Chris Hall
NOVEMBER 14, 2023
Industry bodies align on key sustainable finance-related definitions to offer end-users greater “consistency and clarity”. In October , the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published research which showed funds with an ESG-related label attract higher inflows.
3BL Media
DECEMBER 16, 2022
However, if your objective is to go beyond just a financial return through the evaluation of additional risk factors and negative screens, the best answer is impact investing. What’s your definition of impact investing? Such answers don’t pinpoint meaningful impact, and any definition should be more specific.
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Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
This reclassification reflects an increase in “conscious conservatism” by Canadian asset managers in the absence of industry- or government-regulated definitions, criteria or standards, she says, causing many managers “to err on the side of caution” and strip the “responsible investment” classification from some of their portfolios. .
ESG Today
OCTOBER 31, 2022
The current data offerings often are unclear about the interaction or weightings of existing business activities, use of proceeds, transition strategies or KPI definitions and tracking. They also support disclosure and understanding of ESG themes within an investor’s portfolio.
Corporate Knights
JULY 14, 2022
They represented an improvement over when corporate responsibility was measured only in the limited terms of charitable contributions or a corporation’s own definitions of “best practice.” . MH: Choosing among responsible investment tools – positive and negative screening, divestment and engagement – is complicated.
Chris Hall
MARCH 2, 2022
Asset managers have taken different interpretations of the definitions, some opting for a softer approach than others,” it adds. There is little evidence that managers are downgrading definitions and nothing to suggest they consider themselves as being generous with their interpretations. What is being done to clarify definitions?
Chris Hall
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Under US SIF Foundation’s definition, ESG incorporation encompasses a range of strategies including ESG integration, positive screening, negative screening, impact investing and sustainability-themed investing.
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