Academics, Climate Change and Negative Screening

Why corporate reporting isn’t a proxy for progress

GreenBiz

APRIL 19, 2021

Close to 90 percent of the S&P 500 now produce sustainability reports and a preponderance of academic research touts the link between ESG and equity returns. Two-thirds of what is dubbed sustainable investment comprises negative-screen funds. Excluding tobacco from a fund will not have any impact on climate change.

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A Realist’s Guide to Investing for Good

Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In fact, almost 85 percent of individual investors say they are interested in sustainable investing and more than three quarters believe they can use their investments to influence the extent of climate change. As a result, to feel better, these investors want to screen out problematic companies from their investment portfolio.

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Why corporate reporting isn’t a proxy for progress

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