COVID-19, its rapid spread and the insidious toll it is taking on humans as well as on the global economy is a perfect example of why sustainability and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)1 are more important now than ever. This insidious virus has hit every corner of the earth with over 17 million confirmed …
Time for a Paradigm Shift: Moving from ESGs to the United Nations SDGs Read More »
Concerning the DOL’s proposal limiting access to ESG funds in US retirement accounts, our research, Sustainable Investment – Exploring the Linkage Between Alpha, ESG, and SDG’s a ‘TOP TEN’ listed Social Science Research Network (SSRN) paper, dispels the notion that ESG issues are not relevant to portfolio value and are in conflict with an asset …
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Our research, Sustainable Investment Exploring the Linkage Between Alpha, ESG, and SDGs shows there is no trade-off between financial returns vs. positive societal footprint.
Concerning the FT’s column “Covid-19 Shows Why ESGs Matter,” sustainability IS more important now than ever. However, Covid-19 makes it clearer than ever why the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are so important and why we need to move the dialogue to delivering on the SDGs not just focusing on ESGs. The SDGs are a …
Today’s Financial Times Moral Money column, features an article not dissimilar to an article they have written previously nor dissimilar from several articles the Economist also published over the past several months. All incorrectly criticize the World Bank pandemic bonds for failing to trigger. Unfortunately, the criticism of The World Bank pandemic bonds is widely …
Setting the Record Straight on the World Bank Pandemic Bonds Read More »
The recent Financial Times article Pension fund giants team up in attack on ‘short-termism’, March 4, addressed the recent letter from three pension funds, Calstrs, GPIF and USS, focusing on long-term value creation calling on companies to provide disclosure around their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. Long-term investors interested in long term sustainability need …
The SDGs are a much broader measure of sustainability risks than the ESGs. The SDGs have more factors and address the full spectrum of global macro systemic issues that matter to all stakeholders, all businesses and all countries.
Encouraging developments on harmonizing metrics for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Moral Money’s “20 things to watch in 2020” is an interesting piece to which I would add two things: Firstly, there already exists a common set of reporting standards for ESG: UNCTAD’s Global Core Indicators. Secondly, something to add to watch in 2020 is Big Data and AI which provides superior data which I would call …
Welcome to a new decade: Measuring ESGs using Big Data and AI Read More »
