Sustainable Investment

CFA Society Chicago member Monique Thanos, CFA, talks with Emily Lawrence, Director of Sustainable Investing at Northern Trust Asset Management on the evolution of ESG in investing.

Mike Hunstad, head of quantitative strategies for NT Asset Management, has watched socially responsible investing move way beyond negative screens that defined the space 30 years ago and he contends that investors “can have their cake and eat it too”

"We have seen that bonds issued by companies with favorable ESG ratings tend to trade at tighter credit spreads for longer periods of time and can offer downside mitigation during periods of market turbulence."

Statewide business network highlights the Company’s efforts in creating an efficient marketplace for environmental and social investments

ESG is a growing priority in the minds of investors. But what is ESG? And how does it differ from EHS? Find out in this Antea Group blog:

These four steps can guide a dynamic sustainable investing strategy for the long term.

Global issuance of green, social and sustainability bonds – or sustainable bonds, collectively – will hit a record of $650 billion in 2021, a 32% increase over the $491 billion issued in 2020, Moody's Investors Service projects in a new report.

LPs inhabit a unique position to encourage VCs to invest in more diverse-founded companies.

Black & Veatch, a global leader in power infrastructure solutions, has joined a coalition of 175 solar companies in signing a pledge to oppose the use of forced labor in the solar supply chain.

Land Betterment announced that the Company’s Environmental Solutions division is driving innovation and efficiencies in reclaiming former coal mining and industrial lands through the launch of its Land Betterment Exchange (“LBX”).