Hints and tips:
...When asset managers could barely open their mouths without uttering the letters E, S and G — investment with environmental, social or governance aims — this sector often got the cold shoulder....
...It does not mandate specifically what approach the agencies should take but does say that agencies must separate out E, S and G ratings and that environmental criteria must be explicit about whether they...
...Andy Brenner, head of international fixed income at Natalliance Securities, said he agreed with S&P’s decision to back away from ESG scores. “[ESG] is very hard to measure....
...And somebody has to arbitrarily decide the relative weightings between “E” or “S” and “G”....
...Without serious action on economic inequality, social tensions will continue to rise, warns Sandrine Dixson-Declève, president of the Club of Rome....
...He drives a Tesla model S (with the paint stripped off to reveal the bare metal) and sails an 82ft Mark V special operations craft, a $3mn camouflaged Navy Seal vessel mounted with decommissioned machine...
...Katie MartinE, S and G are possibly the most explosive, divisive three letters in the English language, at least in financial markets circles....
...“I do think this is the campaign we have been waiting for and worried about,” says one adviser to large public companies. “Single-issue activists advancing a social agenda.”...
...Michelle Bachelet is the former president of Chile and served as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2018 to 2022 Marie-Claire Daveu CSO by Anya Hindmarch The work that Marie-Claire Daveu is doing...
...Sometimes we talk mostly about environmental, but there is S and G. And let’s talk about S and G at the end here. Social issues, because that is in many ways at the core of the backlash....
...Brzezinski, whose late father was Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jimmy Carter’s national security adviser, is another of Biden’s Polish ties....
...Since 2012, the Tod’s Group has pledged to donate one per cent of its annual net profits to social responsibility efforts, particularly in the Marche region, where it funds an anti-violence centre, a social...
...And finally I’ve always been an enormous fan of Edward Hopper: I make a pilgrimage to see “Nighthawks” (1942) almost every time I find myself in Chicago....
...And Russia’s invasion has also highlighted another point: the problems of reconciling “E” with “S” and “G” in a unified way....
...E, S, and G....
...Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February forced companies, investors and governments to wrestle with developments that at times appeared to pit the E, the S and the G of environmental, social and governance...
...Sure, if you are only selling goods to nasty dictators it’s hard to see how you could fit under E, S or G....
...that at times appear to pit the E, the S and the G against one another....
...One officer wrote, “Now I know why these daft c***s are getting murdered by their spastic boyfriends. Knock a bird about and she will love you....
...“I’m not sure that these guys can sit on the fence any more. [It’s time to] put their ESG mouths where their fat wallets are and kick Russian securities out of investment indices.”...
...Bracing for impact EU preparations for the economic and social impact of a Russian attack on Ukraine are running at full speed....
...The full impact of 2022’s tightening of monetary policy is still to be seen, and we expect another 50bp of rate hikes in early-2023....
...(Kristen Talman and Davide Ghiglione) Can the ‘S’ and ‘G’ in ESG coexist? It is often said that “G” is the most important aspect of ESG....
...For a snapshot of such government action, I wanted to highlight recent articles from UK energy colleague Natalie Thomas....
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