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Fidelity Hires Phil Cliff, Aaron Hay as Sustainable Investing Directors

ESG Today

Investment management firm Fidelity International announced today the expansion of its sustainability team with two new senior hires, including Phil Cliff, joining from M&G Investments, and Aaron Hay, from Federated Hermes, as Directors, Sustainable Investing.

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Joe Biden can be the president for a sustainable private sector

GreenBiz

The sustainable investment community already is engaged in this effort, channeling dollars to companies with better environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices. One in every three professionally managed dollars in the United States — $17 trillion — is invested with an ESG focus. We agree that this shift is overdue.

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AllianceBernstein: Four Counterpoints to ESG Investing Critics

3BL Media

Recent prominent media articles have warned of a bubble and criticized sustainable portfolios for being ineffective as agents of change. Sustainable investment funds are mushrooming. Assets under management in Morningstar’s global sustainable fund universe surged to $2.75 We think the critics have missed the point.

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Hero: Vitasoy wants to take the cow out of the milk business

Corporate Knights

Vitasoy has been named best in class both on sustainable revenue and sustainable investments in the 2023 Corporate Knights Global 100. billion Hong Kong dollars from 2011 to 2021. The company is also piloting the recycling of its Tetra Pak cartons, though Guidetti acknowledges that “there are some gaps to be addressed.

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Why Gender Diversity May Lead to Better Returns for Investors

3BL Media

From 2011-2019, an eight-year period, companies with more gender diversity enjoyed a one-year return on equity that was 2% better than companies with low gender diversity. 6 Morgan Stanley Institute for Sustainable Investing, Sustainable Signals: Asset Owners See Sustainability As Core to the Future of Investing, 2020.

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EarthX E-Capital Summit 2022

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: EarthX invites you to apply to participate in our 2022 E-Capital Summit—an industry-leading sustainability investment summit taking place in Dallas, Texas in April! Founded in 2011 by environmentalist and businessman Trammell S. SOURCE: EarthX. April 20-22: [link] #Earthx2022. KEYWORDS: #EarthX2022, EarthX.

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AllianceBernstein: Carbon Handprints: A New Approach to Climate-Focused Equity Investing

3BL Media

Since assuming this role, he has become a thought leader in socially responsible investing, utilizing the SDGs as a road map for identifying thematic investment opportunities. He joined the firm in 2011 as global technology sector head on the Global/International Research Growth team and was named team lead in early 2012.