Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Devillers added that the survey also found that best-in-class and ESG integration strategies were more prevalent in Europe and the US, while negative screening strategies prevailed in Asia Pacific.

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ESG Today

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ESG Ratings support portfolio construction where the overall ESG rating, or sub-components, are used for positive/negative screening and ESG optimization at the entity or instrument level. They also support disclosure and understanding of ESG themes within an investor’s portfolio.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Clean200 uses negative screens. The Clean200 also excludes palm oil, paper/pulp, rubber, timber, beef, and soy producers that are screened on As You Sow ’s Deforestation Free Funds , companies using child or forced labour, and companies that engage in negative climate lobbying.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 11, 2023

The rules also set out the different investment screening approaches and sustainable investment strategies SRI funds may adopt to achieve their objectives, such as negative screening, positive screening, ESG integration, impact investing, and others. .

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Corporate Knights

JULY 14, 2022

MH: Choosing among responsible investment tools – positive and negative screening, divestment and engagement – is complicated. EE: The debate about divestment versus engagement in fossil fuels is probably more heated now than ever. What are your thoughts on that?

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 26, 2022

The rules also set out the strategies SRI funds may adopt to achieve their investment objectives relating to sustainability or ESG, such as negative screening, impact investing and other ESG strategies practised nationally or globally.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

While many charities rely on negatively screening ‘sin stocks’ (tobacco, alcohol, armaments, gambling and pornography), the site aims to equip them to ask the right questions to assess how an asset managers approach aligns with their priorities and mission.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 7, 2022

FTSE Russell revealed an interesting shift in tactics with asset owners moving away from broad ESG integration and negative screening in actively managed portfolios, with a preference for engagement-led and thematic/impact-driven strategies most striking in fixed income; similar trends were evident in passive portfolios.

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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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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

There is also a requirement to hold some cash in the portfolio.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

It incorporates negative screening and norm-based exclusion filters applied in accordance with the UN Global Compact Principles, as well as exclusion screening for companies involved in unconventional oil & gas, coal, controversial weapons and tobacco activities.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 10, 2022

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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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

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

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Chris Hall

MARCH 3, 2023

Passive funds make perfect sense for investors that want to screen out unethical stocks. “ESG investors want to know what they own – that’s a massive advantage for passive strategies,” she said.

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Stanford Social Innovation

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As a result, to feel better, these investors want to screen out problematic companies from their investment portfolio. To serve this constituency, asset managers have long offered “values” or “socially responsible” (SRI) funds that offer a “negative screen.”

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 5, 2022

We believe there is an opportunity cost in negative screening or exclusionary approaches, because you may miss out on the benefits from the [transition] opportunity. Phoenix’s Khalil acknowledged the fine judgements facing asset owners in driving impact through stewardship.

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Carlos Sanchez

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies. Figure 2: Word Greenwashing rated 100 in popularity in 2022 – source Google Trends. In this context, the case to demonstrate impact has gained in popularity. Impact investing is getting traction and, in 2022, reached 1.2

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Chris Hall

MARCH 2, 2022

European efforts to bring transparency to ESG funds haven’t addressed fears of greenwashing. Almost a year since the European Commission introduced the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the European investment community remains divided over how to classify the ESG risks and impacts of their investments.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news about funds designed to meet sustainable investing criteria, including DWS, T. Rowe Price, WHEB, Dimensional, Summa, Verdane and Kismet. German asset manager DWS has launched a new fund focused on ensuring gender equity alongside strong environmental and corporate governance performance.

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Corporate Knights

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The Clean200 uses negative screens. The data set is developed through assessment of a company’s revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the  Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy , primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research.

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Stanford Social Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

In its most simplified form, ESG investing is “negative screening”—not investing in companies with harmful practices or actively engaging company leadership to change those practices—whereas impact investing refers to investments made with the intention to create measurable positive impact alongside financial return.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

The fund will implement negative screening to exclude weapons, thermal coal, gambling and tobacco. Last year, we saw Asia issue a record amount of green, social and sustainability-linked US dollar bonds, demonstrating that growth in the space is strong,” said Alfred Mui, Head of Asia Fixed Income Investment Management at HSBC AM.

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