It’s time to move beyond ESG bashing
Why we should spend less time worrying about greenwashing and more time agreeing on useful transition pathways and measures of success.
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Moving beyond greenwashing
Looking back and looking ahead, we share three ideas to avoid the risk of greenwashing and accelerate progress across the finance industry.
The trouble with “net zero”
As companies and investors make bold “net zero” announcements, we look beyond the headlines and focus on what is needed to deliver on these commitments. We explain the importance of setting clear transition pathways (indicating which emissions will be reduced, removed and offset) and clear targets (specifying which gases and scope will be covered) with short-term interim goals.
Insights into the new UNPRI Reporting Framework
In our view, the new PRI Reporting Framework sends a strong signal to the industry about evolving expectations of responsible investment in different asset classes. We highlight three significant changes in the UNPRI reporting requirements, their implications for individual PRI signatories and how we think it will contribute to driving meaningful change in the industry.
Fund selection gets a new RI lens
In this report we explore how the new PRI Reporting Framework dataset is being enriched and how this offers opportunities for fund allocators to rethink established manager selection processes with significant implications for business models across the funds value chain.
Finding synergies in RI reporting
The new PRI Reporting Framework has the potential to help its signatories in many ways. Not in the least, it offers a roadmap of actionable steps that can inform an RI strategy, irrespective of the RI maturity of the signatory, but it also offers a great guiding framework for a signatory’s public reporting.
Fifty shades of green: a family office perspective
Today we published some initial thoughts on how family offices can embark on their own “sustainability investing” journey, based on our experience working with family offices. Building on this article, we outline below some of the main challenges we see when family offices try to figure out what “sustainability investing” means to them and how …
Contrast Capital rated as one of the top investment consultants
For anyone wishing to get an understanding of the SRI market, what’s driving it and which trends are likely to accelerate in the near future, I recommend taking a look at the insights generated by the 2017 IRRI survey that were published last week. Beside the positive surprise of seeing Contrast Capital rated a as one of the …
Get more value out of the UNPRI reporting season
Completing the UNPRI report can be a daunting task, especially for new signatories. With a few weeks to go before the reports need to be submitted, there is a risk of getting caught up in the nitty-gritty details of the report and losing sight of the greater value of the reporting exercise. At least that’s …
The Reporting Times: Looking inside the investment “black box”
Mainstream investors are becoming more sophisticated in the way they integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) information in their investment process. But they are often failing to explain to companies what information matters most to them, how it relates to their broader financial analysis and how it impacts investment decisions. We offer some insights.
