SDGA News and Press, Impact Shares Sustainable Development Goals Global Equity From 07/24/20

Environmental, social and governance initiatives have gained traction in many companies By Nathan Miller, Unit Trust Equity Portfolio Manager Advocates of environmental, social and governance ((ESG)) investing have long maintained that strong ESG practices contribute to strong busi...

In the first installment of a series from the Index Industry Association ((IIA)), Dan Lefkovitz , Strategist for Morningstar Indexes, explores the surprising resilience of environmental, social, and governance ((ESG)) investing in 2020, citing passive investment trends and a growing performa...

By Helena Fung, head of sustainable investment, APAC The appetite among domestic investors in Japan for ESG (environmental, social and governance) instruments has undoubtedly been gaining momentum. The Japan Sustainable Investment Forum ((JSIF)) reports that total sustainable investment ...

By Randall Dishmon, Senior Portfolio Manager A holistic investment process examines the big picture beyond the rigid criteria of some ESG scoring techniques. I've had two distinct careers in my professional life. Starting out as a civil engineer, working on large-scale commercial pro...

By Kristina Hooper, Chief Global Market Strategist The ripple effects of COVID-19 are impacting a wide variety of markets, and investors have lots of questions. Among them: Will production facilities leave China for other markets? What fixed income opportunities have been created by ce...

By Detlef Glow The growth of sustainable investing is constantly accelerating and can be seen as one of the most important growth drivers for the fund industry over the next few years. From my point of view, we may reach the breaking point where the majority of assets are managed with a su...

This short article by Fong Yee Chan, Senior Product Manager, Sustainable Investing at FTSE Russell considers the two important lessons that the Covid-19 pandemic is teaching us that have applicability to climate change. Firstly, it is important to act upon high probability and high impact risk...

More than ever, investors recognize the risks and opportunities associated with the low carbon transition and are incorporating a wider set of considerations, including carbon, green revenues and environmental, social and governance ((ESG)) assessments issues into their decision making. It i...

By Julie Moret, Head of ESG, Franklin Templeton Investments Dislocations resulting from the pandemic shine a light on environmental, social and governance ((ESG)) issues, which can be used as an additional tool to identify leading companies from the laggards, according to Franklin Templet...

Get the ins and outs of green bonds in this two-part series. Let's start with the basics. A green bond is a type of fixed-income instrument that specifically and solely dedicates its proceeds to financing new or existing projects that advance environmental objectives . Issuers set the qua...