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| 505 | 8 | |a Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting to Know ESG -- Chapter 1 Entering the World of ESG Investing -- Surveying the Current ESG Landscape -- Exploring What ESG Is (and Isn't) -- Defining the breadth of ESG -- Comparing SRI, ethical, and impact investing to ESG -- Determining whether ESG delivers good investment performance -- Understanding ESG's Impact on the Environment, Society, and Governance -- Meeting environmental and global warming targets -- Providing solutions to social challenges -- Meeting corporate governance requirements -- Using International Standards to Determine ESG Objectives -- Leading the charge: European legislation on ESG -- Ahead of its time: The United Nations -- Staying focused: The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board -- Building a framework: The Global Reporting Initiative -- Chapter 2 Back to the Future: Understanding the Evolution and Growth of ESG Investing -- Studying the Evolution of Investing in ESG -- Investing through the ages: From SRI to ESG -- Go green: The changing global environment -- On trend: Changing investor demographics -- Crunch the numbers: Evolving data and analytics -- Exploring the "Personality" of an ESG Company -- Determining material ESG factors -- Performing a materiality analysis -- Applying weights to materiality measures -- Understanding Why ESG Is Important -- Global sustainability challenges -- The interest of millennial investors in ESG -- More systematic, quantitative, objective, and financially relevant approaches -- Surveying Specific ESG Ratings and Metrics -- Data quality, ratings bias, and standardization -- Issues with ESG scoring -- ESG momentum importance | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Applying artificial intelligence and data science to ESG analysis -- Defining an ESG Policy -- Familiarize yourself with ESG and asset owner-specific legislation -- Undertake a peer review -- Review your statement of investment beliefs and core investment principles -- Specify responsible investment guidelines -- Outline responsible investment procedures -- Include engagement and active ownership approaches -- Spell out reporting requirements -- Chapter 3 Give Me an 'E'! Defining the Environmental Sector in ESG -- Outlining a Company's Use of Natural Resources -- CO2 or GHG? Climate change and carbon emissions -- Clean and green: Energy efficiency -- A crisis awaits: Conservation of water -- There is no Planet B: Air and water pollution -- Live and let live: Biodiversity -- See the forest for the trees: Deforestation -- Don't throw your future away: Waste management -- Studying the Effects of a Company's Operations on the Environment -- Direct operations -- Supply chains -- Defining "Green" for a Company -- Internalizing (or managing) externalities -- The 3Rs: Reduce, reuse, and recycle -- Detailing a Company's Performance as a Steward of the Physical Environment -- Managing operations to reduce emissions and promote sustainability -- Collaborating with others to create solutions for environmental issues -- Chapter 4 Give Me an 'S'! Investigating the Social Aspects of ESG -- Identifying Factors in a Company's Social Performance -- Customer satisfaction -- Data protection and privacy -- Gender and diversity -- Employee engagement -- Community relations -- Human rights -- Labor standards -- Evaluating a Company's Social Performance -- The results are in: Achievements -- When in Rome: Differentiating on a national or regional basis -- Determining Measurements for Social Performance -- The alignment of social and economic responsibilities | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Long-term change for people and communities -- Deciding on Weight Factors -- Take your pick: Different social issues -- Think outside the box: Scenario analysis -- Chapter 5 Give Me a 'G'! Decoding the Governance Component of ESG -- The Good Place: Defining What "Good" Corporate Governance Looks Like -- The benefits of good governance -- Practices and values -- Multiple stakeholder orientation -- Walk the Walk: Evaluating a Company's Governance Values -- Board responsibilities -- Board composition -- Audit committee structure -- Bribery and corruption -- Executive compensation -- Lobbying -- Political contributions -- Whistleblower schemes -- Lead the Way: Emphasizing How 'G' Can Dictate the 'E' and 'S' Factors -- Governance as an overarching principle for ESG -- The role of governments -- Around the World: Underlining Regional Differences in Governance Activities -- Emerging markets -- North America -- Europe -- Chapter 6 Highlighting Corporate Greenwashing -- The Grass Isn't Always Greener: The Basics of Greenwashing -- Tracking the growth of greenwashing -- Specifying the details -- Using plain language -- Setting up a system -- Just When You Thought It Was Safe: Coronawashing -- Coronawashing on the corporate side -- Coronawashing on the investor side -- Part 2 Investing in ESG through Different Instruments -- Chapter 7 Approaches to ESG Investing -- Understanding Socially Responsible Investing -- Looking at reasons for SRI -- Comparing a best-in-class strategy to an exclusion strategy -- Weighing the potential return on SRI decisions -- Evaluating Impact Investing -- Defining and tracking "impact" -- Measuring social and environmental outcome targets -- Calculating impact metrics -- Focusing on Faith-Based Investing -- Reviewing religious principles of finance -- Examining exclusion screening and divesting | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Advocating for values through proxy voting -- Chapter 8 Analyzing Equity-Based Instruments -- Integrating ESG Strategies into Investment Decisions -- Just the basics: Getting an overview of the process -- Using active strategies -- Analyzing the impact of different ESG scores -- Watch out: Thinking about risks and disclosures -- Investigating how companies with higher ESG scores outperform -- Take it easy: Applying passive strategies -- Reviewing relative returns and performance of ESG stocks -- Verifying Quantitative Strategies -- Constructing equity portfolios that integrate ESG factors -- Adjusting stock index constituent weights -- Determining which ESG factors matter most in quantitative strategies -- Identifying Smart Beta Strategies -- Extending negative stock screening to smart beta strategies -- Using ESG equity factors and scores to weight portfolio construction -- Focusing on a Given Theme -- Sector exposure -- Thematic exposure -- Chapter 9 ESG and Fixed Income Instruments -- Analyzing Fixed Income (Bond) Factors -- The importance of risk -- Strategies for adding ESG to fixed income portfolios -- Bond issuer goals -- Defraying interest rate costs -- All together now: ESG integration issues -- Bond pricing -- Mix it up: Credit and ESG ratings -- Emphasizing Bond Issuer Differences -- For king and country: Sovereign issuance -- Corporate issuance -- Room for more: Emerging markets -- Highlighting Fixed Income Indexes -- Identifying Specific ESG Exposures -- For the earth: Green bonds -- Think big: Social bonds -- Keep it up: Sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds -- Chapter 10 Exploring Derivative and Alternative Instruments -- Achieving Passive Returns Using ESG Indexes -- The basics of exchange-traded products -- OTC derivatives -- Building blocks: Structured products -- Increasing Focus on ESG in Alternative Assets | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Sustainable lending -- ESG in hedge funds -- Focusing on Illiquid Assets -- Around the block: Real estate -- Laying foundations: Infrastructure -- Hush-hush: Private equity -- Investing in "Traditional" ESG -- Pull the plug: The basics of renewable energy investment -- Light my fire: Solar power -- There she blows: Wind power -- Chapter 11 Highlighting Geographical Differences in ESG Investing -- The Beginning: Europe -- Highlighting the regulatory developments -- Enjoying a first mover advantage on ESG investment -- Continuing inflows for ESG funds -- The Middle: North America -- Highlighting political and regulatory roadblocks in the United States -- Investigating Canada's approach -- Driving up demand -- The End: Developed versus Emerging Markets -- Seeing that emerging markets are lagging but disclosure is increasing -- Highlighting political and regulatory developments -- Determining whether an ESG approach is better suited to developed economies -- Part 3 Applying ESG Philosophy -- Chapter 12 Creating Value through ESG for Corporations -- Crystal Clear: Corporate Disclosure and Transparency -- Meet the team: ESG engagement -- Thank you for sharing: Communication from the board -- Grow the Pie: Generating Enhanced Returns -- Increasing access to capital -- Corporate adoption and action -- Roll Up, Roll Up: Attracting More Customers -- Tracking sustainability practices -- Measuring intangible value drivers -- Identifying material opportunities -- Pare It Back: Reducing Costs -- Green financing -- How low can you go? Lower interest rates and higher credit ratings -- The Bottom Line: Increasing Productivity and Attracting Talent -- Chapter 13 Devising an ESG Policy -- Here's a Great Idea: Creating a Plan -- Promoting ESG among key stakeholders -- Creating an internal governance structure -- Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Undertaking a Peer Review | |
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| contents | Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting to Know ESG -- Chapter 1 Entering the World of ESG Investing -- Surveying the Current ESG Landscape -- Exploring What ESG Is (and Isn't) -- Defining the breadth of ESG -- Comparing SRI, ethical, and impact investing to ESG -- Determining whether ESG delivers good investment performance -- Understanding ESG's Impact on the Environment, Society, and Governance -- Meeting environmental and global warming targets -- Providing solutions to social challenges -- Meeting corporate governance requirements -- Using International Standards to Determine ESG Objectives -- Leading the charge: European legislation on ESG -- Ahead of its time: The United Nations -- Staying focused: The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board -- Building a framework: The Global Reporting Initiative -- Chapter 2 Back to the Future: Understanding the Evolution and Growth of ESG Investing -- Studying the Evolution of Investing in ESG -- Investing through the ages: From SRI to ESG -- Go green: The changing global environment -- On trend: Changing investor demographics -- Crunch the numbers: Evolving data and analytics -- Exploring the "Personality" of an ESG Company -- Determining material ESG factors -- Performing a materiality analysis -- Applying weights to materiality measures -- Understanding Why ESG Is Important -- Global sustainability challenges -- The interest of millennial investors in ESG -- More systematic, quantitative, objective, and financially relevant approaches -- Surveying Specific ESG Ratings and Metrics -- Data quality, ratings bias, and standardization -- Issues with ESG scoring -- ESG momentum importance Applying artificial intelligence and data science to ESG analysis -- Defining an ESG Policy -- Familiarize yourself with ESG and asset owner-specific legislation -- Undertake a peer review -- Review your statement of investment beliefs and core investment principles -- Specify responsible investment guidelines -- Outline responsible investment procedures -- Include engagement and active ownership approaches -- Spell out reporting requirements -- Chapter 3 Give Me an 'E'! Defining the Environmental Sector in ESG -- Outlining a Company's Use of Natural Resources -- CO2 or GHG? Climate change and carbon emissions -- Clean and green: Energy efficiency -- A crisis awaits: Conservation of water -- There is no Planet B: Air and water pollution -- Live and let live: Biodiversity -- See the forest for the trees: Deforestation -- Don't throw your future away: Waste management -- Studying the Effects of a Company's Operations on the Environment -- Direct operations -- Supply chains -- Defining "Green" for a Company -- Internalizing (or managing) externalities -- The 3Rs: Reduce, reuse, and recycle -- Detailing a Company's Performance as a Steward of the Physical Environment -- Managing operations to reduce emissions and promote sustainability -- Collaborating with others to create solutions for environmental issues -- Chapter 4 Give Me an 'S'! Investigating the Social Aspects of ESG -- Identifying Factors in a Company's Social Performance -- Customer satisfaction -- Data protection and privacy -- Gender and diversity -- Employee engagement -- Community relations -- Human rights -- Labor standards -- Evaluating a Company's Social Performance -- The results are in: Achievements -- When in Rome: Differentiating on a national or regional basis -- Determining Measurements for Social Performance -- The alignment of social and economic responsibilities Long-term change for people and communities -- Deciding on Weight Factors -- Take your pick: Different social issues -- Think outside the box: Scenario analysis -- Chapter 5 Give Me a 'G'! Decoding the Governance Component of ESG -- The Good Place: Defining What "Good" Corporate Governance Looks Like -- The benefits of good governance -- Practices and values -- Multiple stakeholder orientation -- Walk the Walk: Evaluating a Company's Governance Values -- Board responsibilities -- Board composition -- Audit committee structure -- Bribery and corruption -- Executive compensation -- Lobbying -- Political contributions -- Whistleblower schemes -- Lead the Way: Emphasizing How 'G' Can Dictate the 'E' and 'S' Factors -- Governance as an overarching principle for ESG -- The role of governments -- Around the World: Underlining Regional Differences in Governance Activities -- Emerging markets -- North America -- Europe -- Chapter 6 Highlighting Corporate Greenwashing -- The Grass Isn't Always Greener: The Basics of Greenwashing -- Tracking the growth of greenwashing -- Specifying the details -- Using plain language -- Setting up a system -- Just When You Thought It Was Safe: Coronawashing -- Coronawashing on the corporate side -- Coronawashing on the investor side -- Part 2 Investing in ESG through Different Instruments -- Chapter 7 Approaches to ESG Investing -- Understanding Socially Responsible Investing -- Looking at reasons for SRI -- Comparing a best-in-class strategy to an exclusion strategy -- Weighing the potential return on SRI decisions -- Evaluating Impact Investing -- Defining and tracking "impact" -- Measuring social and environmental outcome targets -- Calculating impact metrics -- Focusing on Faith-Based Investing -- Reviewing religious principles of finance -- Examining exclusion screening and divesting Advocating for values through proxy voting -- Chapter 8 Analyzing Equity-Based Instruments -- Integrating ESG Strategies into Investment Decisions -- Just the basics: Getting an overview of the process -- Using active strategies -- Analyzing the impact of different ESG scores -- Watch out: Thinking about risks and disclosures -- Investigating how companies with higher ESG scores outperform -- Take it easy: Applying passive strategies -- Reviewing relative returns and performance of ESG stocks -- Verifying Quantitative Strategies -- Constructing equity portfolios that integrate ESG factors -- Adjusting stock index constituent weights -- Determining which ESG factors matter most in quantitative strategies -- Identifying Smart Beta Strategies -- Extending negative stock screening to smart beta strategies -- Using ESG equity factors and scores to weight portfolio construction -- Focusing on a Given Theme -- Sector exposure -- Thematic exposure -- Chapter 9 ESG and Fixed Income Instruments -- Analyzing Fixed Income (Bond) Factors -- The importance of risk -- Strategies for adding ESG to fixed income portfolios -- Bond issuer goals -- Defraying interest rate costs -- All together now: ESG integration issues -- Bond pricing -- Mix it up: Credit and ESG ratings -- Emphasizing Bond Issuer Differences -- For king and country: Sovereign issuance -- Corporate issuance -- Room for more: Emerging markets -- Highlighting Fixed Income Indexes -- Identifying Specific ESG Exposures -- For the earth: Green bonds -- Think big: Social bonds -- Keep it up: Sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds -- Chapter 10 Exploring Derivative and Alternative Instruments -- Achieving Passive Returns Using ESG Indexes -- The basics of exchange-traded products -- OTC derivatives -- Building blocks: Structured products -- Increasing Focus on ESG in Alternative Assets Sustainable lending -- ESG in hedge funds -- Focusing on Illiquid Assets -- Around the block: Real estate -- Laying foundations: Infrastructure -- Hush-hush: Private equity -- Investing in "Traditional" ESG -- Pull the plug: The basics of renewable energy investment -- Light my fire: Solar power -- There she blows: Wind power -- Chapter 11 Highlighting Geographical Differences in ESG Investing -- The Beginning: Europe -- Highlighting the regulatory developments -- Enjoying a first mover advantage on ESG investment -- Continuing inflows for ESG funds -- The Middle: North America -- Highlighting political and regulatory roadblocks in the United States -- Investigating Canada's approach -- Driving up demand -- The End: Developed versus Emerging Markets -- Seeing that emerging markets are lagging but disclosure is increasing -- Highlighting political and regulatory developments -- Determining whether an ESG approach is better suited to developed economies -- Part 3 Applying ESG Philosophy -- Chapter 12 Creating Value through ESG for Corporations -- Crystal Clear: Corporate Disclosure and Transparency -- Meet the team: ESG engagement -- Thank you for sharing: Communication from the board -- Grow the Pie: Generating Enhanced Returns -- Increasing access to capital -- Corporate adoption and action -- Roll Up, Roll Up: Attracting More Customers -- Tracking sustainability practices -- Measuring intangible value drivers -- Identifying material opportunities -- Pare It Back: Reducing Costs -- Green financing -- How low can you go? Lower interest rates and higher credit ratings -- The Bottom Line: Increasing Productivity and Attracting Talent -- Chapter 13 Devising an ESG Policy -- Here's a Great Idea: Creating a Plan -- Promoting ESG among key stakeholders -- Creating an internal governance structure -- Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Undertaking a Peer Review Devising ESG investment strategies |
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Defining the Environmental Sector in ESG -- Outlining a Company's Use of Natural Resources -- CO2 or GHG? Climate change and carbon emissions -- Clean and green: Energy efficiency -- A crisis awaits: Conservation of water -- There is no Planet B: Air and water pollution -- Live and let live: Biodiversity -- See the forest for the trees: Deforestation -- Don't throw your future away: Waste management -- Studying the Effects of a Company's Operations on the Environment -- Direct operations -- Supply chains -- Defining "Green" for a Company -- Internalizing (or managing) externalities -- The 3Rs: Reduce, reuse, and recycle -- Detailing a Company's Performance as a Steward of the Physical Environment -- Managing operations to reduce emissions and promote sustainability -- Collaborating with others to create solutions for environmental issues -- Chapter 4 Give Me an 'S'! 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Coronawashing -- Coronawashing on the corporate side -- Coronawashing on the investor side -- Part 2 Investing in ESG through Different Instruments -- Chapter 7 Approaches to ESG Investing -- Understanding Socially Responsible Investing -- Looking at reasons for SRI -- Comparing a best-in-class strategy to an exclusion strategy -- Weighing the potential return on SRI decisions -- Evaluating Impact Investing -- Defining and tracking "impact" -- Measuring social and environmental outcome targets -- Calculating impact metrics -- Focusing on Faith-Based Investing -- Reviewing religious principles of finance -- Examining exclusion screening and divesting</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="505" ind1="8" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Advocating for values through proxy voting -- Chapter 8 Analyzing Equity-Based Instruments -- Integrating ESG Strategies into Investment Decisions -- Just the basics: Getting an overview of the process -- Using active strategies -- Analyzing the impact of 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| spelling | Bradley, Brendan Verfasser aut ESG Investing for Dummies Newark John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated 2021 ©2021 1 online resource (371 pages) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting to Know ESG -- Chapter 1 Entering the World of ESG Investing -- Surveying the Current ESG Landscape -- Exploring What ESG Is (and Isn't) -- Defining the breadth of ESG -- Comparing SRI, ethical, and impact investing to ESG -- Determining whether ESG delivers good investment performance -- Understanding ESG's Impact on the Environment, Society, and Governance -- Meeting environmental and global warming targets -- Providing solutions to social challenges -- Meeting corporate governance requirements -- Using International Standards to Determine ESG Objectives -- Leading the charge: European legislation on ESG -- Ahead of its time: The United Nations -- Staying focused: The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board -- Building a framework: The Global Reporting Initiative -- Chapter 2 Back to the Future: Understanding the Evolution and Growth of ESG Investing -- Studying the Evolution of Investing in ESG -- Investing through the ages: From SRI to ESG -- Go green: The changing global environment -- On trend: Changing investor demographics -- Crunch the numbers: Evolving data and analytics -- Exploring the "Personality" of an ESG Company -- Determining material ESG factors -- Performing a materiality analysis -- Applying weights to materiality measures -- Understanding Why ESG Is Important -- Global sustainability challenges -- The interest of millennial investors in ESG -- More systematic, quantitative, objective, and financially relevant approaches -- Surveying Specific ESG Ratings and Metrics -- Data quality, ratings bias, and standardization -- Issues with ESG scoring -- ESG momentum importance Applying artificial intelligence and data science to ESG analysis -- Defining an ESG Policy -- Familiarize yourself with ESG and asset owner-specific legislation -- Undertake a peer review -- Review your statement of investment beliefs and core investment principles -- Specify responsible investment guidelines -- Outline responsible investment procedures -- Include engagement and active ownership approaches -- Spell out reporting requirements -- Chapter 3 Give Me an 'E'! Defining the Environmental Sector in ESG -- Outlining a Company's Use of Natural Resources -- CO2 or GHG? Climate change and carbon emissions -- Clean and green: Energy efficiency -- A crisis awaits: Conservation of water -- There is no Planet B: Air and water pollution -- Live and let live: Biodiversity -- See the forest for the trees: Deforestation -- Don't throw your future away: Waste management -- Studying the Effects of a Company's Operations on the Environment -- Direct operations -- Supply chains -- Defining "Green" for a Company -- Internalizing (or managing) externalities -- The 3Rs: Reduce, reuse, and recycle -- Detailing a Company's Performance as a Steward of the Physical Environment -- Managing operations to reduce emissions and promote sustainability -- Collaborating with others to create solutions for environmental issues -- Chapter 4 Give Me an 'S'! Investigating the Social Aspects of ESG -- Identifying Factors in a Company's Social Performance -- Customer satisfaction -- Data protection and privacy -- Gender and diversity -- Employee engagement -- Community relations -- Human rights -- Labor standards -- Evaluating a Company's Social Performance -- The results are in: Achievements -- When in Rome: Differentiating on a national or regional basis -- Determining Measurements for Social Performance -- The alignment of social and economic responsibilities Long-term change for people and communities -- Deciding on Weight Factors -- Take your pick: Different social issues -- Think outside the box: Scenario analysis -- Chapter 5 Give Me a 'G'! Decoding the Governance Component of ESG -- The Good Place: Defining What "Good" Corporate Governance Looks Like -- The benefits of good governance -- Practices and values -- Multiple stakeholder orientation -- Walk the Walk: Evaluating a Company's Governance Values -- Board responsibilities -- Board composition -- Audit committee structure -- Bribery and corruption -- Executive compensation -- Lobbying -- Political contributions -- Whistleblower schemes -- Lead the Way: Emphasizing How 'G' Can Dictate the 'E' and 'S' Factors -- Governance as an overarching principle for ESG -- The role of governments -- Around the World: Underlining Regional Differences in Governance Activities -- Emerging markets -- North America -- Europe -- Chapter 6 Highlighting Corporate Greenwashing -- The Grass Isn't Always Greener: The Basics of Greenwashing -- Tracking the growth of greenwashing -- Specifying the details -- Using plain language -- Setting up a system -- Just When You Thought It Was Safe: Coronawashing -- Coronawashing on the corporate side -- Coronawashing on the investor side -- Part 2 Investing in ESG through Different Instruments -- Chapter 7 Approaches to ESG Investing -- Understanding Socially Responsible Investing -- Looking at reasons for SRI -- Comparing a best-in-class strategy to an exclusion strategy -- Weighing the potential return on SRI decisions -- Evaluating Impact Investing -- Defining and tracking "impact" -- Measuring social and environmental outcome targets -- Calculating impact metrics -- Focusing on Faith-Based Investing -- Reviewing religious principles of finance -- Examining exclusion screening and divesting Advocating for values through proxy voting -- Chapter 8 Analyzing Equity-Based Instruments -- Integrating ESG Strategies into Investment Decisions -- Just the basics: Getting an overview of the process -- Using active strategies -- Analyzing the impact of different ESG scores -- Watch out: Thinking about risks and disclosures -- Investigating how companies with higher ESG scores outperform -- Take it easy: Applying passive strategies -- Reviewing relative returns and performance of ESG stocks -- Verifying Quantitative Strategies -- Constructing equity portfolios that integrate ESG factors -- Adjusting stock index constituent weights -- Determining which ESG factors matter most in quantitative strategies -- Identifying Smart Beta Strategies -- Extending negative stock screening to smart beta strategies -- Using ESG equity factors and scores to weight portfolio construction -- Focusing on a Given Theme -- Sector exposure -- Thematic exposure -- Chapter 9 ESG and Fixed Income Instruments -- Analyzing Fixed Income (Bond) Factors -- The importance of risk -- Strategies for adding ESG to fixed income portfolios -- Bond issuer goals -- Defraying interest rate costs -- All together now: ESG integration issues -- Bond pricing -- Mix it up: Credit and ESG ratings -- Emphasizing Bond Issuer Differences -- For king and country: Sovereign issuance -- Corporate issuance -- Room for more: Emerging markets -- Highlighting Fixed Income Indexes -- Identifying Specific ESG Exposures -- For the earth: Green bonds -- Think big: Social bonds -- Keep it up: Sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds -- Chapter 10 Exploring Derivative and Alternative Instruments -- Achieving Passive Returns Using ESG Indexes -- The basics of exchange-traded products -- OTC derivatives -- Building blocks: Structured products -- Increasing Focus on ESG in Alternative Assets Sustainable lending -- ESG in hedge funds -- Focusing on Illiquid Assets -- Around the block: Real estate -- Laying foundations: Infrastructure -- Hush-hush: Private equity -- Investing in "Traditional" ESG -- Pull the plug: The basics of renewable energy investment -- Light my fire: Solar power -- There she blows: Wind power -- Chapter 11 Highlighting Geographical Differences in ESG Investing -- The Beginning: Europe -- Highlighting the regulatory developments -- Enjoying a first mover advantage on ESG investment -- Continuing inflows for ESG funds -- The Middle: North America -- Highlighting political and regulatory roadblocks in the United States -- Investigating Canada's approach -- Driving up demand -- The End: Developed versus Emerging Markets -- Seeing that emerging markets are lagging but disclosure is increasing -- Highlighting political and regulatory developments -- Determining whether an ESG approach is better suited to developed economies -- Part 3 Applying ESG Philosophy -- Chapter 12 Creating Value through ESG for Corporations -- Crystal Clear: Corporate Disclosure and Transparency -- Meet the team: ESG engagement -- Thank you for sharing: Communication from the board -- Grow the Pie: Generating Enhanced Returns -- Increasing access to capital -- Corporate adoption and action -- Roll Up, Roll Up: Attracting More Customers -- Tracking sustainability practices -- Measuring intangible value drivers -- Identifying material opportunities -- Pare It Back: Reducing Costs -- Green financing -- How low can you go? Lower interest rates and higher credit ratings -- The Bottom Line: Increasing Productivity and Attracting Talent -- Chapter 13 Devising an ESG Policy -- Here's a Great Idea: Creating a Plan -- Promoting ESG among key stakeholders -- Creating an internal governance structure -- Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Undertaking a Peer Review Devising ESG investment strategies Investition (DE-588)4027556-5 gnd rswk-swf Kapitalanlage (DE-588)4073213-7 gnd rswk-swf Nachhaltigkeit (DE-588)4326464-5 gnd rswk-swf Kapitalanlage (DE-588)4073213-7 s Investition (DE-588)4027556-5 s Nachhaltigkeit (DE-588)4326464-5 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bradley, Brendan ESG Investing for Dummies Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2021 9781119771098 |
| spellingShingle | Bradley, Brendan ESG Investing for Dummies Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Part 1 Getting to Know ESG -- Chapter 1 Entering the World of ESG Investing -- Surveying the Current ESG Landscape -- Exploring What ESG Is (and Isn't) -- Defining the breadth of ESG -- Comparing SRI, ethical, and impact investing to ESG -- Determining whether ESG delivers good investment performance -- Understanding ESG's Impact on the Environment, Society, and Governance -- Meeting environmental and global warming targets -- Providing solutions to social challenges -- Meeting corporate governance requirements -- Using International Standards to Determine ESG Objectives -- Leading the charge: European legislation on ESG -- Ahead of its time: The United Nations -- Staying focused: The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board -- Building a framework: The Global Reporting Initiative -- Chapter 2 Back to the Future: Understanding the Evolution and Growth of ESG Investing -- Studying the Evolution of Investing in ESG -- Investing through the ages: From SRI to ESG -- Go green: The changing global environment -- On trend: Changing investor demographics -- Crunch the numbers: Evolving data and analytics -- Exploring the "Personality" of an ESG Company -- Determining material ESG factors -- Performing a materiality analysis -- Applying weights to materiality measures -- Understanding Why ESG Is Important -- Global sustainability challenges -- The interest of millennial investors in ESG -- More systematic, quantitative, objective, and financially relevant approaches -- Surveying Specific ESG Ratings and Metrics -- Data quality, ratings bias, and standardization -- Issues with ESG scoring -- ESG momentum importance Applying artificial intelligence and data science to ESG analysis -- Defining an ESG Policy -- Familiarize yourself with ESG and asset owner-specific legislation -- Undertake a peer review -- Review your statement of investment beliefs and core investment principles -- Specify responsible investment guidelines -- Outline responsible investment procedures -- Include engagement and active ownership approaches -- Spell out reporting requirements -- Chapter 3 Give Me an 'E'! Defining the Environmental Sector in ESG -- Outlining a Company's Use of Natural Resources -- CO2 or GHG? Climate change and carbon emissions -- Clean and green: Energy efficiency -- A crisis awaits: Conservation of water -- There is no Planet B: Air and water pollution -- Live and let live: Biodiversity -- See the forest for the trees: Deforestation -- Don't throw your future away: Waste management -- Studying the Effects of a Company's Operations on the Environment -- Direct operations -- Supply chains -- Defining "Green" for a Company -- Internalizing (or managing) externalities -- The 3Rs: Reduce, reuse, and recycle -- Detailing a Company's Performance as a Steward of the Physical Environment -- Managing operations to reduce emissions and promote sustainability -- Collaborating with others to create solutions for environmental issues -- Chapter 4 Give Me an 'S'! Investigating the Social Aspects of ESG -- Identifying Factors in a Company's Social Performance -- Customer satisfaction -- Data protection and privacy -- Gender and diversity -- Employee engagement -- Community relations -- Human rights -- Labor standards -- Evaluating a Company's Social Performance -- The results are in: Achievements -- When in Rome: Differentiating on a national or regional basis -- Determining Measurements for Social Performance -- The alignment of social and economic responsibilities Long-term change for people and communities -- Deciding on Weight Factors -- Take your pick: Different social issues -- Think outside the box: Scenario analysis -- Chapter 5 Give Me a 'G'! Decoding the Governance Component of ESG -- The Good Place: Defining What "Good" Corporate Governance Looks Like -- The benefits of good governance -- Practices and values -- Multiple stakeholder orientation -- Walk the Walk: Evaluating a Company's Governance Values -- Board responsibilities -- Board composition -- Audit committee structure -- Bribery and corruption -- Executive compensation -- Lobbying -- Political contributions -- Whistleblower schemes -- Lead the Way: Emphasizing How 'G' Can Dictate the 'E' and 'S' Factors -- Governance as an overarching principle for ESG -- The role of governments -- Around the World: Underlining Regional Differences in Governance Activities -- Emerging markets -- North America -- Europe -- Chapter 6 Highlighting Corporate Greenwashing -- The Grass Isn't Always Greener: The Basics of Greenwashing -- Tracking the growth of greenwashing -- Specifying the details -- Using plain language -- Setting up a system -- Just When You Thought It Was Safe: Coronawashing -- Coronawashing on the corporate side -- Coronawashing on the investor side -- Part 2 Investing in ESG through Different Instruments -- Chapter 7 Approaches to ESG Investing -- Understanding Socially Responsible Investing -- Looking at reasons for SRI -- Comparing a best-in-class strategy to an exclusion strategy -- Weighing the potential return on SRI decisions -- Evaluating Impact Investing -- Defining and tracking "impact" -- Measuring social and environmental outcome targets -- Calculating impact metrics -- Focusing on Faith-Based Investing -- Reviewing religious principles of finance -- Examining exclusion screening and divesting Advocating for values through proxy voting -- Chapter 8 Analyzing Equity-Based Instruments -- Integrating ESG Strategies into Investment Decisions -- Just the basics: Getting an overview of the process -- Using active strategies -- Analyzing the impact of different ESG scores -- Watch out: Thinking about risks and disclosures -- Investigating how companies with higher ESG scores outperform -- Take it easy: Applying passive strategies -- Reviewing relative returns and performance of ESG stocks -- Verifying Quantitative Strategies -- Constructing equity portfolios that integrate ESG factors -- Adjusting stock index constituent weights -- Determining which ESG factors matter most in quantitative strategies -- Identifying Smart Beta Strategies -- Extending negative stock screening to smart beta strategies -- Using ESG equity factors and scores to weight portfolio construction -- Focusing on a Given Theme -- Sector exposure -- Thematic exposure -- Chapter 9 ESG and Fixed Income Instruments -- Analyzing Fixed Income (Bond) Factors -- The importance of risk -- Strategies for adding ESG to fixed income portfolios -- Bond issuer goals -- Defraying interest rate costs -- All together now: ESG integration issues -- Bond pricing -- Mix it up: Credit and ESG ratings -- Emphasizing Bond Issuer Differences -- For king and country: Sovereign issuance -- Corporate issuance -- Room for more: Emerging markets -- Highlighting Fixed Income Indexes -- Identifying Specific ESG Exposures -- For the earth: Green bonds -- Think big: Social bonds -- Keep it up: Sustainability and sustainability-linked bonds -- Chapter 10 Exploring Derivative and Alternative Instruments -- Achieving Passive Returns Using ESG Indexes -- The basics of exchange-traded products -- OTC derivatives -- Building blocks: Structured products -- Increasing Focus on ESG in Alternative Assets Sustainable lending -- ESG in hedge funds -- Focusing on Illiquid Assets -- Around the block: Real estate -- Laying foundations: Infrastructure -- Hush-hush: Private equity -- Investing in "Traditional" ESG -- Pull the plug: The basics of renewable energy investment -- Light my fire: Solar power -- There she blows: Wind power -- Chapter 11 Highlighting Geographical Differences in ESG Investing -- The Beginning: Europe -- Highlighting the regulatory 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Lower interest rates and higher credit ratings -- The Bottom Line: Increasing Productivity and Attracting Talent -- Chapter 13 Devising an ESG Policy -- Here's a Great Idea: Creating a Plan -- Promoting ESG among key stakeholders -- Creating an internal governance structure -- Don't Reinvent the Wheel: Undertaking a Peer Review Devising ESG investment strategies Investition (DE-588)4027556-5 gnd Kapitalanlage (DE-588)4073213-7 gnd Nachhaltigkeit (DE-588)4326464-5 gnd |
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