2022 ESG Round Up
Although the global shift towards ESG clearly outdates the year 2022, it is possible that we will look back on the events of the past twelve months as an inflection point in the principle’s trajectory. While in previous years, the concept of...
Women are leading the way in ESG investing
Recent studies have shown that women are the force driving ESG investment across financial markets. According to a Cerulli Associates survey, 52% of women would opt to invest in companies achieving positive social or environmental outcomes, compared to 44% of men who...
The peculiar growth of greeniums
The global push towards sustainability has expanded the investment universe to include a wide range of environmental, social and governance (ESG) linked vehicles. An increasingly important and growing asset class within this trend has been the issuance of green bonds, which operate...
The not very new imperfect truth about ESG
In late May, Stuart Kirk inadvertently made himself one of the most well-known bankers in the world. The former head of responsible investing at HSBC blurted his way into global headlines with a public tirade against the “unsubstantiated, shrill, partisan, self-serving, apocalyptic...