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ISS ESG included in Environmental Finance’s 2020 Data Guide
Plan For Life’s parent company, ISS, has had its ESG arm reporting included in Environmental Finance’s 2020 Data Guide. The Data Guide provides a detailed overview of over 150 products by international ESG data companies. ISS ESG provides data and analytics.
Find out more about the guide and read the interview with Marija from ISS ESG.
JP Morgan launches integrated ESG policy statement for global business
JP Morgan Asset Management has set out a new ESG policy statement for its global business. The policy has a 10-point ESG scoring system to evaluate the asset management team on ESG integration. The sustainable investing team is to zero in on building their proprietary ESG scoring system, research and analytics. Two key areas of focus are climate change and carbon transition. The company has so far integrated $1.7 trillion, over 90 per cent of its global client’s assets under management.
ISS ESG: In Wild 2020, Fund Investors Find Virtue in ESG Factors
Amid a pandemic, social unrest, and record-high temperatures, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategies are having a moment. The interest partly stems from a desire from investors to align their investments with their views on matters like climate change and inequality. A growing cohort views use of ESG factors as a prudent risk control.
Vulnerability to climate-change induced flooding is a risk just like holding too much debt. Because investors pay too little attention to ESG-related risks, measuring them is a potential path to better returns. The relatively strong performance of ESG-oriented strategies in 2020’s topsy-turvy first half bolsters this argument, though whether such success stems from luck or design remains in under dispute.
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World Economic Forum: 395m new jobs by 2030 if business priorities nature
A WEC forum report has found that putting nature first is good for the economy, with nature-positive solutions creating $10.1 trillion in business opportunities and hundreds of millions of new jobs. The Future of Nature and Business Report offers blueprints for tapping into the $10.1 trillion business opportunity by adding value to nature.
Examples are smart farming tools using satellites and sensors to improve crop yields by an average of 60 per cent. In Vietnam, coastal communities saw incomes more than double after the restoration of critical mangroves.
Some other examples of how we can do better going forward include diversifying our diet - we’re only using 12 plant and five animal species for 75 per cent of the world’s diet, with 18 per cent of calories from animals taking 80 per cent of farmland to raise.
Other examples are in:
Large-scale farming technology
Recyclable materials in clothing
Fish farming
Smart buildings
Smart sensors
Waste management
Mining and resource extraction improvements
Refurbishing and restoring car parts
Renewables
