Category: Commodities

New academic research has found evidence that institutional investors’ “successful ESG engagements lead to significant subsequent reductions” in investee firms’ downside risk. ESG Shareholder Engagement and Downside Risk was prepared by leading academics including Andreas Hoepner of University College Dublin and Laura Starks of the University of Texas amongst others.

The Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD) has identified more than 60 measures to accelerate and scale up funding for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a new report. Thirty private-sector CEOs, including the heads of Bank of America, Citi, Santander, Standard Chartered, UBS, and Allianz, have urged the European Commission and global governments to step up the financial sector’s role in financing the SDGs and Paris Agreement in ‘Renewed, Recharged and Reinforced: Urgent actions to harmonize and scale sustainable finance.’

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