It may not seem unusual that a corporate CEO would want to focus on increasing shareholder value, but in October this was treated as big news. A Financial Times headline announced that "Unilever's new ...

Anti-ESG investing focuses on profit without considering social or environmental impacts. Assets in anti-ESG funds grew sevenfold to $2.1 billion in early 2023. Florida banned ESG considerations in ...

ESG Full Form : ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. ESG criteria are now becoming essential considerations in banking and financial sector. Though ESG started as a socially conscious ...

Transitioning to ESG doesn’t have to be risky. Pilot small changes and scale based on results. For example, you can think of ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about ESG investing is that it’s a type of asset class. That is, an investor picks stocks according to scores determined by environmental, social and governance ...

“There’s more information than ever on ESG investing, but it isn’t helping,” reads James Mackintosh’s recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal. He argues that the costs of integrating ...

Absolute Return Partners is a London-based investment advisory business. Founded by Niels Jensen in 2002, it focuses on providing bespoke alternative investment solutions to institutional investors.

Socially responsible funds are becoming increasingly popular investment strategies for companies and finance-conscious consumers. There is no single strict way to approach investing, since everyone’s ...

As companies face growing pressure to disclose their environmental and social impacts, ESG reporting has become a core part of doing business. Standards bring consistency and credibility to these ...

What kinds of risks do we care about? For investors, it’s most frequently material risks, the ones that can affect a company’s financials and can make you change your mind about buying a company’s ...