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Sustainable Investing: Evidence from the Field

Jan 6, 2025 | ecgi.global | Alex Edmans |Tom Gosling |Dirk Jenter

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Could sustainable investing be the answer to the climate crisis?

Nov 26, 2024 | lse.ac.uk | Dirk Jenter |Tom Gosling |Alex Edmans

Sustainable investing – the practice of incorporating environmental and social (ES) factors into investment decisions – has become increasingly popular in recent years with thousands of funds marketed as “sustainable” cropping up in the marketplace. Advocates of the practice believe it is key to lowering carbon emissions and nudging companies to adopt more environmentally friendly and pro-social behaviour, but is this how it works in reality?
Do Portfolio Managers Care About Society?

Oct 23, 2024 | forbes.com | Tom Gosling

By Dr Tom Gosling, Executive Fellow of Finance, London Business SchoolA recent study, co-authored by Alex Edmans (London Business School), Dirk Jenter (London School of Economics) and me, asked over 500 portfolio managers how they take environmental and social (ES) performance into account in their investment decision-making; we wanted to get the views of people that actually manage money on a day-to-day basis, rather than the opinions of their sustainability teams.
Living wages revisited: The case of Walgreens Boots Alliance

Jun 2, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Tom Gosling

INTRODUCTION In 2022, ShareAction, a well-known British activist responsible investment NGO, tabled a resolution at Sainsbury's one of the UK's largest supermarket chains, demanding that they become an accredited Living Wage employer. I wrote up the case in this journal a year ago in an article titled: “Lessons for ESG Activists: The Case of Sainsbury's and the Living Wage.” That proposal was rejected by around five out of every six shareholders at the 2022 Sainsbury's AGM.
Why universal owners need modest objectives

Apr 24, 2024 | netzeroinvestor.net | Tom Gosling |Mona Dohle

A widely used rationale for investor action on environmental or social issues is the concept of “universal ownership”, sometimes referred to as “systemic stewardship” or “system level investing”.[1]The idea is that broadly diversified investors own a slice of the whole economy, that is, they are “universal owners”. Therefore, it is in their interests to address any issue that adversely effects the economy as a whole.
CEO compensation: Evidence from the field

Feb 7, 2024 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Alex Edmans |Tom Gosling |Dirk Jenter

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Crocodile rock map of Australia speaks volumes

Jan 14, 2024 | spectator.com.au | Tom Gosling

There’s an image that appears in my mind’s eye whenever people start talking about Australia Day. It’s a big sandstone rock, shaped like a grey crocodile’s snout, projecting out into dense green bushland. It was one of our favourite places back in the 1950s when we lived in the Sydney suburb of Sylvania, which, as its name implies, had lots of trees. Before it was overwhelmed by suburban sprawl, Sylvania was a wonderful place for kids to roam around, explore and play all day.
New algorithm maximises ocean clean up

Dec 7, 2023 | london.edu | Tom Gosling |Jonathan Braude |Lizzie Hudson |Mel Bradman

Think - AT LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL Bruno Sainte-Rose, Lead Computational Modeler at The Ocean Cleanup, on the collaboration with LBS Sustainability Climate change Technology Innovation When Jean and Baizhi joined the project last year, we were already quite advanced in the assessments we were making, such as how big we could make the system; and we had built a net with a positive environmental impact.
Upskilling to combat climate change in farming

Nov 22, 2023 | london.edu | Tom Gosling |Jonathan Braude |Jenny Little

Think - AT LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL Laidlaw scholar Jiwan Dillon plans to take skills from her MBA course and use them to help transform farming in northern India Climate change Sustainability Students Growing up on a farm in Punjab, Jiwan Dhillon was immersed in the world of agriculture. Little did she know as a small girl that she would one day use technology and business skills to attempt to transform the way farming is done in northern India.
Can taxes make businesses more sustainable

Nov 22, 2023 | london.edu | Jonathan Braude |Tom Gosling |Áine Doris

In this episode of the Why podcast, London Business School’s Marcel Olbert discusses the role of taxation in companies and governments with Alenka Turnsek of EY. While there isn’t one global system of holding companies accountable for their sustainability efforts, there are several different country-wide efforts ongoing. Tax incentives seem to be working, for example, in the US where the Inflation Reduction Act has come into play.