ESG – Revelio https://www.revelio.com Sun, 24 Nov 2019 01:17:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://www.revelio.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/cropped-Sun-Logo-512x512-32x32.png ESG – Revelio https://www.revelio.com 32 32 Pathways to Materiality https://www.revelio.com/2019/11/24/pathways-to-materiality/ Sun, 24 Nov 2019 01:17:04 +0000 http://www.revelio.com/?p=12443 In this newly published white paper, Rogers and Serafeim deftly walk us through how issues evolve into relevant, material issues. This dynamic has been underdiscussed and remains under appreciated. And yet it is critically important in a world where ESG factors continue to emerge as drivers of return and destroyers of value.

How Sustainability Issues Become Financially Material to Corporations and Their Investors, Harvard Business School 2019, by Jean Rogers, Sustainable Accounting Standards Board and George Serafeim, Harvard Business School.

]]> Women in Finance, A Case For Closing Gaps https://www.revelio.com/2019/01/21/women-in-finance-a-case-for-closing-gaps/ Mon, 21 Jan 2019 18:21:04 +0000 http://www.revelio.com/?p=12344 Christine Lagarde famously quipped, “If Lehman Brothers had been a bit more Lehman Sisters … we would not have had the degree of tragedy that we had as a result of what happened.” Not surprising, the IMF chief knew what she was talking about.  According to an IMF paper published in September, 2018, the presence of women on the boards was a distinguishing feature of bank stability. This is but one of several interesting findings in the paper, which also includes references to other important research publications in the field.

Women in Finance, A Case For Closing Gaps, IMF, 092018

 

]]> Journal of Environmental Investing https://www.revelio.com/2018/02/09/journal-of-environmental-investing/ Fri, 09 Feb 2018 00:31:10 +0000 http://www.revelio.com/?p=12192 This issue of the JEI tackles the many questions around data and sustainable investing.  Lack of universal standard, subjectivity, and inconsistency of measurement and disclosure are just a few of the challenges addressed in the many white papers herein.  Beyond that, several papers discuss what data investors need, but are not getting, and suggest areas for improvement.  And yet, for all of the shortcomings of the data, several other papers discuss various ways that imperfect data can still deliver value for investors.  Overall, a very good overview for anybody interesting in understanding the strengths and weaknesses of sustainability data.

http://www.thejei.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Journal-of-Environmental-Investing-8-No.-1.rev_-1.pdf

 

]]> United Nations PRI – The Six Principles https://www.revelio.com/2017/05/15/united-nations-pri-the-six-principles/ Mon, 15 May 2017 05:03:29 +0000 http://www.revelio.biz/?p=12134 The United Nations Principals for Responsible Investment are six principles that altogether represent a commitment to adhere to sustainable investment practices.  With 1,700 signatories representing $62 trillion in assets, UN PRI represents the strength in numbers of this global movement, and also where the investment industry is heading.

https://www.unpri.org/about/the-six-principles

]]> SASB ESG Integration Insights Q4 2016 https://www.revelio.com/2017/05/15/sasb-esg-integration-insights-q4-2016/ Mon, 15 May 2017 04:50:14 +0000 http://www.revelio.biz/?p=12130 SASB has led the effort in the United States to create a roadmap for identifying the critical non-financial factors, or “key performance indicators” (KPIs) for each industry.  This report includes case studies that walk through integration of these non-traditional metrics into securities analysis.

SASB_ESG-Integration-Insights-Q4-2016-121516-library

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