ESGN News and Press, Columbia Sustainable International Equity Income From 10/15/21

The breadth and depth of climate change issues test conventional appraisal of risk and return. Inflection points often represent existential risks as well as great opportunities. Both climate risk and the ongoing COVID-19 viral pandemic represent a systematic risk to humanity and ...

Will there be a number of countries there who perhaps feel tempted to keep this unorthodox policy going further, or may even step further away from what we consider normal policy? I think adoption of electric cars, the rate of adoption, will really be driven by the rate of improvement...

Companies are preparing for climate change in multiple ways. Key EMs have announced climate-aware ambitions to limit and reduce emissions, as well as more direct plans to tackle major environmental concerns. Climate change is an issue that will span multiple decades and its import...

Sustainable funds differ from conventional funds because they have a sustainability objective while also seeking financial returns. The growing popularity of investing in sustainable funds means more capital available to firms with a high sustainability rating, boosting firms’ ...

We move to a cautious outlook on global equities. During September, we are continuing to see risk factors build while equity valuations remain at extraordinarily high levels. While global earnings estimates for 2021 have provided a strong tailwind for markets in 2021, this impetus is ...

There were several investigations from market regulators on the impact of ETFs on markets in times of turmoil, as well as on more general topics such as possible issues related to illiquid holdings within an ETF's underlying index. One of the major claims from the critics is that the ...

In addition to the broad goal of climate neutrality, we believe that institutional interest in environmental, social and governance investing is also supportive to commodity prices. At Russell Investments, we’ve seen an increasing institutional focus on ESG matters, and we are ...

As ESG scores and ratings get more traction, researchers are also looking at the factors that allow companies to get high scores and good rankings, and improve them over time. For any variable, no matter how intuitive and obvious its connection to value might be, to generate "excess" ...

A general consensus is forming in the business community: An enterprise focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters can yield benefits to a company. While a strategic focus on — and investment in — ESG plays a critical role in an enterprise’s long...

The environmental element of ESG investing looms large for many investors today. One potential solution may be to classify some investments as partially aligned with the definition of sustainable, or fitting some but not all requirements - but the jury is still out on this. I...