Nature’s most obvious form of carbon capture – forests – are imperfect in terms of their ability to address the need. They have a limited capacity and take many years to grow. They also carry the inherent risk that fire will release the trapped carbon, destroying the carbon offset potential those trees represented. While we
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Identifying ESG Performance Risk Incorporating sustainability/ESG into asset management may be the most far-reaching change in the investment industry since Modern Portfolio Theory. The esteemed Business Roundtable has underscored the key role of sustainability by redefining a corporation’s purpose to include serving all stakeholders because “it is the only way to be successful over the
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Shockingly, over one-third of all food never makes it from farm to fork. Somewhere along the supply chain, something goes wrong, and an unthinkable portion of otherwise perfectly good food winds up in a landfill. With over two billion people living in dire poverty, it’s astounding that more hasn’t been invested in reducing this food waste.
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At a recent conference we discussed ESG reporting with a number of financial advisors. One, who identified himself as fiscally conservative, appeared to take great pleasure in describing us as bleeding-heart liberals who were trying to complicate investment decisions with an arbitrary do-gooder philosophy. To which we reply: Balderdash. OWL ESG is proud to promote
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Now that the general public is becoming aware of ESG (environmental, social, and governance) investing, we hear this question all the time: Q: How can an individual investor get started with ESG? A: If you’re already investing in mutual funds or ETFs, it’s easier than ever to find investments that reflect your goals. Most investors
Read moreThe new administration’s rapid pen-strokes currently underway in Washington DC promise to change how business is done, particularly as executive orders aim to reduce business regulations. Whether you favor such regulation (or, like some, are concerned about regulations’ ineffectiveness and unintended negative effects), the rapid and widespread fluctuations in our federal system will ripple far, creating
Read moreSustainable and responsible investing continues to claim a growing portion of investments in the US, now at over one-fifth of professionally managed assets — that’s $8.72 trillion out of $40.3 trillion — up 33% from one-sixth in 2014. “Client demand is one of the major drivers for money managers that introduce products that take ESG
Read moreThe Long Now Foundation is like nothing else out there. The institution was founded to encourage long-term thinking — beyond quarterly or annual cycles, beyond the decades of a human lifespan, beyond centuries or even a millennium — a perspective stretching forward 10,000 years and further.
Read moreShareholder engagement can be a powerful force in steering a company toward better practices, but it can also backfire. A recent Harvard Business School paper examined 2,665 cases of shareholder proposals, finding that 58% of these engagements focused on immaterial issues — with materiality determined using ESG standards from the Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB). According
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