LCTU News and Press, BlackRock U.S. Carbon Transition Readiness ETF From 09/16/21

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...

The big story in asset management in recent years is the emergence of sustainability - and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) - focused funds. To have a meaningful influence on corporates and policymakers, asset managers need to collaborate with other industry players or NGOs...

Given the magnitude of the changes we foresee, long-term investors may find opportunities in the technologies and innovations that create renewable energy sources or reduce the carbon intensity of energy production. Net zero is about reducing greenhouse gas emissions so that over time...

We believe ignoring the effects of climate change on portfolios is not an option, and the window for investors to position portfolios may be shrinking. The U.S. Senate passed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill that now awaits a House vote. Congress will take up the $3.5 trillion spen...

UN report: The last decade was hotter than any period in 125,000 years, and humans are responsible. UN Secretary General called the report a "Code Red" for humanity and the death knell for fossil fuels. Shokeen: We project there will be rapid changes in the energy sector. Fo...

Total AUM for ESG/SRI funds is roughly $537.1 billion - 75% represented by actively managed funds. Actively managed funds make up the majority of AUM for both the equity (68%) and fixed income (94%) universe. Passive ESG/SRI equity funds have attracted $65.8 billion in net new mon...

The industry is now seeing an expansion in data-driven practices, with new ESG and climate datasets emerging and becoming mainstream. We explore what climate risk metrics are and how they are used today. As a relatively new area of risk analysis, climate data is still developing; cons...