Negative Screening Related Topics 
Chris Hall
MARCH 2, 2022
In August, climate think tank InfluenceMap released a report indicating that the majority of climate-themed investment funds had a negative Portfolio Paris Alignment score. European efforts to bring transparency to ESG funds haven’t addressed fears of greenwashing.
Chris Hall
JANUARY 21, 2022
The UK-based OEIC Responsible UK Equity fund utilises the firm’s Responsible Investing Indicator Model (RIIM), applying a socially responsible screen to exclude companies involved in extreme ESG-related breaches without taking steps to remediate the issues.
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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. “It’s
GreenBiz
APRIL 19, 2021
Two-thirds of what is dubbed sustainable investment comprises negative-screen funds. Why corporate reporting isn’t a proxy for progress. Ken Pucker. Mon, 04/19/2021 - 02:00.
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. .
3BL Media
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Their answer may include integration, screening or a little of both. ESG screening weeds out issuers that investors want to avoid, such as tobacco, gambling or oil. By Marc Uy. SOURCE: AllianceBernstein.
Corporate Knights
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
Negative screening (for instance, screening out weapons, tobacco or fossil fuels) is number two at 91%, and corporate engagement is third at 79%. . For more than a decade, responsible investing in Canada experienced steady upward growth.
3BL Media
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Screening is one of the most effective ways to prevent or diagnose it early — when it is most treatable. patients who undergo screenings annually. FORTUNE puts Medtronic among top 50 global companies having a positive social impact through core business strategy. SOURCE: Medtronic.
3BL Media
MARCH 4, 2022
Negative screens. How comfortable would the family be if their portfolio underperformed the benchmark because of a negative screen? by Jeff Finkelman, Colleen Silver, Paulina Mejia. SOURCE: Franklin Templeton.
Corporate Knights
JULY 14, 2022
MH: Choosing among responsible investment tools – positive and negative screening, divestment and engagement – is complicated. I first met Moira Hutchinson in 1987 when I was working on the first of my series of books on responsible investment.
GreenBiz
MAY 12, 2021
The process involves rating companies on system change performance, and then using this research for positive screening, negative screening, engagement and other ESG/SRI strategies. The frame of reference for ESG largely is mitigating negative corporate impacts.
Chris Hall
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
As Avon’s commitment to illiquid renewable infrastructure requires it to hold more liquid assets like cash, the fund is working with the asset managers to create better low-carbon asset allocation options.
3BL Media
JUNE 27, 2022
What’s more, investors are now going beyond “negative screening” and actively backing businesses that are leaders in sustainability, in pursuit of above-market returns. by Mark Innes. SOURCE: SAP. DESCRIPTION: Sustainable business is now an imperative.
Chris Hall
MARCH 3, 2023
This can be explained by a mix of wrong stock-picking decisions and the compounding negative effects of higher fees relative to their low-cost passive competitors, the report noted. Passive funds make perfect sense for investors that want to screen out unethical stocks.
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.
Chris Hall
DECEMBER 13, 2022
Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2 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.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 7, 2022
This week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. . Pillars of the post-WW2 global financial system are not yet on the same page for climate risk and sustainable development.
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.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 5, 2022
For many asset owners, the motivation for seeking positive impact comes from an appreciation that limiting negative impacts, through management of ESG risks, is in insufficient to address profound and urgent systemic risks.
Chris Hall
OCTOBER 10, 2022
Research predicts new demands on asset managers, as clients’ sustainable investment priorities mature.
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.
Corporate Knights
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The Clean200 uses negative screens. The full list of exclusionary screens is provided below. The post These 200 companies are leading the clean economy in 2023 appeared first on Corporate Knights. In 2016, things seemed somewhat dire for the clean energy transition.
Carlos Sanchez
DECEMBER 18, 2022
Companies’ purpose has shifted to reduce ‘negative externalities such as carbon emissions. Among investors, sustainable investing is evolving from negative screening toward engaging with companies.
Stanford Social Innovation
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
If we continue down this path, ESG investing is almost certain to remain a smokescreen, one that creates the appearance of a more socially impactful approach to capitalism while ignoring some of the most significant negative effects business can have on people and communities.
Chris Hall
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
The actively management equity portfolio will now incorporate sustainability factors to positive screen companies across a wide range of industries without solely relying on exclusions. “In The fund will implement negative screening to exclude weapons, thermal coal, gambling and tobacco.
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