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Investors Embrace ESG Investing but Don’t Target Gun Stocks
Several large banks last year limited financing for gun makers and retailers, but the move had little impact on an industry whose many small manufacturers are able to tap other sources of credit.
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- North America
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Viewpoint: ESG Investing Isn’t The Only Way To Make An Impact
In many cases, we are seeing direct environmental benefits too, thanks to VC’s support for increased automation and the sharing economy.
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- Environment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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US Fund Managers Grapple With Socially Responsible Investing
Some firms looking to establish ESG protocols are trying to set strict quantification for guidelines and develop indices that rely on them.
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If I See One More Post About the Lack of Progress on Impact Metrics, I’m Gonna Lose It
It's a popular sub-genre in media coverage of impact investing: Think-pieces lamenting the sector's lack of progress on impact measurement. But Sara Olsen, Founding Partner and CEO at SVT Group, has had enough of this critique: "We do have the tools to understand the impact of the global capital marketplace, in all its diverse and terrible glory," she argues. And those who don't recognize this are muddying the waters – or worse, giving businesses and investors a good excuse to ignore the many options that exist for measuring their impacts on people and the planet.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Morgan Stanley Arm Reps With ESG Analysis Tool
The Morgan Stanley Impact Quotient, colloquially dubbed IQ, is the latest example of the financial services industry's growing acceptance of and appreciation for impact or sustainable investing principles.
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How Pacific Life Lost Its Bet on Socially Minded Millennials
In surveys, people in their 20s and 30s say they’re eager to invest in line with their values, but the short life of Swell suggests that the financial services industry has been wrong about how ready they are to do so -- and how prudent it is to help them try.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing, youth
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Counterpoint: Critics of ESG Funds Are Wrong — Sustainable Investing Delivers Competitive Returns
Sustainable investing now represents one in four dollars of the $46.6 trillion in U.S. assets under management.
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Point: ESG — or Socially Responsible — Funds May Soothe Your Conscience but Could Weaken Your Portfolio
I have always been opposed to socially responsible investing — that is, investing with the aim of making a political statement — in the public pension environment.
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- Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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