All eyes are on the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow next month. Our team, alongside climate activists and policymakers worldwide are fixated on Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), or global emission reduction plans, under… Read more »
In our final edition of the Summer Series, we turn to emerging markets. For the RBC Emerging Markets Equity team, ESG is a critical component of their investment philosophy and process. This includes a detailed… Read more »
Not a week goes by without more evidence of climate change wreaking havoc across the world. From wildfires in Greece and Turkey, to Hurricane Henri hitting the East Coast of the U.S., and this week’s… Read more »
We are in an inflationary environment as the world adjusts to a post-lockdown world. Investors are therefore interested in knowing how their portfolios might perform in an inflationary world. Quality stocks tend to fare well… Read more »
The Great Repricing: Financial Advice in the Age of Climate Change is going virtual. We’re moving to an immersive online experience, featuring the same speakers and sponsors (with more to come…). The event will now… Read more »
On Monday, Working Group 1 (WG1), which focuses on physical climate change, released its portion of the sixth assessment report (AR6) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC was created in 1988… Read more »
We are in the midst of a global water crisis, owing to climate change, irresponsible extraction, pollution, and lack of equitable access…[1] Less than 1% of the earth’s water is potable and global demand is… Read more »
“Once mainstream market participants wake up to the risks and opportunities posed by the physical environment and our attempts to manage it, it will become one of the common lenses through which risk is evaluated.”… Read more »
As the summer heats up, we are taking a virtual trip around the world to introduce you to select managers in our SMART Investing Solutions suite. One goal of our diligence process is to find… Read more »
When the term “ESG” was coined back in 20041, the goal was to focus “on issues which have or could have a material impact on investment value” over “longer time-horizons (10 years and beyond) and… Read more »