In recent years, socially responsible investing has gained importance among market participants worldwide. Globally, there has been an increase in the number of large-scale market participants who have become socially conscious and want to allocate their investments toward businesses that acknowledge the relevance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Socially responsible investing in India Read more […]
In India, S&P BSE Indices has two investible indices in the sustainable investment space—namely, the S&P BSE CARBONEX and S&P BSE GREENEX. The S&P BSE CARBONEX seeks to track the performance of the companies in the S&P BSE 100, based on their commitment to mitigating risks arising from climate change in the long run. Index Read more […]
In recent years, socially responsible investing has gained importance among market participants worldwide. There has been an increase in the number of those who have become socially conscious and want their investments to go to businesses that acknowledge the relevance of environmental, social, and governance factors to doing business. Green investment is considered a subset Read more […]
In the past few years, there has been a paradigm shift in the investment strategy adopted by market participants, wherein they are shifting from a strategy of short-term gain to one of long-term value creation. Traditionally, market participants have considered publically available records like balance sheets, income statements, and annual reports to analyze the long-term Read more […]
Historically, ESG indices have not attracted asset volumes comparable to smart beta index strategies. This could be attributed to the fact that market participants and academics alike have struggled to link ESG-based strategies with financial performance. As researchers shift their focus from how to study ESG to how to integrate ESG data into products and Read more […]
