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United Nations – 17 Sustainable Development Goals

2017-06-06T02:49:55+00:00June 6th, 2017|Categories: Sustainability|Tags: , |

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are 17 broad goals towards which the UN seeks to make significant progress between now and 2030.  Importantly, these goals are set with all parties in mind, governments, non-governmental organizations and business.  Many of these goals are challenging and overlapping.  But an important twist here is the inclusion and embrace [...]

Climate action “a necessity and an opportunity”

2017-06-06T02:39:25+00:00June 6th, 2017|Categories: Sustainability|Tags: , , , |

Within a day of the US withdrawal from the Paris Accord, United Nations Secretary-General Guterres spoke of the established scientific basis linking human activities and climate change, the broad global support of the accord, and the urgency to limit further harm to the planet.  While emphasizing the importance of the Paris Accord, he also explained the [...]

A Trillion-Dollar Question: Why Don’t More Women Run Mutual Funds?

2017-06-01T02:40:17+00:00June 1st, 2017|Categories: Diversity|Tags: |

Many articles have taken a crack at explaining the lack of diversity in the asset management industry.  This New York Times article from January, 2017 reflects on the possible causes, as well as the returns that investors might unknowingly be leaving on the table.  Investment management is but one example where greater cognitive diversity results in [...]

IFA warns on climate change financial risks

2017-06-01T11:11:37+00:00June 1st, 2017|Categories: Environment|Tags: , |

On May 12th, the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries issues a Risk Alert to draw attention to the myriad of new risks posed by climate change, in which they state, "There is an increasing body of evidence demonstrating that climate change represents a material risk to future economic stability."  The Institute asks members to think carefully [...]

NY Times: When Rising Seas Transform Risk Into Certainty

2017-05-31T11:40:10+00:00May 31st, 2017|Categories: Environment|Tags: , , , , , |

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

United Nations PRI – The Six Principles

2017-05-15T05:05:15+00:00May 15th, 2017|Categories: General|Tags: , |

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 ESG Integration Insights Q4 2016

2017-06-01T11:12:11+00:00May 15th, 2017|Categories: General|Tags: , , |

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

Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality

2020-01-03T20:34:26+00:00May 14th, 2017|Categories: Sustainability|Tags: |

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 [...]

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