ESG research criticism? Researchpost 156
ESG research criticism: 13x new research on e-commerce, petrochemical and corruption problems, good and average sustainable performance, high transition risks, EU Taxonomy, Greenium, climate disaster effects, good investment constraints and private equity benchmarks
SDG rating confusion: Researchpost 152
SDG rating confusion: 13x new research on emissions, life expectancy, green bonds, physical risks and transition, environmental information, SDG ratings, bond and equity factors, fraud, health-wealth relations, LLM financial analysts
Supplier engagement: Opinionpost 211
upplier engagement is my term for shareholder engagement with the goal to address suppliers either directly or indirectly. I provide an overview of current scientific research regarding supplier engagement. I also explain my respective recommendations to the companies I am invested in. Supplier engagement can be very powerful.
HR-ESG shareholder engagement: Opinionpost 210
I think that regular and broad questions such as “How satisfied are you with the environmental, social and corporate governance activities of your company?” and “Which environmental, social and corporate governance improvements do you suggest to your company?” plus the (anonymous) publication of the main results of the answers in the sustainability report would be very helpful in seriously engaging employees and getting valuable structured feedback
Corporate governance and more: Researchpost 138
Corporate governance: 19x new research on German wealth, ESG real world impact, CDR, circular economy, ESG ratings, ESG AI, supplier ESG, climate data, green govvies and corporates, private equity ESG, VCs and UBS
Impact impact? Researchpost 137
Impact impact? 18x new research on pension taxes, food carbon labels, sector investing, brown divestments, biodiversity, ESG fund flows, governance washing, impact investing, stewardship, shareholder engagement, divestments, social bonds, article 9 funds and asset allocation
Active ESG share: Researchpost 136
Active ESG share: 26x new research on SDG, climate automation, family firms, greenium and green liquidity, anti-ESG, ESG-ratings, diversity, sustainability standards, disclosure, ESG pay, taxes, impact investing, and financial education
ESG sales impact: Researchpost 135
ESG sales impact: 11x new research on ESG sales effects, governance knowledge deficits and policies, corporate purpose measurement, CSR returns, impact frameworks, bad asset managers, financial advice AI and Bitcoin
No engagement-washing! Opinionpost 207
Engagement-washing means pretending that shareholder engagement can create a significant positive real-world impact when it probably can’t. Engagement-washing is not the same as impact-washing which typically is used to describe overambitious product marketing goals to make the world better.