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Explaining Optimized Weights
Transparency is commonly seen as a key principal of sustainable investing,1 helping investors understand companies’ sustainability profile and sustainable investment strategies, as well as potentially contributing to investor impact.2 Sustainability is also multifaceted, illustrated by the differences in many of the Sustainable Development Goals (e.g., no poverty and life below water represent very different goals)…
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Results from the Recent S&P 500 Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned Sustainability Screened Index Rebalance
The author would like to thank Clara Arganaraz, Index Manager of the S&P 500® Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned Sustainability Screened Index, for her contributions to this post. S&P Dow Jones Indices recently completed the rebalancing of all indices that aim to meet the minimum requirements for EU Climate Transition and EU Paris-Aligned Benchmarks.1 This includes…
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Net Zero: Time Is of the Essence
This blog was co-authored by Reid Steadman and Fred Samama. At Glasgow’s COP26, banks, insurers and investors representing USD 130 trillion in private capital made a historic commitment through the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 at the latest,1 mirroring government pledges. The question remains how to…
Using Indices to Help Align ESG Goals and Values
Take a closer look at the importance of index construction and underlying data across the ESG spectrum with S&P DJI’s Ben Leale-Green.
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Data Driving the Weights within the S&P 500 Net Zero 2050 Paris-Aligned ESG Index
The World Meteorological Organization estimates that there is a 50% chance that global warming will exceed 1.5°C before 2026.1 The International Panel on Climate Change has warned that time is running out—climate change is no longer a problem for the future, and its associated physical risks are materializing more evidently.2 The world may need to…
ESG in Australian Strategies: How Does It Look?
The world of sustainable investing, better known for incorporating environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria into what was before mostly financially driven investment decision-making, seems to be here to stay. As ESG index investing continues to evolve, so does our suite of ESG indices—expanding both in terms of methodologies and regions covered. Australia is no…
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The S&P PACT Indices: Leading the Net Zero Charge for Two Years
Two years is a long time in the sphere of ESG. While the world wrestled with the worst pandemic in a century, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) shook the ESG indexing space and cemented its position as a leader in climate indices. April 20, 2022, marks the two-year anniversary of the launch of the…
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S&P PACT Indices Target Sector Neutrality
Recently announced results for a consultation on the S&P PACT™ Indices (S&P Paris-Aligned & Climate Transition Indices) reveal that they will now target country and sector neutrality. This has the potential benefit of comparing companies, as much as possible, to close peers (those in the same sector and country), while reducing active risk. The EU’s…
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As the UK Targets Net Zero by 2050, the S&P UK PACT Indices Can Too
The UK set goals of reaching net zero targets by 2050; these targets include transitioning to cleaner power and a more sustainable future, securing 440,000 well-paid jobs, and protecting the British consumer from global fossil fuels price spikes.1 The UK equity market certainly has some work to do, given its high weight in carbon-intensive sectors,…
Did COP26 deliver?
This piece originally appeared on Risk.net. The dust has now settled on the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26). Did the gathering of almost 200 nations succeed in putting us on a path towards limiting warming to 1.5°C? COP26 concluded with the signing of the Glasgow Pact, which agreed to “keep 1.5°C alive.” Some of…
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