Gustavo Bernal Torres
On The Whole FTX/SBF Saga
"ESG has been perverted beyond recognition" Sam Bankman-Fried We’re posting this final article to show that the whole anti-ESG narrative...
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Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jul 28, 2022
- 1 min
Steering the Ship: Creating Board-Level Climate Dashboards for Banks
Featuring high-level and detailed examples of dashboards — both hypothetical and from published reports — the paper covers the ‘what, ...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
How to Set Up Effective Climate Governance on Corporate Boards
Guiding principles and questions On the one hand, good governance should intrinsically include effective climate governance. To this...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 18, 2022
- 1 min
Asset Owner Due Diligence Questionnaires
The PRI has produced responsible investment due diligence questionnaires covering a range of asset classes. The DDQs are tools which help...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 4, 2022
- 1 min
Investors Rush to Dump Russian Assets After Years of Ignoring ESG Red Flags
Russia is the new tobacco. Or forced labor. Or apartheid South Africa. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a sudden withdrawal by...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
Climate Targets Oversight Group Under Scrutiny Over Its Own Governance
Science Based Targets initiative makes changes after complaints about transparency and potential for conflict of interest. Its stamp of...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Dec 10, 2021
- 1 min
UN PRI's New Case Studies
UN PRI released 17 new case studies of how global asset managers and asset owners integrate ESG factors into their investment process....
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Oct 7, 2021
- 1 min
Why Do ESG Funds Own Shares Of Facebook?
Facebook’s platforms have been engineered to make users angrier and angrier to keep them engaged. These are just a few of the conclusions...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Aug 5, 2021
- 1 min
Reactions To The ‘War For ESG Talent’
From GreenBiz, a piece last month about the fierce competition to attract and retain professionals working in the field of ESG —...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Jun 10, 2021
- 1 min
After Pressure, All-Male Boards Have Now Vanished From S&P 500
The last all-male board in the S&P 500 has added a female director The same thing happened in 2019 when another all-male board appointed...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 30, 2021
- 1 min
Sustainability is at Risk when Asset Managers are the Judge, Jury and Executors of the ESG Agenda
What makes a sustainable investment truly sustainable? And who gets to decide?- "I’ll detail a bit below how the structures of asset...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 22, 2021
- 1 min
PRI Sets Strategic Vision
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) announced the launch of its new three-year strategy, which is focused on increasing the...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
Properly Done Financial Audits Are A Powerful Tool For Addressing Climate Change
The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation had a meeting and discussed their proposed “Sustainability Standards Board (SSB).” The current plan...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
Finding ESG Funds Just Got Easier
New regulation helps investors identify funds with a sustainable mandate more easily- March 10 saw the EU Sustainable Finance...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
SDG Impact Standards for Bond Issuers
After two rounds of public consultation, UNDP has published guidelines for Bond Issuers, which provide a common language and a clear...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 9, 2021
- 1 min
Accusations Of ESG Greenwashing Miss The Point
New perspectives on the ongoing controversy started after Tariq Fancy's (former Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock) USA Today...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
Transformational Investment Practices of Advanced Investors
A new report from the World Economic Forum, alongside 60 global asset owners, explores how global asset owners are approaching global...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
CEO Pay Tied to ESG Sets Canadian Banks Apart From the Crowd
Canada overall is ahead of the curve, with 16% of its companies studied by Sustainalytics reporting relatively transparent ESG criteria...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 11, 2021
- 1 min
Key Challenges for the Next Phase of Net Zero Investing
Generation Investment Management recently launched its 4th Insights piece, in which they set out their thinking on the critical next...
Gustavo Bernal Torres
- Mar 4, 2021
- 1 min
Current Leading Practices by Asset Managers on Responsible Investment
From responsible investment research NGO ShareAction research outlining the current state of real-life leading practice by asset managers...
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