Sustainability Highlights

The showdown continues: on one side we now see attorney generals in 19 states putting pressure on asset management firms that embrace “sustainable investment” or “ESG” policies that influence the various states’ public employee... Read full issue >Read full issue >

Consider the influence of the public sector employee retirement systems in the capital markets: the almost 6,000 pension plans (of states, cities, municipalities, etc.) cover about 15 million workers and families and manage... Read full issue >Read full issue >

The race is on, proclaims the United Nations, to create a Net Zero economy (same amount of greenhouse gas /GHG emissions removed from the atmosphere as produced). The UN climate change initiative defines a roadmap with targets... Read full issue >Read full issue >

A comprehensive legislative proposal designed to address climate change challenges and threats to the U.S. posed by global warming was passed by the U.S. Senate on August 7. The bill, called the Inflation Reduction Act, is... Read full issue >Read full issue >

Many companies are setting ambitious “Net Zero” GHG emissions goals to be reached by the Paris Climate Accord’s goal of 2050 (and some setting their goals even earlier). Are these widely-promoted goals realistic for the corporate... Read full issue >Read full issue >

What is it about an investable product – a mutual fund, an exchange traded fund (ETF) – that would qualify it as an "ESG," "green" or "sustainable" investment offering to retail or institutional investors? That’s a question... Read full issue >Read full issue >

No regulatory agency’s draft rule to address important issues can be expected to sail through and be warmly welcomed by all involved stakeholders. In March, the Securities and Exchange Commission released its draft rule for... Read full issue >Read full issue >