Tag: Metrics
The Right ESG Metrics Can Help Beat Benchmarks, says Goldman Sachs Analyst
Sustainable investing is increasingly more popular on Wall Street, but misconceptions that investors are not getting the most returns continue to persist. Derek Bingham, head of GS Sustain Americas, and a Goldman Sachs veteran, gets on a podcast to share what he's actually been seeing.
Impact Investors Feel Satisfied, says GIIN
More than 90% of impact investors report feeling satisfied with the performance of their investments, says GIIN in its latest investor survey. Additionally, the size of the impact investing market has grown to $114 billion. The survey's outcome, says GIIN CEO Amit Bouri, is "most encouraging."
SRI Continues to Grow 12% CAGR, Reaches $23T in 2016, GSIA report says
Global assets professionally managed under sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) strategies grew to nearly $23 trillion from $18.3 trillion in 2014, according to GSIA Global Sustainable Investment Alliance's biennial report. Climate change, China and the increasing awareness of sustainability were the main drivers.
HowGood Raises $4.2M to Help Consumers Choose More Sustainable Products
HowGood, a consumer product sustainability ratings startup, plans to use its latest funding to score a wider range of products, pursue more research and development and work with a greater number of retailers and grocers. Over 200,000 products have been rated and are displayed on its app today on mobile.
Toniic Announces new SDG Impact Theme Framework
Toniic, a non-profit impact investment advocacy community of 160 member investors from around the world, announced a new improved measurement framework that links with 11 macro impact investing themes found in United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Impact Measurement Q&A with Thane Kreiner of Santa Clara University
Dr. Kreiner says that social entrepreneurs in almost all sectors should report the number of lives impacted, explain the Theory of Change (or logical framework) and provide qualitative examples of what each life impacted means in humanistic terms like number of jobs or livelihoods. More specific measures are needed; specific economic impact, whether increased income, decreased expenses, or reduction of productivity.
Animal Welfare Data Increasingly Visible to Impact Investors
Teaming with the Humane Society of the United States, Folio can now conduct exclusionary screening of companies involved with factory farms who based on the data, practice overcrowding and mistreatment of their livestock.
Higher Returns on ESG stocks, Study Finds
Returns on firms with good ESG ratings ranged from 2.25% to as high as 31.84% compared to investing in non-ESG firms, according to the study. Stocks of ESG firms in energy, food and beverage, and health care industries were among the highest.
ESG Trends to Impact Institutional Investing in 2017
In 2017, institutional investors may start applying differentiating strategies while incorporating ESG data across asset classes and risk calculations, according to a recent report by MSCI.
One anticipated trend, in 2017, is the conversation shifting from “how” to use ESG to “where” to use ESG, one...
Thomson Reuters new Diversity and Inclusion Index to assist investors
Thomson Reuters has launched a Diversity & Inclusion Index a new tool to help investors better understand the environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) aspects of their investments. The new index scores firms in four areas: diversity, inclusion, people development and news controversies.
