Elena K. Johansson

Articles by Elena K. Johansson

  • Alpha flows from alternative ESG data, says Schroders

    09 November 2018

    Identifying long-term environmental, social and governance (ESG) winners is about creating an individual approach to sustainable investing und using alternative data, said a Schroders' portfolio manager.

  • Half of Ireland's asset managers have sustainability strategy, finds survey

    08 November 2018

    Half of the asset managers domiciled in Ireland have implemented a sustainability-themed strategy, in a sign that responsible investment is going mainstream in the country.

  • SDG tool highlights climate and ocean risks

    07 November 2018

    A number of companies have scored badly for handling the negative impacts on certain Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • EU committee votes to strengthen ESG disclosure proposal

    06 November 2018

    An overwhelming majority of the European Parliament Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has supported a beefed-up version of a Commission proposal on sustainability disclosure and investors' duties.

  • People Moves: World Bank, BNP Paribas, BlackRock

    02 November 2018

    Jingdong Hua has been appointed as vice president and treasurer of the World Bank, and will start his new post on 1 January.

  • Stranded assets warning for $60bn of Asian coal plants

    01 November 2018

    A projected drop in renewable energy costs will leave $60 billion of coal burning plants in Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines 'stranded' within a decade, a report by NGO Carbon Tracker has warned.

  • Green bonds round-up, 31 Oct 2018

    31 October 2018

    German utility EnBW has raised €500 million ($573 million) from its inaugural issue on the green bond market.

  • Exxon lawsuit represents 'turning point' for climate disclosure, says lawyer

    31 October 2018

    An allegation of misleading disclosure of climate information is at the centre of a new lawsuit against ExxonMobil, which marks a 'turning point' for climate litigation, a lawyer said.

  • Japan's GPIF reports improved ESG ratings for its equity portfolio

    29 October 2018

    Japan's giant Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) said the companies in which it invests showed an improvement in their evaluations for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance in the 12 months to March 2018.

  • People Moves: CalSTRS, BNP Paribas, ERAFP, GWEC, FC4S and Cornerstone

    26 October 2018

    Kirsty Jenkinson has been appointed as director of corporate governance at the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and replaces Anne Sheehan, who retired in March.