ESGU News and Press, iShares ESG MSCI USA ETF From 04/26/22

As the Environmental, Social, and Governance ESG ecosystem evolves, ESG investments must keep the pace to continue providing robust solutions to market participants. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), electric car sales more than doubled between 2020 and 2021. In tota...

Sweeping sanctions placed on Russia's currency and Russian companies have rippled through all asset classes, affecting portfolios across the globe—including those with an allocation to foreign exchange markets. What if ESG factors had been taken more into consideration in the w...

Inflation expectations have kept the Federal Reserve center stage as they commenced their interest rate rising cycle in March. The war in Ukraine and Omicron’s spread in China impacted inflation and supply chains differently, but both delay supply chain normalization. Regar...

SEC's proposed ESG disclosures will help the marketplace to least differentiate between various players through a wider assessment of carbon footprints and carbon shadows. The US and EU have agreed a deal, where the US will supply at least an additional 15bcm of LNG to the EU in 2022....

ESGU is one of the most popular names in the ESG space and its AUM has grown at a rapid pace since its inception. It could be one of the key beneficiaries of the expected $30 trillion worth of intergenerational inheritance transfer from baby boomers to the millennials. ESGU’...

Pick any barometer of costs these days, and the story is the same: Prices are up - and in a dramatic fashion. The first thing that jumps out is the dismal performance of most asset classes during periods of low growth and high inflation - otherwise known as stagflation. A solid fo...

There are different ways to quantify a carbon handprint for each solution group. In this paper, we present case studies that show how to apply a carbon handprint analysis. Establishing a clear carbon handprint metric allows investors to assess how a company is contributing to the ...

Our Federal Reserve has a trajectory of rate hikes but remains cautiously “data driven.”. The financial war is unfolding every day with new information, so outcomes are difficult to predict, and unintended consequences loom as a risk every day. Bloomberg reports that...

I believe that ESG is, at its core, a feel-good scam that is enriching consultants, measurement services and fund managers, while doing close to nothing for the businesses and investors it claims to help, and even less for society. If you remain a true believer, I will leave it up to ...

The SEC’s draft climate disclosure rules require public companies to report on Scope 1-3 emissions, carbon offsets, and climate-related risks. Scope 3 emissions made its way to the proposed rules. Carbon offsets will need to be specified. Assurance requirements to come in p...