Chart of the Week: Global Sustainable Asset Flows Continue to Set Records in 2021
This week we look a report published by Morningstar which showcases the continued record-setting growth of sustainable asset flows.
We look at new research from S&P Global on the rise Sustainability Linked Bonds, and how they are a sustainability solution that can work for industries that are hard to decarbonize.
Chart of the Week: JUST 100 Companies Continue to Exemplify Strong Leadership While Achieving Alpha
Looking at the performance of the JUST 100, we see significant alpha relative to the average Russell 1000 company we rank.
Why Engine No. 1 Is Taking on ExxonMobil in Arguably the Biggest Proxy Battle of the Season
We talked to Charlie Penner of the activist fund Engine No. 1 and Aeisha Mastagni of pension fund giant CalSTRS about the “Reenergize Exxon” campaign.
Chart of the Week: Companies that Give More Pre-Tax Profits to Charity Tend to Have Higher ROE
In this Chart of the Week, we take a look at our charitable giving data to analyze whether there are meaningful trends around the ROE of Russell 1000 companies.
Chart of the Week: Climate Change Is Increasingly Driving Investment Policy
This week, we highlight how investment strategies are rapidly realigning to account for climate change.
Chart of the Week: ESG ETF Costs Present an Opportunity for The Next Frontier of Indexing
This week’s chart from the Wall Street Journal explores the recent tidal wave of ESG funds and dives into the average expense ratios of U.S. equity ETFs.
The Future of ESG is Customized, Personalized, and Values-Driven
More investors are recognizing that investing can serve a dual purpose – to both reach financial goals and to perpetuate core values by supporting companies doing right by all shareholders.
Companies That Prioritize Workforce Investment and Training Outperform Those That Don’t
Companies that have invested in their workforces have been more successful than those that haven’t for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Why Addressing the C-Suite Gender Pay Gap Presents an Opportunity for Growth
This week, we look at Morningstar’s most recent analysis Jackie Cook, diving into the C-suite Gender Pay Gap.
Utilities With High Carbon Emissions Intensity: Investment or Gamble?
With the societal and legal move towards decarbonization, utilities that emit a comparatively high amount of carbon are challenged by stranded assets and/or potentially high costs to upgrade equipment.
Companies That Have the Most Workers Earning a Living Wage Have Higher Returns on Assets
Companies that don’t pay their workers well need to take up more debt (i.e. more risk) to have the same returns on equity as those that pay their workers well.
Chart of the Week: Companies With Fewer Controversies Outperformed in 2020
We take a look at our 2021 ranked companies that had controversies across all of our various stakeholders to show that, unsurprisingly, companies with fewer controversies slightly outperform those with more.
JUST’s Most Popular ESG Features from 2020
Here are five of our most viewed ESG-focused features from 2020.
Watch JUST Capital & NYSE’s Investor Event: Business & Markets as a Force for Good
How companies and investors can lead in building a more just and inclusive economy that works for all Americans.
Companies increasingly face the prospect of needing to incorporate carbon emissions and emission reductions when doing internal cost-benefit analysis for new projects. The chart from Bloomberg Green goes deeper.
ESG Chart of the Week: 2021 JUST 100 Companies Outperform the Market
In light of last week’s analysis of the 2021 JUST Universe specific to return on equity, this week we dive into the new list of companies constituting the JUST 100, our annual list of America’s most just companies.
Chart of the Week: JUST Businesses Have a Higher Return on Equity
We revisit a past Chart of the Week to show that the companies that support their workers continue to outperform the market.
Chart of the Week: JUST Industry Leaders Maintain Their Performance Upside Through the Recovery
In this week’s Chart of the Week, we take a look at the JUST Industry leaders across our universe to examine their strong outperformance in this economic recovery.
We sat down with two of the ESG’s most prominent leaders –John Goldstein, the head of the Sustainable Finance Group at Goldman Sachs and Megan Starr, the Global Head of Impact for The Carlyle Group, to discuss the future of ESG.
Companies that support customers by producing non-harmful and quality products, emphasizing privacy, using fair pricing, offering equal treatment, and more, outperform their competitors by 20.7% .
As Americans Embrace ESG Investing, the Challenges Against It Feel Less Valid Than Ever
Arguments in support of shareholder primacy and against stakeholder capitalism are out of sync with the voice of the American public, institutional investors, shareholders, and corporations themselves.
Chart of The Week: Companies That Prioritize Their Workers Continue to Outperform the Market
In light of Labor Day this past Monday, we revisit a chart from early June to evaluate how companies’ treatment of their workers continues to affect financial performance throughout 2020.
For Labor Day, we revisit our Chart of the Week from earlier this summer to reevaluate how companies who fully disclose their EEO-1 reports have performed throughout the trailing three months.
Chart of the Week: Just Companies Have Better Risk Profiles and Overall Decreased Volatility
This week, we explore the risk profile of more just companies in comparison to less just ones, and show that JUST companies have less volatility.