The road to climate investing – a journey for insurers
Climate change is a major issue for insurers as the industry signs up for net zero carbon commitments while also trying to maintain returns.
15-04-2022
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Insight
Investors ramp up investments in the SDGs
A majority of investors plan to increase their focus on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Robeco Global Climate Survey 2022 has found.
13-04-2022
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Insight
Engage to create a better world? Challenge Accepted!
Engagement has been an important part of Robeco’s sustainability strategy since 2005.
28-03-2022
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Insight
Investors to be stricter on ESG during AGM season
The climate transition and social condition will be key issues during the AGM season – and companies cannot expect an easy ride.
25-03-2022
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Insight
SI Dilemmas: Collaborating is key to making progress, but isn’t always easy
Solving the world’s greatest sustainability challenges, from halting climate change and biodiversity loss to promoting well-being and inclusion, requires collaboration.
24-03-2022
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SI Dilemmas
Engagement and biodiversity lead 2022 Global Climate Survey
Climate change remains central to investor strategies over the coming years, as active ownership and biodiversity increase in importance.
24-03-2022
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Insight
Understanding sustainability beyond the data
The drive to reach net zero emissions has placed greater emphasis on gathering reliable data – and lots of it.
23-03-2022
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Insight
Using engagement to advance sustainability matters in the palm oil industry
Palm oil is an ingredient in almost half of all the packaged products found in supermarkets, from pizza and chocolate to shampoo and toothpaste.
11-03-2022
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Insight
Si Dilemmas: What is our real world impact as investors in secondary markets?
Allocating capital is the core business of investing.
24-02-2022
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SI Dilemmas
Indices insights: Do ESG ratings align with the values of large investors?
This is the first article of a new series, Indices insights, in which we focus on some of the flaws of ESG ratings.
23-02-2022
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Insight
Voting to promote the S in ESG
Social issues will have a higher priority at the upcoming proxy voting system, say Robeco’s corporate governance specialists.
21-02-2022
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Insight
Robeco launches biodiversity paper and teams up with WWF-NL
A Robeco positioning paper to address biodiversity loss is being backed by a partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature Netherlands.
31-01-2022
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Insight
Acceleration to Paris leads Q4 Active Ownership report
Tackling the world’s worst emitters leads the Q4 Active Ownership report as engagement is seriously ramped up over carbon.
28-01-2022
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Active Ownership Report
Protecting the planet heads 2022 engagement themes
Preserving natural resources amid the drive for net zero emissions leads Robeco’s four new engagement themes for 2022.
07-01-2022
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Insight
Managing climate change risk for insurers
No sector is more exposed to the harsh reality of climate change than insurers.
30-12-2021
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Insight
The big shift: turning truly and sustainably green
After a summer of regional floods and forest fires, followed by COP26 in autumn, now is an opportune time to pause and take stock.
20-12-2021
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Interview
COP26: The verdict on the COP26 summit
So, did our leaders rise to the occasion and understand the gravity of the climate crisis we’re in?
15-11-2021
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Video
COP26: Toughening up on carbon disclosure
It’s essential to know just how much carbon is being emitted each year by countries and companies, but the current system of disclosure is random and voluntary.
11-11-2021
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Video
COP26: Using nature to offset emissions
Over half of all greenhouse gas emissions are absorbed by nature.
09-11-2021
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Video
COP26: Helping poorer countries to adapt
Developed countries are historically responsible for most of the emissions, and the challenge is to stop emerging markets going down the same coal-fired path.
04-11-2021
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Video
Human rights theme leads ground-breaking quarter for Active Ownership
A new engagement theme focused on human rights due diligence leads the Active Ownership team’s Q3 report.
29-10-2021
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Active Ownership Report
COP26: Beefing up net zero commitments
Countries need to accelerate their decarbonization under what’s known as the ‘ratchet mechanism’ – making progressively bigger cuts in emissions to reach net zero.
28-10-2021
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Video
Roadmap outlines plan for move towards net zero emissions
Robeco has laid out a roadmap for achieving carbon neutrality across all its assets under management by 2050.
27-10-2021
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Insight
Working to fortify digital assets to beat cybercrime
Attitudes to improving data security have improved as cybercrime becomes a multi-trillion dollar threat, a Robeco engagement program has found.
