ISS-Ethix Climate Solutions at COP23 in Bonn on 15 November
Two Years After Paris: Are Investors on Track?
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Nachhaltige Kapitalanlage bei Privatanlegern
Im Rahmen einer der bisher größten Umfragen zur nachhaltigen Kapitalanlage in Deutschland hat das Marktforschungsinstitut GfK im Auftrag des NKI – Institut für nachhaltige Kapitalanlagen 1.694 Finanzentscheider in Privathaushalten in Deutschland befragt.
MiFID II – Quality Enhancement and Solutions
Best Practice Integration via ESG Reporting - added value for the client
Limited Visibility - The current state of corporate disclosure on long-term risks
This discussion paper extends the analysis of time horizons in financial markets, conducted as part of the Tragedy of the Horizons project, to ‘long term risk disclosures’ by companies.
MSCI & yourSRI Reception - Drinks & Food Invitation
MSCI & yourSRI.com INVITE YOU TO JOIN US FOR A SPECIAL EVENING with Drinks & Food in one of the most fashionable locations in the heart of Germany's capital - CATWALK Bar - Monday, 25 September 2017 at 08:30 pm,
The Carbon Boomerang - Litigation Risk as a Driver and Consequence of the Energy Transition
Climate change-related litigation risks have the potential to act as both a material driver, and consequence, of the energy transition (or ‘ET’). This Report offers a general taxonomy of litigation risks that may catalyse, and/or result from, the transition.
No country for coal gen - Below 2°C and regulatory risk for US coal power owners
Coal’s market share in the US power mix is being diminished at an unprecedented rate due to fierce competition from cheap gas and renewables. Around 30 GW of coal capacity has been retired over the last three years, with coal generation declining by 13% over the same period.
Issuers exhibit strong organizational frameworks but differ on disclosure
Growth in green bonds continues across a diverse mix of issuers from a variety of sectors and regions. Of the 17 transactions we have assessed so far, all have received the highest overall score of GB1 (Excellent) under our Green Bonds Assessment (GBA) methodology.
Climetrics announced winner of Climate Action SInv17 Innovative Finance Tool Competition
Climetrics wins against 5 other finalists in judging panel including United Nations Environment Programme, UBS and International Finance Corporation
Nachhaltige Geldanlagen 2017
10. Jahreskonferenz am 9. November 2017 auf dem neuen Campus der Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Nachhaltigkeit im Schweizer Retailbanking
Mit der vorliegenden Ratingstudie will der WWF Schweiz die Auswirkungen des Schweizer Retailbanking- Sektors sowie von dessen 15 grössten Exponenten (gemäss Bilanzsumme) prioritär auf die Umwelt, z.T. auch auf die Gesellschaft, objektiv beleuchten und bewerten.
Climetrics, the climate impact rating, has been announced as a finalist in the Innovative Climate Finance Tool Competition
Last June, Climate Action opened submissions for the new Innovative Climate Finance Tool Competition, which aims at encouraging the development of new financial tools to facilitate sustainable investment.
Changing colors - adaptive capacity of companies in the context of a transition to a low carbon economy
A growing body of research and analysis highlights potential risks associated with the transition to a low- carbon economy, related to a combination of policy, market, legal, and reputational drivers. The European Systemic Risk Board suggests that these risks may be particularly material under a too late, too sudden scenario.
Performing for the future
To gain deeper insights into how investors are implementing ESG in their portfolios and the challenges they face, State Street Global Advisors commissioned a survey of 475 global institutional investors in the United States, Europe and Asia Pacific, including some of the largest pension plans, endowments and foundations. In addition to targeting positive social or environmental impacts, ESG criteria are increasingly recognized as material to long-term financial outcomes.
Financing a sustainable European economy
In the aftermath of the financial and sovereign debt crises, sustainable finance could provide the best opportunity for the European Union to reorient its financial system from short-term stabilisation to long-term impact. The EU has been leading on the global sustainability agenda, which seeks to combine economic prosperity with environmental and social sustainability.
Climetrics - The Climate Impact Rating
The world’s first climate impact rating for funds, Climetrics, launches today, enabling investors to more easily integrate climate impact into investment decisions. The rating – symbolized by green leaves “issued” on a scale of one to five– will enable investors to gauge and compare the climate impact of investments in funds and potentially encourage growth in climate-responsible fund products.
The Transition Risk-O-Meter
This report constitutes the first attempt to develop transition scenarios involving over 30 parameters across 8 sectors directly tailored for financial risk and scenario analysis by companies, equity and credit research analysts, and financial institutions. The report responds to the fact that traditional reference decarbonisation scenarios are not designed for financial analysis.
2 degrees of separation
This new analysis provides a way of understanding whether the supply options of the largest publicly traded oil and gas producers are aligned with demand levels consistent with a 2 degree Celsius (2D) carbon budget. By allocating the carbon budget to potential oil and gas projects, through applying the economic logic of a carbon supply cost curve, it is possible to identify which companies have the highest exposure to potential capital expenditure (capex) to 2025.
G20 Energy Efficiency Investment Toolkit (2017)
The G20 represents 84% of the world’s total economic output, more than 80% of primary energy consumption and 80% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. G20 countries recognise that both energy efficiency and increased energy productivity are critical to boost sustainable economic growth in an increasingly resource constrained planet.
ESG integration - How are social issues influencing investment decisions?
The case studies in this guide challenge the view that considering these issues cannot be integrated or are not relevant to a company's financial well-being, showing instead how the impact of social issues on the portfolio is quantifiable and how they need to be considered by all longterm investors.
Sustainable Investment Market Report 2017
This publication contains the chapter on Switzerland from the Sustainable Investment Market Report 2017 – Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Marktbericht Nachhaltige Geldanlagen 2017 – Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz). This publication was produced jointly by Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen (FNG) and Swiss Sustainable Finance (SSF).
Retail Automation: Stranded Workers?
The retail landscape is experiencing unprecedented change in the face of disruptive forces, one of the most recent and powerful being the rapid rise of automation in the sector. The World Economic Forum predicts that 30-50% of retail jobs are at risk once known automation technologies are fully incorporated.
Global Climate Index 2017
Climate risk rose further up the investor agenda in 2016. The Paris Climate Agreement came into force in November, including a recognition that financial flows must be aligned with the commitment to keep climate change well below 2°C. Regulatory change is on the agenda, with France implementing a worldfirst mandatory climate risk disclosure requirement for institutional investors.
Solutions for the global water crisis
It is no secret that the world confronts multiple critical challenges in the management of water. Nor is there any hiding from the fact that these challenges arise across the chain, from source to end use, with huge issues associated with distribution. There are also multiple conflicting challenges of access and ownership in each of these three areas and they are exacerbated by the many challenges the world faces in providing adequate potable water.
Global Trends In Renewable Energy Investment 2017
“More for less” was the story of renewable energy in 2016. Global new investment in renewables excluding large hydro fell by 23% to $241.6 billion, the lowest total since 2013, but there was record installation of renewable power capacity worldwide in 2016.
Beyond risk management
An estimated 47% of commercial real estate investment across Europe is in the form of debt finance. A lesser discussed point is the important role Commercial real estate lenders can play in driving market transformation towards a sustainable built environment. This paper explores why and how this is beginning to happen and challenges the industry to do more.
Less is more: circular economy solutions to water shortages
The concept of a circular economy is much talked about in relation to the water sector, but it’s potential to reduce water shortages is still unclear. This report finds that the circular economy - which aims to reduce, re-use and retain water - is not able to fully eliminate water shortages.
Corporate Responsibility Review 2017
That our planet’s resources and resilience are limited is nothing new. What is new, however, is that it is now possible to quantify both the limits and the extent of the burden with far greater accuracy than in the past. In its “Planetary Boundaries” concept, for example, the Stockholm Resilience Centre concluded that four of the nine planetary boundaries used to define global priorities associated with man-made environmental changes had already been breached.
ESG - Environmental, Social & Governance Investing
In this note, we take a look at the merits of ESG Investing. We have divided the note into three sections discussing the big picture trends in SRI, ESG ratings and scores, and ESG integration to existing factors. Our key takeaway is that ESG can enhance your portfolio by reducing volatility, increasing Sharpe ratios and limiting drawdowns.
Factor investing and ESG integration
Over the past decade, many long-term institutional investors have incorporated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) considerations into their portfolios, by creating segregated ESG mandates or by incorporating ESG criteria across the entire portfolio. Adding ESG criteria into long-term portfolios raises some important questions.