Sustainability – Revelio https://www.revelio.com Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:34:26 +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 Sustainability – Revelio https://www.revelio.com 32 32 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

 

]]> Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality https://www.revelio.com/2017/05/14/corporate-sustainability-first-evidence-on-materiality/ Sun, 14 May 2017 00:42:37 +0000 http://69.195.124.117/~revelioc/?p=12101 This groundbreaking research confirmed the connection between “non-financial” factors and investment returns. Further, the analysis distinguishes between critical and non-critical factors, and the variance of critical factors across industries. Critical factors, referred to as “key performance indicators,” KPIs for short, are critical for companies to identify and target for investment. How well a firm accomplishes this determines its performance objectively, and relative to competitors.

Corp Sustainability – First Evidence on Materiality – HBS

 

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