As the urgency to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and net-zero emissions by 2050 intensifies, impact investing has emerged as a powerful and essential tool to help meet these targets. Indeed, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN), which defines impact investments as “investments...
The rapid advancements in Artificial Intelligence have sparked significant debates on its regulation. The European Union is among the first global entities to develop a comprehensive policy framework for AI. This post outlines the key aspects of the EU's AI regulation. The cornerstone of the EU's...
In recent years, shareholder proposals[1] on ESG topics have become increasingly prevalent and have garnered significant attention from researchers. Two 2024 reports analyzing ESG and anti-ESG shareholder proposals within the Russell 3000 index (including the 3,000 largest publicly traded companies in the USA) have evidenced this...
On July 17th, 2024, the FT has published an interesting documentary under the title ‘Who killed the ESG party’ that inquires which were the 4 main culprits that contributed to kill the ESG party. In the following we want to briefly analyze the ESG growth...
On July 17th, 2024, the FT has published an interesting documentary under the title ‘Who killed the ESG party’ that inquires which were the 4 main culprits that contributed to kill the ESG party. In the following we want to briefly analyze the ESG growth...
One of the most concerning problems today is excessive greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To try to tackle this problem many governments use carbon pricing, a policy that assigns a cost to the release of GHG. This post will present an overview of the United Kingdom's...