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.
ESG voting, climate WTP and more new research: Researchpost 119
ESG voting: 14x new research on corporate ESG nudges, 3x WTP for climate, ESG strategies, green bonds, greenwashing, ESG ratings, climate stress tests, bad award effects, mental accounting and PE issues
Greenium research and more: Researchpost 117
Greenium research: 25x new research on green subsidies, nature investing, populism, financial crime, ESG regulation, climate agreements, ESG scandals, transition, institutional investors, greenium, CDS, green loans, voting, multi-assets, gold, commodities, real estate, and private equity
Stakeholder engagement and ESG (Special Edition Researchpost 115)
Stakeholder engagement: 18x research on stakeholder engagement, human capital, employee activists, employee ESG surveys, ESG wage gap, CEO pay gap, customer alpha, CEO limits and more research which is important for my shareholder engagement activities
Bank climate risks and more (Researchpost 113)
Bank climate risks: >20x new research on CO2 bio-capture, ESG ratings, inflation, greenwashing, diversity, gender pay gap, shareholder engagement, investment consultants, ML and hybrid robo-advisors
Positive immigration and more little known research (Researchpost 110)
Positive immigration: >20x new research on climate conflicts, inequality, immigration, gas price break, carbon pricing, solar sharing, cool cities, brown banks, greenwashing, biodiversity, analysts and consultants, voting and engagement and private equity by Christina Bannier, Lucian Bebchuk, Alexander Wagner et al. (# indicates the number of SSRN downloads on January 7th, 2023): Social research: Positive […]
Green research deficits: Researchpost 106
Green research: 15x new research on net-zero, healthcare, banking, m&a, ESG, voting, retail investors, private equity etc. by Sandra Nolte, Harald Lohre, Martin Oehmke, Marcus Opp et al. (# indicates the number of SSRN downloads on November 30st): Social and green research Climate demographics: The Slow Demographic Transition in Regions Vulnerable to Climate Change by […]
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.
Impact Investing mit Voting und Engagement? (Opinionpost 194)
Impact Investing: Nur geringe Einflußmöglichkeiten mit Voting, Engagement, Naming, Shaming, Leerverkäufen, Ausschlüssen und Divestments