Have professional footballers shown us the path to tackling our most pressing social challenges? The #PlayersTogether initiative launched during the covid crisis could be the springboard for  bringing capital to dementia research and investment. 

The ESG Factor Magazine – Official Magazine of ESG Ireland®

Are companies that claim to be purpose-driven walking the talk? We outline 3 key takeaways from our analysis on a global sample of companies as part of our research on Covid-19 and Inequality: A Test of Corporate Purpose.

Takaya Sekine, Deputy Head of Quantitative Research at Amundi, provides a brief snapshot of his team’s latest ESG research paper looking at Corporate ESG News and the Stock Market.

We believe that we are still in the early stages of a persistent and long-lasting shift toward sustainability – the full effects of which are not yet included in market prices, given the long transition.

A social impact mindset is all about being aware of the society you live in and the power of your individual decisions to have an impact.

Dan Healy, a Partner at Irish Homes, shares his thoughts on the need for greater collaboration to tackle our social challenges, with social housing providing an example of how public private partnership can work.

David Gait, from the Sustainable Funds Group at Stewart Investors discusses some of the issues with sustainable investing in Asia Pacific. As with Alice when she stepped through the looking-glass , David finds a similar crisis of logic with investing in the region.