ESG investing

ESG and sustainable investing can enhance long-term risk-adjusted investment returns. Analysing and managing ESG risks helps investors better understand the resilience...

Impax's Ian Simm discusses how the last decade has influenced the market today, and the three themes investors cannot ignore.

Investors concerned about sustainability should understand clearly what they expect from their portfolio – and know what their chosen investment product is delivering....

The Inflation Reduction Act will incentivise the growth of the renewables sector, creating a “supercycle” of investment and development

I first came across heat pumps while studying for my undergraduate degree in Environmental Science in the early 1990s. The technology has developed dramatically since...

Moving into 2023, what are the key issues likely to be for the year ahead?

ESG scores are fine in principle but have very little to do with important investment questions for carbon emissions. We prefer to look at physical efficiency metrics...

With the increasing interest from investors in ESG funds, there has also been an increase in "greenwashed" investment products misrepresented as having ESG components....

This will be a missive wire on an important topic I feel very strongly about. This is the current state of progress towards (truly) sustainable investing in respect...

The range of ‘sustainable’ or ‘green’ investment products is proliferating as investment managers respond to investor demand for action on climate change and more...

ETFs have flourished in recent years. They can tap into niche investor interests, such as robotics. They are easy to use and accessible. They can be a cost-effective...

The concentration of supply of critical minerals related to decarbonisation is an issue that has been highlighted by major Western economies as a risk to securing...

The world has already rapidly shifted towards the new economy. As it stands today, one sector out of 11 currently accounts for a fifth of the MSCI World Index -...

Smart beta strategies have grown enormously in popularity over the past decade. In 2011 there were 350 products offered in the space worldwide, whilst today there are...

There is immense and growing investor interest in carbon credit investment as the global economy strides forward towards meeting aggressive decarbonisation targets. We...

Originally from Hong Kong, I am used to hot summers consistently above 30°C but I have never known a day exceeding 40°C. Who would have thought that I would first...

In Session 1 of our Conscious Capitalism series Executive Director Adam Myers provides a deep dive into the latest trends and innovations in conscious capitalism and...

In session 2 of our Conscious Capitalism series, Pengana Axiom International Ethical Fund portfolio manager Bradley Amoils observes that improvements in the ESG...

The Weekly S&P500 ChartStorm is a selection of 10 charts that I handpicked from around the web and from Twitter posts. The purpose of this wire is to add extra...

Once upon a time, investors believed you could either make money or help the world. In the modern fairy tale, you can do both – and it’s not a fiction, it’s a...