ESG-risk-mitigation-strategies-have-more-impact-then-impact-strategies
05 May 24

ESG BACK TO REALITY #1 – ESG risk mitigation strategies have more impact than impact investing

ESG BACK TO REALITY #1 – ESG risk mitigation strategies have more impact than impact investing Corporates will only move when expected risk adjusted returns are under threat or can improve Impact investing, here assimilated to Sustainable Investments as per SFDR 2(17), and ESG risk mitigation strategies can contribute to the same environmental and social […]
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ESG-risk-ratings-cannot-be-used-alone
04 Apr 24

ESG risk is like any other risk and cannot be understood only with an ESG risk rating

ESG risk is like any other risk and cannot be understood only with an ESG risk rating Co-authored by Alexander Miller, CIO at Odin Forvaltning and Dag A.D. Messelt, Senior ESG risk analyst and co-founder at sustainAX. Today, there is far too much focus on the ESG risk ratings themselves among investors, but also in […]
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sustainAX - ICMA Code of Conduct for ESG Rating and Data Providers 2023
22 Jan 24

sustainAX signs up for the ICMA Code of Conduct for ESG Ratings Product Providers

22 July 2024 – UPDATE Statement of Application We have been working with this since our committment to follow the ICMA code of conduct on 22 January 2024 as the first signatory. Hereunder is a summary of our status, the detailed information is available in our ESG research and ESG rating policy (link below). Principle […]
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24 Aug 23

Nordic Certified ESG* Analysts #4 –Danske Bank still in Pole Position in front of Nordea, Ålandsbanken in a strong third position and Norway still lagging!

Nordic Certified ESG* Analysts #4 – Danske Bank still in Pole Position in front of a strengthening Nordea, Ålandsbanken in a strong third position and Norway still lagging! Lacking real ESG analyst competence is an important problem the finance industry is facing in an environment being harder regulated and where expectations from the asset owners […]
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28 Mar 23

To keep your clients, you should urgently target 100% ESG research coverage of your portfolios

To keep your clients, you should urgently target 100% ESG research coverage of your portfolios Most investors have a tail of holdings in their portfolios lacking ESG research or ESG risk scores. Depending on the asset class, this may represent up to 50% in the Nordics, but also a significant proportion in certain asset classes […]
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Nordic-Certified-ESG-Analysts-2
06 Mar 23

Nordic Certified ESG* Analysts #3 –Danske Bank solidifying their Pole Position in front of Nordea, Nordic Credit Rating going all CESGA and Norway still lagging!

Nordic Certified ESG* Analysts #3 – Danske Bank solidifying their Pole Position in front of Nordea, Nordic Credit Rating going all CESGA and Norway still lagging! Lacking real ESG competence is an important problem the finance industry is facing in an environment being harder regulated and where expectations from the asset owners (clients) and other […]
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Fundamental ESG research analyst blue sustainAX
12 Feb 23

SFDR – Different types of ESG* data and why you will always need the fundamental ESG* analyst

SFDR – Different types of ESG* data and why you will always need the fundamental ESG* analyst The debate about ESG, the search for best practice and the search for ESG data are still hot topics and it will be for some time. In many recent meetings with asset managers, we have had many interesting […]
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Green bond second opinion cannot replace ESG rsearch
23 Apr 22

How the ESG* analyst should think – A green bond second opinion does not replace ESG research

How the ESG* analyst should think – A green bond second opinion does not replace ESG research We discuss with many investors and are surprised that some of them think they do not need ESG risk and opportunity research for their green bond or social bond holdings. We also get this impression from some asset […]
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ESMA Call for evidence ESG ratings (ESG scores) sustainAX
17 Mar 22

Regulation – sustainAX answers to ESMAs Call for Evidence on market characteristics for ESG Rating Providers in the EU

Regulation – sustainAX answers to ESMAs Call for Evidence on market characteristics for ESG Rating Providers in the EU As there are not that many ESG score (aka ESG “rating”) providers out here, we think there can be interest for the other stakeholders like the users of ESG scores (asset managers) and companies being ESG […]
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