Ten Issues Surrounding ESG Portfolio Construction
Reasons for Varying ESG Scores between Rating Agencies
Criteria Used in Creating a Combined ESG Score
Trends Driving ESG Materiality
Quantitative Approaches to ESG Analysis
Qualitative Analysis: Verifying and Supplementing Quantitative Analysis
ESG Regulations
Risk and Reward
Derivative and Alternative Instruments
Stranded Assets
Sustainable Investing
Chapter 18: Ten Factors Influencing the Growth of ESG Investing
Climate Change: The Route to Net Zero
Environmental and Social Issues Coming to the Fore
Stewardship as a Driver for Change
ESG Disclosures
Accounting
Regulation and International Standards
Impact Investing: Actively Do Good versus “Do No Harm”
Data and Technology
Consolidation of the ESG Ratings Companies
Political Impacts: Geopolitics and Public Pressure
9 Appendix: Great Resources for ESG Investing The Basics of Building a Retail ESG Portfolio Disclosure, Reporting, and Engagement Further Asset Class Information
10 Index
List of Tables
1 Chapter 14TABLE 14-1 Comparison of the Alternative ESG Reporting Frameworks and What They ...
List of Illustrations
1 Chapter 1FIGURE 1-1: Google Trends chart — a search for “ESG Investing” over the last th...FIGURE 1-2: ESG Cube with intersections between factors. FIGURE 1-3: Industry sectors per the SASB’s Materiality Map. FIGURE 1-4: Popular ESG investment strategies. FIGURE 1-5: Material indicators per the SASB’s Materiality Map.
2 Chapter 11FIGURE 11-1: European Sustainable Fund Assets (USD billion); data as of Decembe...FIGURE 11-2: U.S. Sustainable Fund Assets (USD billion); data as of December 20...FIGURE 11-3: Asia ex-Japan Sustainable Fund Assets (USD billion); data as of De...
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