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Certificate in ESG Investing Edition 1 questions withcorrect answers
Responsible investment Correct Answer-This term indcates ESG factors
are taken into consideration in the investment process, but typically to
mitigate risk with a focus purely on finacial reutrn
Sustainable investment Correct Answer-akin to responsible investment,
but going beyond integrating ESG factors in order to limit risk to doing
so in order to capture and enrourage ESG opportunities such as those
presented by the transition to a low carbon economy. Active ownership
is actively pursued.
Impact investment Correct Answer-Seeks to create positive
environmental or social impacts alongside a financial return.
Socially responsible investment (SRI) Correct Answer-Positive or
negative screening strategiesfor moral or ethical reasons.
Ethical investing Correct Answer-Subset of SRI, individual or
insitutitions own ethical preferences
Thematic investing Correct Answer-Strategy which focus on a trend
within ESG or sustainable investment
Institutional investors typically reflect ESG considerations in three ways
Correct Answer-1. Integrating ESG factors
,2. Engaging actively
3. Public policy and best practice
Framworks for materiality Correct Answer-SASB
Global Reporting initiative (GRI)
IIRC
MSCI
Sustainalytics
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) Correct Answer-10 principles
within:
Human Rights
Labour
Environment
Anti-Corruption
Sustainable Development Goals Correct Answer-A set of universal goals
adopted by 150 UN member states. 17 goals in various areas such as
poverty, gender equality and life below water. Goals needs to be reach
before 2030. Totaling 169 sub-goals
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Correct Answer-Aims to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions to limit
man-made climate change. Paris Agreement are within UNFCCC
,Task Force on Cliamte-related Financial disclosures (TCFD) Correct
Answer-Takes the Paris Agreement's two degrees Celcius target and
tries to operationalise it for the business world.
Disclose the following around climate
1. Governance
2. Strategy
3. Risk management
4. Metrics and targets
United Nations Principles for Responsible investment (UN PRI) Correct
Answer-Six principles:
1. Incorporate ESG issues into investment analysis
2. Will be active owners
3. Disclose on ESG issues
4. Promote acceptance and implementation of the principles
5. Work together to enhance effectiveness
6. We will each report on our activities and progress torwards
implementing the principles
The international corporate governance network (ICGN) Correct
Answer-Focus on governance.
Key guidance developed are:
Global Stewardship Principles
Global Corporate Governance Principles
The Model Mandate
, In what sence are ESG considerations non-financial Correct Answer-
They are difficult to value precisely and difficult to time.
How much have PRI signatories growth been per annum since 2006
Correct Answer-30%
1.How many signatories were there in april 2018?
2. AUM? Correct Answer-1. 1961
2. US$ 82 Trillion
Which strategies have the most AUM on a global scale? Correct
Answer-1. Negative/exclusionary screening
2. ESG integration
3. Corporate engagenment and shareholder action
What are Pensions funds' ESG drivers? Correct Answer-1. Media and
civil society
2. Beneficiaries
3. Regulators
Which big case in Holland led to changes in responsible investment in
the pension world? Correct Answer-Zembla exposed pension funds
invested in cluster mines in Holland.
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