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Socially Responsible Investing

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  • News
  • January 29, 2020

State Street tells companies ESG moves no longer optional

The asset manager says it is prepared to take voting action at companies in major stock indexes that are underperforming their peers on environmental, social and governance issues

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  • January 24, 2020

Men rule the world, but not here

Fast-growing arena of ESG is having its moment and the experts are mostly women

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  • January 21, 2020

Another major boost for ESG investing

MSCI rolls out principles of sustainable investing

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Nir Kaissar: BlackRock muddies the social-investing waters

The giant money manager is taking a misguided approach to climate change

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  • News
  • January 14, 2020

ESG funds ride ‘perfect storm’ to record inflows

Morningstar reports ESG fund flows in 2019 were nearly four times higher than 2018 levels

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10 greenest U.S. companies

As companies become more energy-efficient, here’s a list of U.S. companies ranked by their green energy revenues.

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  • January 3, 2020

Advisers welcome potential regulatory scrutiny of ESG investing

Possible SEC involvement could bring more clarity to what qualifies as socially responsible

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  • January 2, 2020

Almost 8 in 10 millennial investors put ESG first

Global study found 77% of this age group consider environmental, social and governance concerns more important than returns

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Green bond market just getting started

ESG bond funds provide a new channel of investing for socially conscious clients.

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  • September 17, 2019

BlackRock, Vanguard accused of opposing shareholder efforts on climate

The two asset managers voted against at least 16 climate-related shareholder proposals on which their vote in favor would have given the measures majority support

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ESG data getting better as the market matures

In one indication of how rapidly the market is evolving, S&P Dow Jones launched the S&P 500 ESG Index in January.

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Investing with a conscience can build client trust

Can you afford to ignore socially responsible investing? Investors put more than $1 trillion into socially and environmentally responsible portfolios in 1999.