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ESG Evolution Calls for Terminology Alignment

Chris Hall

Industry bodies align on key sustainable finance-related definitions to offer end-users greater “consistency and clarity”.

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New report shows $200-billion drop in responsible investing market share in Canada

Corporate Knights

RIA CEO Pat Fletcher sees this adjustment as a welcome development. . While a $200-billion drop against $3.2 trillion seems like a modest decline, the fall in RI’s share of total Canadian assets under management (all assets professionally managed for clients) was significant, plunging from 62% of $5.1

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New Horizons Beckon for ESG Index Derivatives

Chris Hall

As the volume of capital directed towards sustainability increases, institutional investors and asset managers have a natural interest in the development of ESG-related derivatives instruments that enable them to hedge investments, implement ESG investment strategies and more efficiently manage cash flows into or out of funds.

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The Many Approaches to Sustainable Investing

Jon Hale

Regulators around the world implemented or are in the process of developing measures that help investors obtain relevant ESG information, understand sustainable investment products, and, in the U.S., Clarity is needed around definition, terminology, and what even counts as a sustainable investment.