VEGN News and Press, ETF Series Solutions Trust - US Vegan Climate ETF From 02/25/21

Essentially unheard of a decade ago, investing strategies that screen holdings for adherence to Environmental, Social and Governance values have captured increasing investor interest. Tony Campos, Head of Sustainable Investment, Americas, FTSE Russell, joins the podcast to explain how...

Environmental, social and governance issues will assume greater importance this year, with four trends converging,  analysts at Moody's say.Recovery from COVID will increase focus on social and environmental challenges."Major economies will attempt to integrate their economic recovery an...

The existence of a quality premium in stocks that has been persistent over time, pervasive around the globe and robust to various definitions has been well documented. One of the supposed benefits of ESG investing is that the screens used lead to investing in higher quality companies,...

Green tech is in 1994...not 1999. A new commodities supercycle to come. Why energy and industrials may outperform IT and communications in this decade. For further details see: Investing In The Next Decade: The Future Is Green

Economic theory suggests the share prices of industries that are excluded via negative screens —   “sin” businesses (typically those involved in the gambling, tobacco, alcohol, guns and defense industries) — will become depressed. Such stocks woul...

The green economy is an increasingly important part of addressing environmental objectives and its data. The FTSE Russell Green Revenues 2.0 Data Model provides investors with a data on more than 3,000 global listed companies that have exposure to the green economy. In this paper ...

This year, several major governments designed their economic recovery programs to be more digital and sustainable, with "Net Zero" widely adopted as a motto. We expect President-elect Joe Biden will enhance the country's green efforts, with important implications for the renewable ene...

Companies that offer strong payouts in a sustainable manner can help investors source surprisingly robust streams of income and equity returns. With many companies cutting dividends under COVID-19 pressure, high payouts simply aren't seen as reliable sources of income these days. ...

In the US, a comparison of the MSCI USA and MSCI USA ESG indexes shows that ESG did not increase performance with the former returning 140% and the latter 130% since 2013. It is important to note that the ESG criteria MSCI uses for its China ESG indexes are the same criteria MSCI uses...

Water itself isn't just an economic policy issue and risk arising from population growth and climate change. The projected declines in water availability, and corresponding dips in GDP, present across-the-board risk for investors. We anticipate these issues are going to take on mu...