The Guardian - ESG Foundation https://esgfoundation.org Environmental, social impact and corporate governance Sat, 12 Jun 2021 13:37:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.8 WWF and Greenpeace – British banks finance 1.8 times the UK’s own net CO2 emissions per year https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/may/25/british-banks-finance-805m-tonnes-of-co2-production-a-year?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wwf-and-greenpeace-british-banks-finance-1-8-times-the-uks-own-net-co2-emissions-per-year Fri, 04 Jun 2021 13:33:00 +0000 https://esgfoundation.org/?p=8222 If the City of London were a country it would rank as the world’s ninth highest CO2 emitter, when the results of banks' investments are taken into account, according to Greenpeace and the WWF. That is 455m tonnes when discounting aviation and shipping, sectors the UK government excludes in its emissions calculations.

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]]> Investing in firms with better record on social issues pays, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/18/investing-in-firms-with-better-record-on-social-issues-pays-study-finds?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=investing-in-firms-with-better-record-on-social-issues-pays-study-finds Sat, 30 May 2020 00:20:16 +0000 https://esgfoundation.org/?p=6260 The post Investing in firms with better record on social issues pays, study finds appeared first on ESG Foundation.

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Investing in companies with better records on social issues and good governance pays according to the world’s largest asset manager, with those investments having proved to be more financially resilient during the coronavirus market crash.

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