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Retirement Plan Sponsors Remain Cautious on Impact Investing and ESG
2016 was an effective year for providers and recordkeepers searching to incorporate socially and environmentally conscious investment themes; yet fear of fiduciary risk and industry jargon are slowing progress among defined contribution (DC) plans.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Could Fiduciary Standards Be Lowered to Encourage ESG?
Groom Law says the strong push in international bodies such as the European Commission and OECD to encourage pensions to take into account environmental, social, ethical and governance (ESG) factors could spill over to the United States.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- ESG, impact investing
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Will ESG Survive Trump?
Jon Lukomnik is one of the pioneers of modern corporate governance. He cofounded the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) and GovernanceMetrics International (now part of MSCI), and served as interim chair of the Council of Institutional Investors’ executive committee. He serves as executive director of the IRRC Institute, which funds corporate governance, sustainability and capital market research. A three-time recipient of the NACD’s Directorship 100 award, he has also been honored by the ICGN, Ethisphere, Global Proxy Watch and others. Jon is a member of the Standing Advisory Group of the PCAOB, and his new book, What They Do With Your Money: How the Financial System Fails Us and How To Fix It, coauthored with Stephen Davis and David Pitt-Watson has been widely praised.
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- Environment, Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- ESG
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Investors Sharpen Focus on Social and Environmental Risks to Stocks
Pfizer stock was riding high in June 2015, up 128 percent in five years, making it the second-most valuable American drug maker. Nine out of 10 Wall Street research analysts recommended that investors hold it in their portfolio, if not buy more.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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- North America
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- ESG, impact investing
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Social Business Roundup: My Ivory Tower or Yours? Will Cash-strapped Pensions Turn Back to ‘Sin Stocks’?
In the weekly roundup, the CEO of the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) in London says universities shouldn’t teach social entrepreneurship because they aren’t accessible to all; namely, poor people who are often best positioned to help solve social problems in their own neighborhoods. But there's a flaw in his logic. And on Monday, CalPERS, the U.S.'s largest public pension fund, will meet to decide whether to end its 16-year-old policy of divesting from tobacco stocks. Is the tide starting to turn against ESG investments among public pension funds?
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- Education, Investing, Social Enterprise
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- ESG, impact investing
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ESG demand grows despite performance doubt
Interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing is set to grow despite no hard evidence on how it influences performance, according to Kelsey Biggers, head of investment risk at Franklin Templeton.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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Raising The Bar For ESG Investing Expectations
For years, many investors assumed that choosing environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing came with a cost—a performance shortfall. Based on our recent survey, that picture has changed.
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- Impact Assessment, Investing
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