Inherent Foundation helped create and invested in an innovative financing structure called Pursuit Bonds, which are helping provide workforce training to those with great potential and great need via the Pursuit organization. ‘So far, the graduate placement rate exceeds Inherent’s assumptions, the default rate is lower, and the average salary of the repaying graduates is
This is one of the first ‘sustainable improvement loans’ in the U.S., whereby sustainability performance is tied directly to the cost of capital. Xylem is a global water technology company.
The European Parliament and European Union countries agreed in March on sustainable investment disclosure rules for institutional investors, which will require money managers to integrate environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisions and disclose how they are doing so.
Increasingly, both investors and companies are waking up to the costs and inefficiencies caused by the short-termism of capital markets
Companies will face a record number of climate-related shareholder proposals this proxy season.
Paul Singer of Elliott Management weighs in on the issue of dual share class structures for public companies.
The importance of underwriting carbon risk – especially in companies that might not seem to have obvious exposure.
Companies will face a record number of climate-related shareholder proposals this proxy season.
KitchenAid as a case study: How the tight labor market is highlighting the competitive advantage a company can create by investing in its employees and their ongoing education.
The second annual sustainability ranking of public companies from Barron’s.
As plastic waste piles up, consumer packaged goods companies look to shed the ‘branded litter’ image for something more wholesome, like the ‘milkman’.
Over the coming year, global capital markets may face a trio of torpedoes in the water: slowing growth, rising interest rates, and net aggregate withdrawal of liquidity by the world’s major central banks. Value-oriented managers are looking forward to bargains as capital is reallocated through the cycle. Unlike prior cycles, however, we believe that success
An analysis of the growing movement behind looking at more than just companies’ financial performance.
Investors and corporate executives are increasingly paying attention to and acting on the environmental impact of the food and agriculture sector, which accounts for about a quarter of global carbon dioxide emissions.
This opinion piece provides an overview of shareholder action related to climate change and advocates that shareholders should hold directors to a stronger standard for their actions, or lack thereof, on climate change-related matters.
An overview of the impact of climate change on large companies, including PG&E’s bankruptcy.
On December 4, 2018, Tony spoke at the Milken Institute’s London Summit on a panel entitled “The Evolution of ESG and Asset Management.” The panel, moderated by Marisa Drew of Credit Suisse, included representatives from CDPQ London, Shenkman Capital, and the UK Local Authority Pension Fund. The video is available here. Tony describes how Inherent
An overview of the growing catastrophe-bond market and the risks playing out in a bond affected by the recent Camp Fire in California.
Working with a group of institutional investors convened by Ceres, Shell has committed itself to public net carbon footprint targets, linking such targets to executive compensation, and related goals.
A detailed account of the growth and recent challenges of what was once America’s biggest company.