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Take Five: Breaking Point

Chris Hall

According to Russell Investments’ ninth annual ESG Manager Survey , 75% of 169 survey respondents have been recruiting ESG personnel, largely to dedicated sustainable investment teams, but their compliance and data integration & analytics functions are also expanding.

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Asset Owners and Managers to Target Renewable and Social Infrastructure

Chris Hall

Asset managers and owners plan to increase investment in renewable energy and social infrastructure over the next three to five years, according to a research report from Boston Consulting Group and EDHECinfra , an analytics arm of the EDHEC Business School focused on the unlisted infrastructure asset class.

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Can Venture Capital Be Optimized for Happiness?

Stanford Social Innovation

More recently it has become more widespread across the institutional investor community , as they increasingly recognize we cannot continue to focus solely on financial value creation at the expense of people and the planet. We’ve dubbed this the Happiness Return Framework. The assessment also informs portfolio decisions (i.e.