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Clean200 - Resources

Corporate Knights

The data set is developed through assessment of a companys revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy, primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research. The Clean200 uses negative screens.

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Clean200 - Resources

Corporate Knights

The data set is developed through assessment of a companys revenue that aligns with the definitions laid out in the Corporate Knights Sustainable Economy Taxonomy, primarily sourced from Corporate Knights research. The Clean200 uses negative screens.

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AllianceBernstein: How Impactful Are Your Munis? Five Questions To Ask Your Manager.

3BL Media

However, if your objective is to go beyond just a financial return through the evaluation of additional risk factors and negative screens, the best answer is impact investing. What’s your definition of impact investing? Such answers don’t pinpoint meaningful impact, and any definition should be more specific.

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New report shows $200-billion drop in responsible investing market share in Canada

Corporate Knights

This reclassification reflects an increase in “conscious conservatism” by Canadian asset managers in the absence of industry- or government-regulated definitions, criteria or standards, she says, causing many managers “to err on the side of caution” and strip the “responsible investment” classification from some of their portfolios. .

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Sustainable investments had secretly great year

Corporate Knights

Thankfully, we now have a partnership between the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute, the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance to harmonize definitions of sustainable investment approaches. Check out quick descriptions of the five approaches in the glossary (below).

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ESG Evolution Calls for Terminology Alignment

Chris Hall

Industry bodies align on key sustainable finance-related definitions to offer end-users greater “consistency and clarity”. In October , the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) published research which showed funds with an ESG-related label attract higher inflows.

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Responsible-investing trailblazer awarded Order of Canada

Corporate Knights

They represented an improvement over when corporate responsibility was measured only in the limited terms of charitable contributions or a corporation’s own definitions of “best practice.” . MH: Choosing among responsible investment tools – positive and negative screening, divestment and engagement – is complicated.