“Investering i klima og miljø er blevet mere og mere populært i de senere år, og investorerne er blevet mere opmærksomme på de mange faktorer, der understøtter denne langsigtede megatrend.

Nogle investorer mener dog stadig, at klima- og miljøvenlige løsninger i bund og grund kun handler om vedvarende energikilder.

Men denne snævre fortolkning undervurderer i høj grad, hvor mange muligheder der er…….”More→

“We’re trying to improve the performance of our clients,” Fink said at The New York Times DealBook Conference in New York on Thursday. He also predicted that in the near future, all investors will be using ESG (environmental, social, governance) metrics to determine the value of a company.

“I do believe that the demand for ESG is going to transform all investing,” he said, referring to both passive and active investors. “Now, that may be one or five years away from now, but it’s not that far away.”More→

The number of ESG funds grew by 50%, while money gushed in.

The number of sustainable investment funds has increased nearly 50% in the past year to 351, with total assets of $161 billion by the end of 2018, according to a new paper by Morningstar. A record number of those were launched in 2018 and more existing funds added environmental, social and governance criteria to their prospectuses, according to Jon Hale, director of sustainability investing research, who wrote the paper. In fact, there were 37 new funds launched last year, while 63 existing funds added ESG criteria.More→