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Climate tops ESG Priorities for US Institutional Investors

Chris Hall

US SIF Foundation biennial trends reports smaller share of assets managed sustainably, due to methodology, regulatory changes. This is the first time that climate change has been the top criterion for US asset owners, applied to US$3.96 Managers also reported applying fossil fuel divestment screens across US$1.2

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A Business Guide to Sustainable Finance

3BL Media

Negative screening This is the process of excluding certain sectors, companies, or practices from a portfolio based on specific ESG criteria. For example, investors might avoid companies involved in fossil fuels, tobacco, or arms manufacturing due to their negative environmental or social impacts.

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This Week’s Fund News: DWS Launches ESG Fund for Women, by Women

Chris Hall

Driving substantive progress in the fight against climate change will require entire sectors to transition. We focus instead on reducing the funds’ exposure to emissions, the most significant driver of climate change,” said Jim Whittington, Head of Responsible Investment at Dimensional.

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The Many Approaches to Sustainable Investing

Jon Hale

While “sustainable investing” is the umbrella term we use in the Framework, “responsible investing”, “ESG investing”, and “impact investing” are also used, more or less interchangeably to describe the same set of investment approaches. What’s in a name?