{"id":46578,"date":"2023-03-15T14:59:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T18:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/sustainable-finance\/transparent-esg-metrics-power-smarter-fund-investments\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:53:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:53:48","slug":"transparent-esg-metrics-power-smarter-fund-investments","status":"publish","type":[3762],"link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/sustainable-finance\/transparent-esg-metrics-power-smarter-fund-investments\/","title":{"rendered":"Transparent ESG metrics power smarter fund investments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <style>section[data-anchor=row-69ffa03db235a]::before {\n\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #eeeeee;\n\t\t\t}<\/style>\n    <section class=\"bbg-row bg--custom-color  bg--eeeeee text--black bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-69ffa03db235a'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8 bbg-column--valign-bottom\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p>    <ul class=\"bbg-categories_list\">\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/markets\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Markets\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/category\/sustainable-finance\/\" rel=\"category tag\">\n                    Sustainable Finance\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n<div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer\"\n        style=\"height: 24px !important\"\n    >\n<\/div>    <h1 class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--title\">Transparent ESG metrics power smarter fund investments<\/h1>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-compact row-padding--bottom-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-69ffa03dbb47d'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-spacer\"\n        style=\"height: 40px !important\"\n    >\n<\/div><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg byline\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><strong>The Sunday Times<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n    <p class=\"bbg-metadata bbg-metadata--date\">March 15, 2023<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <section class=\"bbg-row  text--black row-padding--top-none bbg-row--full-bg-bleed\" data-anchor='row-69ffa03dbeb4a'>\n        \n        \n        <div\n            class=\"bbg-row--content\"\n                    >\n            \n            <p><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-8\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    <p><div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p><em>This article first appeared in the Sunday Times and is reproduced from Raconteur\u2019s Sustainable Growth &amp; ESG report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Asset managers must rely on evidenced insights to improve opportunity and risk identification, track ESG metrics, and report accurately to investors and regulators. Yet, many firms still grapple with inconsistent and unreliable data on sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>With more than $120tn worth of assets under management globally, investors have an important role to play in advancing environmental sustainability. Through impact investing, asset managers can encourage the allocation of capital towards improving \u2013 and proving \u2013 companies\u2019 green credentials and innovation, and play an essential part in tackling climate change.<\/p>\n<p>Fund managers\u2019 efforts, alongside government endeavors, are vital to improve permit systems, incentives and regulations, educational programs to upskill populations on sustainability, and businesses\u2019 changes to standard practice.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bbg-interstitial\" aria-label=\"interstitial\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t<style>\n\t\t.bbg-interstitial #card_1.bbg-card_hasCta{\n\t\t\tbackground:rgba(0,0,0,0);\n\t\t\tpadding: 104px;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t}\n\t\t.bbg-interstitial #card_1.bbg-card_hasCta .bbg-card__content, .bbg-interstitial #card_1.bbg-card_hasCta .bbg-card__content p{\n\t\t\tcolor:inherit;\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 768px) {\n\t\t\t.bbg-interstitial #card_1.bbg-card_hasCta{\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 80px 32px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\t@media (max-width: 480px) {\n\t\t\t.bbg-interstitial #card_1.bbg-card_hasCta{\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 80px 18px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-card  bbg-card-dark bbg-card_hasCta has_interstitial\" id=\"card_1\" data-card_type=\"no_image\">\n  \n  \n  <div class=\"bbg-card__innerwrapper\">\n    <div class=\"bbg-card__content\">\n      \n      \n                      <h3 class=\"bbg-card__title\">Start unlocking ESG opportunities with our monthly newsletter.<\/h3>\n      \n              <div class=\"bbg-card__wysiwyg bb-wysiwyg\"><p>Subscribe now.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n\n          \n<div\n  id=\"cta_6971933676215458866\"\n  class=\"wpb_content_element bbg-cta icon icon-arrow\">\n  <style>\n    \n    \n    \n  <\/style>\n  <div\n    class=\"bbg-cta-link link-holder\"\n    data-links-type=\"cta-links\">\n    <p class=\"bbg-cta-p right\">\n      <a\n        class=\"bbg-cta-link link interstitial_cta\"\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/professional\/insights\/newsletter\/\"\n        target=\"\"\n        rel=\"\"\n        data-section-name=\"\"\n                role=\"button\"\n        aria-label=\"Learn more\"\n        >\n                <\/a>\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div\n\tclass=\"bb-wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t<p>Yet there are major hurdles for funds when it comes to directing investments towards achieving sustainability. Most notably, fund managers require a deep understanding of businesses\u2019 ESG performance, with forward-looking insights on potential upsides and risks, while being able to benchmark against the\u00a0sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe investment industry is under unprecedented pressure to advance sustainability and stop greenwashing, and it needs a much clearer picture to inform its decisions,\u201d explains Jonas Rooze, head of sustainability and climate research at BloombergNEF, a research provider focused on the low carbon\u00a0economy.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-relevance\">Relevance<\/h2>\n<p>As expectations rise for funds to transparently deliver on ESG promises to investors, many are finding their own sources of information deeply lacking in nuance, robustness and actionability.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s becoming harder for them to effectively assess the winners and losers of the future, particularly in terms of the effects climate change and sustainable innovations will have on these businesses\u2019 long-term performance,\u201d Rooze\u00a0warns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMuch of the data is unreliable and oversimplified, simply looking at carbon emissions and pricing, which is a modelling shortcut.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fund managers are constantly pitched newer data-based solutions to these challenges, many of which proffer a singular score summing up all aspects of sustainability. But in reality, one number can never encapsulate the totality of pertinent information, Rooze says. \u201cFund managers find themselves asking: is this data transparent? Can I really believe in it? Is it relevant? There are a lot of \u2018too good to be true\u2019\u00a0systems.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Instead, to be confident that they are making and holding sustainable investments, funds need a view of the much deeper forces at play, and of the likely material impacts of their choices. This means knowing how demand for products and services might shift given different societal trends and environmental conditions. It involves understanding where disruptive opportunities could arise or environmental risks emerge &#8211; not only for the businesses immediately affected, but for those further down the value\u00a0chain.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-wide-perspective\">Wide perspective<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cThis necessitates a view of all sustainability aspects affecting those businesses, and these include their long-term climate change targets, internal and supply chain emissions disclosures, innovations around solar energy, batteries and biofuels, and the shifting regulatory mandates.\u201d<br \/>\nLeading fund managers are already working with Bloomberg to harness these insights, which are fully integrated within the Bloomberg Terminal. Users can access data, analytics, research and news across all asset classes \u2013 from corporate stocks and bonds, to municipal bonds and sovereign debt \u2013 applying it from initial scoring and filtering, on to management of assets, and up to the end stage of reporting.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, they can swiftly move from a blinkered view of ESG as a risk topic alone, towards a perspective that incorporates the strong potential upsides in long-term growth, efficiency and competitiveness. Armed with these insights &#8211; at asset, fund, and sector levels &#8211; managers can find opportunities, track performance, spot red flags, adjust holdings, and report as\u00a0needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFund managers typically have their own ESG scorecards, and they can slice and dice our data to complete them with accuracy, understanding exactly how they are positioned, what\u2019s changing, and giving them the ability to disclose actions to regulators and clients,\u201d Torres explains. \u201cThey need to know that every choice is justifiable, effective and explainable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg\u2019s data incorporates metrics aligned with all major global standards &#8211; including Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) disclosure standards, and the EU\u2019s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) reporting, which mandates declarations on \u2018principal adverse indicators\u2019 covering a broad range of sustainable finance\u00a0concerns.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-timely-transparent-data\">Timely, transparent data<\/h2>\n<p>On a daily basis, fund managers use Bloomberg\u2019s sustainability data in several core ways &#8211; from BloombergNEF insights on the low carbon economy, to standard-aligned indices and metrics. When considering new investments, they assess companies\u2019 current sustainability status and mid-to-long-term potential.<\/p>\n<p>At any relevant point, they can spot changes in the sustainability credentials of their current investments. Whenever they receive requests for information from investors, they can transparently and robustly justify their decisions and explain performance &#8211; and at every regulatory stage, they can report confidently on all\u00a0metrics.<\/p>\n<p>Every part of this journey depends on verifiable accuracy. \u201cTransparency is one of our core principles,\u201d explains Torres. \u201cFund managers absolutely need to know where their data has come from, so they can confidently take action. As well as being easy to access and interpret, our data can also be quickly interrogated down to its\u00a0source.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The growing popularity of these effective insights, and the maturity with which many funds are using them, is seeing asset managers move away from a policy of mass ESG investment, towards a more targeted allocation of capital into credibly sustainable assets, Rooze notes. \u201cThere\u2019s a definite shift from quantity to quality. Fund managers know that as well as simply having the willingness to do better, using reliable tools means they can consistently make the right decisions,\u201d he\u00a0says.<\/p>\n<p>As funds play their important part in global sustainability efforts, Torres hopes there will be a concurrent rise in the determination of individual investors of all wealth levels. \u201cAs countries develop ESG skills and capacities, asset owners will powerfully drive transformation, through robust performance indicators and requests for information,\u201d she concludes. \u201cTheir demands on these priorities will have game-changing impacts on sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><div\n    class=\"bbg-column bbg-column--width-2\"\n    style=\"\"\n    >\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div  class=\"bbg-row-container\">\n    <style>section[data-anchor=row-69ffa03dc65d3]::before {\n\t\t\t\tbackground-color: #eeeeee;\n\t\t\t}<\/style>\n    <section 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