Following is AlphaValue take regarding what Covid-19 reveals about current Corporate Social Responsability (CSR) practices. Most ESG ratings have been assigned on the basis of social and governance ‘standards’ across…

Collecting £702m over a few weeks in Britain. Yes, it is possible: this is the amount of money that BlackRock’s £1.6bn World Low Carbon Equity Tracker fund has attracted since…

ESG data and ratings are now a huge industry. ESG has given a new impetus to financial institutions, while they were still dealing with public skepticism in the aftermath of…

Governance matters but sadly, mostly after the horse has bolted.  Between good governance and a fast buck, investors made their choice long ago. The marketing talk claims that good governance…

When the most pro-trade area ever is increasingly turning bearish on globalisation and looking towards a degree of protectionism, one can rightly wonder whether the process kick-started by Trump’s election…

The EU intends to tell the world what is green. This is a power grab that may work if the recent GDRP initiative is taken as an example. Here the…

The French regulator AMF just published its report on « Corporate Govenernance and Executive Compensation ». They operate and interact with companies according to the « comply or explain » principle, promoted by the…

Governments do not meet their obligations when it comes to a greener world essentially because they are afraid of the ballot boxes with financially-strapped households balking at higher taxes aimed…