NVIDIA

Apple

Microsoft

Alphabet

Tesla

JPMorgan Chase & Co

Eli Lilly

UnitedHealth Group

Exxon Mobil

SPDR S&P 500 ESG ETF

EFIV tracks a market-cap weighted index of S&P 500 stocks that are screened for sustainability criteria related to ESG factors.

iShares Global Green Bond ETF

iShares ESG Aware US Aggregate Bond ETF

First Trust EIP Carbon Impact ETF

FlexShares STOXX US ESG Impact Index Fund

FlexShares STOXX Global ESG Select Index Fund

Columbia International ESG Equity Income ETF

iShares MSCI USA ESG Optimized ETF

VanEck Green Bond ETF 

Invesco Real Assets ESG ETF

Blackrock US Carbon Transition Readiness ETF

NuShares ESG U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

Xtrackers S&P 500 ESG ETF

iShares ESG Aware 1-5 Year USD Corporate Bond ETF

Momentum for the U.S. Responsible Investing industry picked up in January when President Joe Biden signed executive orders to re-enter into the Paris Climate Agreement. In 2021 through October month-end, there were 110 equity and fixed income funds that launched focused on Responsible Investing—71 RI-related ETFs and 39 RI-related mutual funds.

Responsible Investing Making Strides With U.S. Investors, Fund Companies, And Regulators In 2021

Eight shareholder proposals were filed at the annual company meeting for Facebook (now called Meta Platforms, Inc.), calling for more board oversight and various risk assessments, reports the Wall Street Journal. This trend is playing out across industries as shareholders push more vocally and firmly for better governance by companies.

As ESG Pressures Intensify, Shareholders Demand Accountability

SPDR S&P Kensho Clean Power ETF

Priorities are changing for long-term investors as the climate change transition really begins to kick into gear with a shift away from the fossil fuel-laden energy sector, and the more diversified investors should ensure that they are evaluating their portfolios accordingly. Carlo M. Funk, EMEA head of ESG investment strategy at State Street Global Advisors, [.

4 Things Investors Need to Consider Amidst Climate Transition

Recent research from Arizona State University has found that environmental, social, and governance investing doesn't cost investors returns by any statistical significance, reported Institutional Investor. The finance professors who wrote the paper created a portfolio that generated average returns of 14.6% and then laid an ESG screen on top of it.

ESG May Not Cost Investors More After All

Global investing into ESG and sustainability funds is currently at a historic $8 trillion but could reach upwards of $30 trillion by 2030, reports Barron's. A new report from Broadridge Financial Solutions showcases the strong growth this year, with ESG funds gaining $577 billion in inflows globally between January and September; for comparison, the total for [.

Get Ready for ESG Investing to Quadruple by End of Decade

Vanguard ESG US Stock ETF

Invesco PureBeta MSCI USA ETF

Invesco ESG Nasdaq 100 ETF

Invesco Nasdaq 100 ETF

iShares ESG Advanced MSCI USA ETF

How the company's controversies could affect its position in some key ESG ETFs.

Could Facebook Face An ESG Reckoning?

A survey conducted recently found that, perhaps surprisingly, it wasn't the potential for returns but instead pressure from boards and stakeholders that was driving environmental, social, and governance (ESG) adoption, reports Institutional Investor. The survey was conducted by Vidrio Financial, a software firm, along with Close Group Consulting, a boutique advisory firm, and consisted primarily of [.

Shareholders Are Driving ESG Investment Growth

The 2021 Annual Russell Investments ESG Manager Survey results were released recently and reflect an increasing prioritization of climate risk for clients, while asset managers resoundingly were more focused on governance, reported Advisor Perspective. The survey included 369 asset managers globally with a collective $79.6 trillion in AUM.

ESG Priorities Differ for Clients and Advisors

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Wednesday that it was revoking previous policies that allowed companies to block a lot of ESG-related shareholder proposals. It's a big win for ESG advocates, particularly as there is currently an activist push within industries by shareholders to be accountable for their climate practices.

ESG Shareholder Priorities Get a Big Boost From SEC

Marriott

In their recent annual report on their ESG practices, Marriott International Inc. detailed its extensive community work, diversity within its governance practices, and sustainability in how the business is run, as well as new goals for the future. Marriott's 2021 Serve 360 Report described how the company was able to still maintain its goals of [.

Marriott Excelling at ESG According to Latest Report

Recent scrutiny and pressure by the Securities and Exchange Commission is looking to ensure fund managers are being honest about their ESG claims for their funds. The SEC along with the German financial regulator BaFin, announced last week that Deutsche Bank AG's DWS Group asset-management arm was at the early stages of investigations into claims that [.

Increasing Pressure on ESG Managers to Prove Funds Reflect Sustainability Values

iShares ESG USD Corporate Bond ETF

Given the magnitude of the changes we foresee, long-term investors may find opportunities in the technologies and innovations that create renewable energy sources or reduce the carbon intensity of energy production. Net zero is about reducing greenhouse gas emissions so that over time we can achieve an overall balance between emissions produced, and the emissions removed from the overall atmosphere.

Clean And Green Investing For A Low-Carbon Economy

Twenty years ago this summer, Enron, America's seventh-largest corporation at its height, spiraled into bankruptcy, uncovering an underbelly of fraudulence and corrupt practices. Twenty years on, the focus on sound governance practices as part of the growing awareness of ESG is as important as ever.

The Importance of ESG Governance: Reflecting on Enron 20 Years Later

Total AUM for ESG/SRI funds is roughly $537.1 billion - 75% represented by actively managed funds. Actively managed funds make up the majority of AUM for both the equity (68%) and fixed income (94%) universe.

ESG/SRI U.S. Funds Steadily Attract Inflows

With ESG increasingly a focus for companies and investors alike, the SEC is taking a closer look at regulating ESG disclosure requirements for publicly traded companies. But not everyone is on board with the idea of the SEC calling the shots.

SEC Commissioner Peirce Pushes Back on ESG Regulations

More than 75 companies are currently lobbying lawmakers to enact a federal “clean energy standard” (CES), according to Axios.  Companies such as Apple (AAPL), General Motors (GM), Unilever (UL), and Ebay (EBAY) have all joined forces to exert pressure on Congress to step up in creating a CES.

Behind the Corporate Push for a Federal Standard for Clean Energy

In one of the most widely anticipated additions to the benchmark domestic equity gauge in years, electric vehicle (EV) giant Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) finally joined the S&P 500 last December. Despite Tesla's status as a leading clean technology company and one of the largest EV manufacturers in the world, its addition to the S&P 500 [.

Tesla Finally Finds Its Way to the S&P 500 ESG Index

Currently, there's no single standard for how ESG information should be analyzed and disclosed. Because of this, investors tend to rely heavily on generalized ESG “scores” provided by a handful of vendors. In order to gain a deeper understanding of ESG-related alpha drivers, investors are increasingly leveraging Big Data and Artificial Intelligence for ESG information collection and analysis. While ESG scores provide a static view, alternative data provides more dimensions of insight.

ESG X Big Data: Solving For The Double Bottom Line

Inspire Global Hope ETF

Beyond Meat

Salesforce

Freedom 100 Emerging Markets ETF

ESG stocks have become popular over the past decade, but is something amiss? The SEC seems to believe there might be.

7 ESG Stocks That Could Come Under Fire if the SEC Gets Its Way

From digital factories to plant-based clothing, climate change investing is much more than just investing in renewable energy, according to the Templeton Global Equity Group.

Climate Change Sectors Heat Up

The explosion of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing has become a worldwide phenomenon. This is spurring a rise in green bonds, with the next catalyst coming from a synergy between two parts of the globe, the European Union (EU) and China.

EU-China Synergy Could Be Next Catalyst for Green Bonds

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing is not a new concept in China, but getting the whole country on board has been a challenge. A CNBC article noted that in China, asset managers are “are no strangers to sustainable investing — but doing so in a way that fits into formal social responsibility frameworks is still ‘relatively new,' said the [.

China's ESG Challenge

Hedge fund titan and founder/CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management Bill Ackman was effusive in his praise of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing in a recent Pershing Square Holdings 2020 report. “With the benefit of substantial philanthropic and investing experience, I have come to believe that capitalism is likely the most powerful potential force for [.

Hedge Fund Titan Bill Ackman Backs ESG Investing

Our latest "Talking Markets" podcast examines post-pandemic shifts in priorities and behaviors for companies and investors using environmental, social, and corporate governance strategies. Lucy Hockings, the host of the BBC show, "Live with Lucy Hockings," leads a panel with Mary Jane McQuillen, Kim Catechis, John Levy, and Dr. Giulio Boccaletti.

Pandemic Lessons Learned: ESG Strategies For A Sustainable Recovery

Bitcoin and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing have been forces to be reckoned with in the capital markets the past year. The two could be set for a head-on collision as institutional investors try to balance cryptomania with ESG initiatives.

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