Engagement test (Blogpost 300)
It is probably much more effective to hope that (the leaders of) companies are intrinsically motivated to significantly improve their sustainability. Engagement can very likely be much more effective with such companies than with ESG-sceptics. Also, strict regulation for all market participants may lead to more sustainability. Nevertheless, this case encouraged us to continue testing further engagements.
Smart women: Researchpost 105
Smart women: 16x new research on populism, immigration, children, progress, renewables, CCUS, purpose, fossil fuels, green bonds and loans, social premium, resilience, sustainability preferences, and crowdfunding by Holger Spamann, Dorothea Schäfer, Andreas Stephan, Zacharias Sautner et al.
Trustee or steward? Researchpost 104
Trustee or steward? 13x new research on climate tech and finance, interest rates, plant-based food, greenwashing, reporting, engagement, benchmarks, age, PFOF, and private equity by Richard Ennis at al.
German ESG criticism: Researchpost 103
German ESG criticism: 14x new research on climate costs, circular economy, infrastructure, ESG, SDG, ratings, transitions, asset allocation, factor investing, REITs and private equity
Impact Investing mit Voting und Engagement? (Opinionpost 194)
Impact Investing: Nur geringe Einflußmöglichkeiten mit Voting, Engagement, Naming, Shaming, Leerverkäufen, Ausschlüssen und Divestments
Unsustainable bonds? Researchpost 102
Unsustainable bonds? 20x new research on climate risk, real estate, health, Trump, carbon credits, CDS, bank loans, bonds, interest rates, ESG indexing, pensions, gender, infrastructure, private equity, investment apps, ESG fintechs, climate AI
ESG regulation and more: Researchpost 101
ESG regulation: >15x new research on climate, regulation, (un)sustainable funds, SDGs, greenium, ESG reporting, voting, wealth, buy-and-hold, private equity, private real estate and AI by Roman Inderst, Andreas Hoepner et al.
100 research blogposts since 2018
100 research blogposts: Why and how I write this sustainabilty investment research blog and how I apply the evidence to investments
Stewardship etc.: Researchpost 100
>20x new research on inequality, biodiversity, ESG incidents, carbon credits and indexing, greenium, stewardship, gender, social taxonomy, withdrawals and art investing by authors such as Florian Berg, Laurens Swinkels and many more