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Is ESG Performance Enhancing?

The old debate continues about whether ‘ethical’ or ‘socially responsible’ investment approaches and techniques are compatible with...

Aon survey finds global institutional investors increasingly interested in Responsible Investing

Regulatory changes, increased availability of quality data, and demographic shifts resulting in more Millennials and women looking to...

Measuring extra-financial factors in the supply chain

Responsible management of any supply chain is essential to the sustainable development of a business. Managing suppliers and...

La Financière Responsable adds Vinci to its portfolio

French ESG asset manager La Financière Responsable (LFR) has added the French utilities firm Vinci to its portfolios. Uniquely in its...

LFR: France’s Carrefour becomes its sector Leader

As part of its review of portfolio values, the Investment Committee at Paris-based asset manager La Financière Responsable has updated...

Extra Financial Indicators : LFR highlights corporate water consumption

Water has always been essential both for human life and for economic activity. Its importance has been overtaken in recent years by the...

Buoyant Green Bond market sweeps into 2018

Green bonds have had a strong start to 2018 and there seems little in the way of further expansion. Here is a brief primer on the...

Gender signals: improving trends but test the data

March 8 marks International Woman’s Day. French asset manager La Financière Responsable (LFR) explains how it assesses gender issues for...

Managers need to update ‘quaint and outdated’ views of Sustainable investing

In the Financial Times of January 18, 2018, (https://www.ft.com/content/b4870bd2-fab6-11e7-a492-2c9be7f3120a) British fund industry...

LFR : Extra Financial Indicators: Workforce growth

La Financière Responsable is a specialist ESG asset manager with an award-winning approach to integrating financial and extra financial...