The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) began as one global index in 1999, comprising the top-ranked companies from each industry based on environmental, social, and governance criteria. The DJSI now includes many indices, including one for each world region. Each year, invited companies submit a questionnaire, which is scored and compared to peers. Only companies…
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Qatar Stock Exchange Launches Its ESG Platform
Qatar Stock Exchange is pleased to announce the launch of its online ‘Qatar Stock Exchange Sustainability and ESG Platform’. This platform is designed to accelerate the objectives of the QSE Guidance on ESG reporting launched in December 2016 to support listed companies report on key Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) indicators. The online ESG platform allows…
Sustainability Report | Embracing Sustainability Challenge | Business Roundtable
It is encouraging to see the members of the Business Roundtable challenging each other on sustainability. Business Roundtable CEOs are embracing sustainable practices across their businesses, resulting in stronger communities and a healthier environment. CEOs are leading the way through investments, innovation and strategic decisions, toward a more environmentally and economically sustainable future. Source: Sustainability…
Public Sentiment and the Price of Corporate Sustainability – Working Paper – Harvard Business School
Combining corporate sustainability performance scores based on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data with big data measuring public sentiment about a company’s sustainability performance, I find that the valuation premium paid for companies with strong sustainability performance has increased over time and that the premium is increasing as a function of positive public sentiment momentum….
Past Sustainability to Resilience
Melbourne’s Chief Resilience Officer Toby Kent, for many years one of the world leaders we most admire, has been named Chair of the Future Business Council. We completely agree that the focus of corporate strategy has to be on resilience, the ability to recover and thrive through uncertainty. According to Kent, [A]lthough sustainability and resilience…
Does Sustainable Investing Lead to Lower Returns? – Barron’s
Here’s what ESG integration is really about: From an investor’s standpoint, a sustainable company is one positioned for long-term success, one whose management understands and addresses short-term risks and innovates to exploit long-term opportunities. ESG data are a means that can enable an investor to understand a company’s strategy, corporate purpose, and management quality, at…
Asset Owners Increasingly Rely on Sustainability Indicators
Morgan Stanley’s Sustainable Signals report finds that asset managers are increasingly relying on sustainability indicators. The survey polled 118 public and corporate pensions, endowments, foundations, sovereign wealth entities, insurance companies and other large asset owners worldwide and gathered insights about trends, motivations, challenges and implementation approaches in sustainable investing. By rounding out the sustainable investing…
European development bank to share climate-related financial exposures | Public Finance
The European Bank of Reconstruction and Development will share its climate-related financial information in its investments for the first time this year.As part of its commitment to promote financial stability in the face of uncertainty caused by climate change, the bank said it would from 2018 share both the risks and opportunities of its climate-related…
Exxon sees global oil demand plunging by 2040 under climate regulations
Exxon Mobil Corp said on Friday that it expects global oil demand to drop sharply by 2040 if regulations aimed at limiting the impact of greenhouse gas emissions on climate are fully implemented….But Exxon stopped short of laying out how efforts to limit carbon emissions could impact its business, data long sought by some shareholders….
From ESG to SDGs: An Investor’s Perspective on Sustainability Reporting | Sustainable Brands
Steve Schueth, President and Chief Marketing Officer at First Affirmative Financial Network: I’ve looked at sustainability reports that have been published by large global companies for, let’s say, the past six or seven months. What’s become apparent is that the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals] are very much front and center for these large companies. Not…
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