Ethical investing and the plastics pollution plague
The popular BBC One television series Blue Planet II typifies media coverage drawing attention to the environmental damage caused by…
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Climate Liability: Time to Settle up?
Environmentally focused investors often consider climate risks. However, potential liabilities for extreme weather event damages caused by carbon-intensive sector emissions…
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The price of conscience: analysing ethical out-performance
Introduction Earlier articles asked why ethical investment matters [1], introduced sustainable (environmental, social and governance, or ESG) investing [2]; or…
Global warming and extreme weather investment risks
Environmentally focused investors often consider climate risks. However, potential liabilities for damages…
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Global Warming and Extreme Weather Investment Risks
Environmentally focused investors often consider climate risks; however, potential liabilities for damages from extreme weather events due to emissions from…
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Engagement Needs to be Supported with a “Credible Threat” of Divestment
Managers must use a ‘credible threat’ of divestment to engage boards. In a world of climate crisis, proper engagement and…
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Ethical Investing and Performance: The Price of Conscience
How might ethical investments compare with conventional counterparts? Could they tend to underperform? Particularly as ‘ethical’ or ‘green’ labels might…
The Rules of Engagement
Quintin Rayer offers tips for ethical investors that want to strengthen their engagement with companies. Ethical and sustainable investors focus…
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A Target for Carbon-Neutrality
Dr Quintin Rayer and Dr Pete Walton discuss the Net-Zero Carbon 10 target and the growing importance of carbon-neutrality and…
Climate-Friendly Investing Tools
Climate concerns have emerged as a significant theme in ethical and sustainable investing. Global warming is almost certainly the most…
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