Sadly, the consequences of climate change are neither hypothetical, nor are they imagined. This article examples how one coastal community is wrestling with increased flooding, rocketing insurance rates, and dropping property values. This is very likely what lies ahead for countless coastal areas. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/magazine/when-rising-seas-transform-risk-into-certainty.html
The United Nations Principals for Responsible Investment are six principles that altogether represent a commitment to adhere to sustainable investment practices. With 1,700 signatories representing $62 trillion in assets, UN PRI represents the strength in numbers of this global movement, and also where the investment industry is heading. https://www.unpri.org/about/the-six-principles
SASB has led the effort in the United States to create a roadmap for identifying the critical non-financial factors, or “key performance indicators” (KPIs) for each industry. This report includes case studies that walk through integration of these non-traditional metrics into securities analysis. SASB_ESG-Integration-Insights-Q4-2016-121516-library
Data in the Peterson Report shows that companies with greater gender diversity and inclusion are more profitable and successful. Petersen Report Gender Diversity
This groundbreaking research confirmed the connection between “non-financial” factors and investment returns. Further, the analysis distinguishes between critical and non-critical factors, and the variance of critical factors across industries. Critical factors, referred to as “key performance indicators,” KPIs for short, are critical for companies to identify and target for investment. How well a firm accomplishes this [...]
