Responsible investing has become a focus area in the investment industry, but greenwashing is rife and the sales pitch is strong, so what really matters? Research IP helps many of our consulting clients navigate the maze, but no one client is the same. For more context, our research paper, Beneath the Surface of Responsible Investing, takes a deeper look at the investment merits of different managed fund approaches applied in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and Europe.
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| Exploring ESG: A deep dive into the ethical advice space Ethical versus ESG. Jonathan Shead, head of investments, Australia at State Street Global Advisors, describes the difference as “value versus values”. “’Ethical’ has an implication of right and wrong, of morality, and that’s what we refer internally to as your values,” he says. “‘Value’, on the other hand, is a financial idea — make better returns, and maybe reduce risk. They’re not mutually exclusive concepts, there’s actually huge overlap between the two.” READ MORE |  |
 | UN highlights urgent need to advance climate solutions and development simultaneously The UN’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) synthesis report distills almost a decade of the latest climate science into an urgent, systemic call to action — imploring us to mobilize resources to tackle climate change and poverty at the same time if we are to ensure a just and sustainable future. READ MORE |
| ExxonMobil, Shell, and systemic risk – prisoners of their assets? Major oil and gas companies still have choices about how to minimise the risk of having stranded assets, for now. READ MORE |  |
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