Gustavo Bernal Torres
Green Bonds, Empty Promises
Law professors Quinn Curtis, Mark Weidemaier and Mitu Gulati examined almost 1,000 green bond prospectuses over the past decade. Utilizing...
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Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 4
- 1 min
Alex Edmans New Paper: Applying Economics – Not Gut Feel – To ESG
The urgency of ESG leads us to apply gut feel to some of the world's most pressing issues, since we can't wait for academic research to...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jan 21
- 1 min
Exxon's Climate Research Accurately Projected Global Warming, Study Finds
ExxonMobil's own climate science research, which began in the 1970s, accurately predicted the pace and severity of global warming. The...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Nov 18, 2022
- 1 min
A Sustainable Capital Asset Pricing Model (S-CAPM)
Evidence from Environmental Integration and Sin Stock Exclusion. This paper shows how sustainable investing—through the joint practice of...
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- Oct 21, 2022
- 1 min
ESG Investment Outcomes, Performance Evaluation, And Attribution
New paper from the CFA Institute Research Foundation This paper highlights key challenges faced by ESG investors and portfolio managers...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 14, 2022
- 1 min
China Country Climate and Development Report
China is the world's largest greenhouse gas producer, and the report provides a roadmap for integrating climate and development goals....
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
The End of ESG
ESG is both extremely important and nothing special. It's extremely important because it's critical to long-term value, and thus any...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Aug 19, 2022
- 1 min
The Secret of the Energy Transition: Why Solar Will Reshape Global Politics (and be Bad for Putin)
The secret of the energy transition in three graphs: why solar is unlike any other energy technology. Duke University released a report...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Aug 5, 2022
- 1 min
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A new generation of business leaders is finding innovative and profitable ways to bring about positive change in the world. In the book...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
Global Food-Miles Account for Nearly 20% of Total Food-Systems Emissions
Global “food miles” emissions are higher than previously thought – accounting for nearly one-fifth of total food-system emissions. The...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 10, 2022
- 1 min
The Great Carbon Arbitrage
A new study from the International Monetary Fund measures the economic benefits from phasing out coal globally. The study measures the...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
“Carbon Bombs” - Mapping Key Fossil Fuel Projects
Fossil fuel companies are planning nearly 195 projects capable of producing at least a billion tons of CO2 pollution. The document...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 20, 2022
- 1 min
Economic Impacts of Climate Change
Exploring short-term climate-related shocks with macroeconomic models To advance financial industry knowledge on this important topic,...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 13, 2022
- 1 min
Stanford University Announces New Climate Change School With $1.1 Billion Donation
Stanford University announced it is launching a new school later this year focused on climate change and funded by John Doerr, a renowned...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 30, 2022
- 1 min
Socially Responsible Divestment
New research paper, from Alex Edmans, Doron Levit and Jan Schneemeier. Blanket exclusion of "brown" stocks is seen as the best way to...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 8, 2022
- 1 min
IPCC's Climate Change 2022: Mitigation
The Working Group III contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report An updated global assessment of climate change mitigation progress and...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 25, 2022
- 1 min
Stanford's Research Initiative on Long-Term Investing ("SLTI")
Stanford University has launched a new research initiative to study long-term investing. With more than 100 trillion in financial assets...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 10, 2022
- 1 min
'Maladaptation': How Not To Cope With Climate Change
Maladaptation happens when you try to solve one problem and wind up creating another. "We're finding that there are many cases in which...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
IPCC's Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability
The Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report The 18 Chapters and 7 Cross-Chapter Papers of the Working Group II...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 21, 2021
- 1 min
The Resilience Manifesto: Integrating ESG and Risk Management, in Inv. Portfolios and Organizations
Researchers from Stanford University, publish a paper / manifesto showing how investors can integrate ESG with traditional risk...
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