A quiet revolution has been taking place as environmental, social and governance considerations become firmly embedded in the investment decision making process. As a result asset owners and managers have been moving to integrate ESG into index designs for new mandates on core passive portfolios. FTSE Russell has over two decades of expertise in providing sustainability data, analytics, ratings and indexes covering thousands of companies worldwide. Our sustainability data and index capabilities are designed to help asset owners and managers incorporate their ESG objectives and investment strategies.
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We are your trusted partner to help you integrate sustainability into your investment strategy. Our global team of sustainable investment analysts and researchers provide deep and wide coverage of the sustainability issues that matter to you. This ensures that our products and offerings are:
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Insights from leaders in sustainable investment
Smart Sustainability
Integrating factors and ESG into index-based investment strategies
Aligning passive equity portfolios with the UN SDGs
Innovative index design aligns with aspects of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals
Driving better standards in sustainable investment
What is STEP Change? A quick look at FTSE Russell’s approach to stewardship, improving disclosure and fostering transparency for the long-term benefit of the market and ultimately the societies we all operate within.
Introduction to Drawdown
At the Green Solutions: Science, Technology and Finance Forum we kick off this video series with Peggy Liu, chairperson of the, Joint US-China Collaboration on Clean Energy (JUCCCE) who outlines the comprehensive plan proposed to reverse global warming, which ranks the 100 most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change, providing a framework for allocating resources to tackle this important goal.
Development of data capture and machine learning – Part 1
Dr. Ben Caldecott from the University of Oxford addresses the developments in remote sensing, machine learning, and big data and how that will allow society to determine the characteristics and ownership of physical assets, particularly in environmentally impactful sectors such as power generation, manufacturing, and buildings.
Integrating new data and technology into financial risk frameworks – Part 2
Dr. Ben Caldecott from the University of Oxford addresses the developments in remote sensing, machine learning, and big data and how that will allow society to determine the characteristics and ownership of physical assets, particularly in environmentally impactful sectors such as power generation, manufacturing, and buildings.
Committed emissions data – Part 3
Dr. Ben Caldecott from the University of Oxford addresses the developments in remote sensing, machine learning, and big data and how that will allow society to determine the characteristics and ownership of physical assets, particularly in environmentally impactful sectors such as power generation, manufacturing, and buildings.
Practical application of climate data in financial products
Dan Carson, Head of Green Solutions at FTSE Russell discusses how green data can be integrated into investment approaches to incorporate a climate hedge and gain exposure to emerging opportunity sets. He then discusses some of the practical challenges of climate investing and whether the investment community is going far enough.
Green Solutions: Panel discussion
Chaired by Jack Ehnes, CEO of CalSTRS the panel was comprised of Peggy Liu, JUCCCE; Dr. Ben Caldecott, University of Oxford and Dan Carson, FTSE Russell.
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