains Supply Chain Climate Change Development 98

Jon Hale

JANUARY 28, 2022

Flows into sustainable funds in the United States and Europe continued to set records in 2021. It’s more a theoretical implication often discussed by academics who have yet to find much of a link. this is not a typo?—?99% 99% said they were interested.

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Sustainable Investment Climate Change Academics Divestment 52