As the world recovers from COVID-19, investors will not lose sight of Sustainability, the trend of ESG issues will become more central to investing and business decisions will accelerate; this is already occurring.
The launch of a new taskforce to protect biodiversity, highlights human reliance on nature to the tune of $44 trillion, and promises to shift financial flows to limit the damage.
4 min read | October 2021
Green, social and sustainability bonds in Japan are seen as instrumental in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and addressing the nation’s social issues
5 min read | October 2021
Regulators across the world are revamping ESG disclosure rules to reduce greenwashing and catch up with demand from investors struggling to decipher how green their investments truly are.
6 min read | October 2021
An unconventional branch of finance looks set to play a bigger role on the world stage amid a growing realisation that urgent action is required to meet climate targets.
5 min read | September 2021
We introduce a novel AI-based technique for rating company ESG quality. Our method employs a unique Natural Language Processing (NLP) approach to analyse earnings call transcripts, uncovering ESG-relevant narratives and extracting ESG signals we can use to guide stock selection.
4 min read | August 2021
EU Sustainable Finance Rules Start to Take Shape
3 min read | July 2021
As ESG investing gains momentum, we explore the factors that point toward this being more a genuine lasting shift than a short-lived fad
9 min read | July 2021
Why investors need more than data...
2 min read | July 2021
Businesses must move from corporate social responsibility to being responsible social corporations.
5 min read | June 2021
Various approaches to carbon pricing have been trialled in financial and capital markets, illustrating major changes in Enterprise Value.
An overlay technique of consensus-ratings to improve the ESG quality of portfolios
The pandemic has spurred a reset in values regarding social and environmental stewardship.
4 min read | April 2021
As part of global moves toward reducing carbon emissions, attention will likely focus on the debate surrounding carbon pricing in 2021.
3 min read | March 2021
A pillar of US President Joe Biden’s bid for the presidency was the radical reform of US environmental policy, but what will it mean for Asia?
3 min read | January 2021