Morgan Stanley’s 2018 Sustainable Signals report indicates that, globally, more than $22.8 trillion are invested sustainably, representing more than $1 in every $4 under professional management. 84% of asset owners are pursing or considering ESG integration in their investment process and 78% of asset owners seek to align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
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Global Perspectives On Responsible Investing Jun14
Investor interest in Responsible Investing is on the upswing, but investors continue to cite ongoing frustrations with definitions, data and materiality as lingering barriers to RI adoption. In addition, a number of the institutional investors with whom we speak remain unaware of how their peers are implementing RI initiatives, which also contributes to any discomfort around adoption of Responsible Investment measures
... Read more »Sustainable Finance Report: Big Boys Put Muscle In Jun12
Already well known for its global stock indexes, MSCI has recently established itself as “the market standard for ESG,” according to Amy Orr, the director of capital markets at the Heron Foundation. MSCI’s most notable ESG success came back in 2015, when Volkswagen was dropped from the MSCI ACWI ESG Index
... Read more »What are Investors Seeking from the Transition to Clean Energy? Jun7
Today, the financial markets are focused on market acceleration of sustainability in clean energy, clean water and sustainable agriculture. That momentum is focused more and more on the values of Millenials who “get” sustainability in all its manifestations
... Read more »Sustainable Finance Report: Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) May4
ESG integration is well underway in equities, but it is in early innings for credit investors. But the trend is clear: credit investors and ratings agencies will increasingly embrace ESG factors in assessing the creditworthiness of fixed income investments. In May 2016, 120 investors representing US$19 trillion of assets signed the ESG Credit Ratings Statement launched by the UN PRI
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