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AB: Responsible Investing: Four Themes To Follow in 2024

3BL Media

Erin Bigley, CFA | Chief Responsibility Officer From biodiversity and blended finance to a just transition and the cost of drugs, we preview the key ESG issues we’re targeting through research. Every year seems to bring new insights, as well as new challenges for investors. It used to seem simple.

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Is ESG’s Growth Tilt Really Necessary?

Jon Hale

End of Week Notes Value-oriented ESG funds do exist. The average large-growth fund has lost 29.3% (through June 22) while the average large-value fund has lost 12.3%. Even though ESGU resides in the large-blend category, the fund’s style score, as calculated by the Morningstar Risk model is 38.6, Some picks.

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2023 Moskowitz Prize Awarded To Research Measuring Financial Impact of Biodiversity Loss — Plus Honorable Mention Studies

3BL Media

The three papers recognized this year study three very different topics, but each represents an exemplary effort to deepen our understanding of sustainable investment,” says Lloyd Kurtz , founder of the Moskowitz Prize and again one of the judges this year. So quantifying biodiversity risk is paramount.

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This carbon challenge is bigger than cars, aviation and shipping combined

GreenBiz

RNG also can be blended into regular natural gas pipelines with minimal modification, much the way that input from windmills can flow onto the same grid as power generated by a coal plant. . As consumer and corporate demand for renewables grew, the value of the RECs rose, thereby incenting new wind and solar projects.

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5 Questions About Sustainable Investing

Jon Hale

In so doing, it supports the transition to a more sustainable version of capitalism, which is focused on creating value for all stakeholders, rather than a focus only on shareholder primacy. When it comes to sustainability, how do you differentiate between value-driven investing using ESG criteria and values-based investing?

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Take Five: Hope Springs Eternal for World Bank-IMF

Chris Hall

So long, soy – The grindingly slow pace of change on sustainability at the corporate level has been highlighted by new reports which also emphasised the importance of supply chain scrutiny in accurately understanding risks and impacts on the environment.

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Funding Data and AI That Serve the Social Sector

Stanford Social Innovation

There is, understandably, a growing tension in social-sector organizations that seek to take advantage of the benefits AI can provide for civil society while not exacerbating the systemic inequities that already permeate our communities.