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Does conventional financial investing focus on enhancing the long-term value of an investment portfolio? - ANSWERSNo, conventional financial investing is ST. Only ESG investing focusses on the LT. What are the "core planetary boundaries" identified by the Stockholm Resilience Centre? - ANSW...

Which of the following investment approaches focuses on enhancing the long-term value of an investment portfolio? a. ESG investing b. Impact investing c. Conventional financial investing - ANSWERSA Which of the following ESG investments addresses the bottom of the pyramid (BOP)? a. Green bond...

Companies who are UN Global Compact and PRI signees will have investment strategies that? - ANSWERSIncorporate ESG into the investment process What is an indirect environmental impact of a paper company cutting trees and transporting them to production plants? - ANSWERSa natural regulator of carb...

ESG Investing - ANSWERSan approach to managing assets where investors explicitly incorporate ESG factors. ESG investing aims to correctly identify, evaluate and price social, environmental and economic risks and opportunities. Governance Factors - ANSWERSfactors that involve issues tied to countr...

Definition of ESG - ANSWERSis an approach to managing assets where investors explicitly incorporate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in their investment decisions with the long-term return of an investment portfolio in mind. ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - ANSWERSFactors pertaining to...

Engagement - ANSWERSThe active process of dialogue with a company, where the investor is seeking specific change. This can often be a lengthy process and involve many iterations of contact with senior representatives of the company. Environmental, social and governance (ESG) - ANSWERSThe grouping...

Active Ownership - ANSWERSActive ownership represents actively exercising ones right as the shareholder of a company, particularly active engagement with management, and discussion on both financial and non-financial ESG factors. Active Risk - ANSWERSThe risk that a portfolio assumes in an effort...

What is ESG investing? a) an approach to managing companies that explicitly acknowledges the relevance of environmental, social, and governance factors in corporate decision making b) an approach to managing companies that explicitly acknowledges the relevance of environmental, social, and economi...

An investment firm's aims and objectives for integrating ESG into an investment process - ANSWERS► meeting requirements under fiduciary duty or regulations, ► meeting client and beneficiary demands, ► lowering investment risk, ► increasing investment returns, ► giving in...

What did the Brundtland Report of 1987 show and what else was it referred to as? - ANSWERSThe Brundtland Report of 1987 showed that if you want good, long term economic growth, then you need to consider the environment and social progress. It was also called "Our Common Future". What did th...

The Aims and objectives for intergrating ESG into an investment process may include: a) Meeting requirements under principles for responsible investment (PRI) regulations. b) Increasing reputational risk at a firm and investment level c) Meeting internal audit demands. d) Improving the quali...

Brundtland Report - ANSWERSpublisshed by the UN in the 1980s. 'Introduced' the concept of sustainable development and how it can be achieved Enrivonmental sustainability - ANSWERSMeetings needs and aspirations today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs....

What is seen as one of the most exciting yet least developed areas of ESG integration? - ANSWERSESG integration into informing and shaping strategic asset allocation. Why might ESG integration at the asset allocation level be redundant? - ANSWERSDue to the misalignment between investors' tradi...

Corporate governance can be distilled down to what two factors, known as the two 'A's' of corporate governance? - ANSWERSAccountability and alignment. Talk through the two 'A's' of corporate governance. - ANSWERSAccountability: Who's on the board, who are they responsible/acc...