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Intent on Impact

Chris Hall

In mid-September, ESG Investor and Artemis Investment Management gathered asset owners and other experts to consider the current and future state of impact investments. Appetite for impact was strong, guided by emerging frameworks, but the forces of inertia were present too, both internal and external. Setting objectives.

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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2 Other priority themes for asset managers incorporating ESG into their investment decisions included avoidance of weapons, tobacco and corruption. “We Climate change was also the most important ESG issue for asset managers, addressed across US$3.4

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ESG Narratives Needed as well as Numbers

Chris Hall

This could manifest itself in institutional and intermediary clients focusing more on solutions that demonstrably deliver positive real-world outcomes, informed by a theory of change, and seeking explanations of investment relevance.

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Sustainable investments had secretly great year

Corporate Knights

Language has been standardized I’ve been frustrated by people misusing and conflating various sustainable investment strategies. Divestment is different from ESG, which is different from impact investing. Impact investing Investing with the intention to generate measurable social and/or environmental impact.