Sustainable Investing

Sustainability is becoming an imperative business approach as investors increasingly embrace sustainable investing strategies, since these practices can lead to higher profitability while driving positive environmental and social impact.

Ensuring Responsible Investing 

Renewable Efficiency

Business-as-usual is no longer an option 

Companies increasingly shift how they operate, and put more emphasis on creating new strategies to produce socially and environmentally friendly products and services.

Sustainable Investing Drives Profitability

Over the last decade, the challenges of climate change and the urgency to act has moved this issue to the center of many governments’ political the agenda. Accordingly, so many nations, decision-makers, business owners, investors, civil society initiatives and related stakeholders have been collaborating to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Sustainable Investing seeks to drive positive environmental, social and governance (ESG) outcomes. ESG refers to measuring the sustainability and social impact of an investment. The principles of ESG notion, such as climate change and human rights, can affect the performance of investment portfolios. Socially responsible investingconsiders environmental and social factors to bring about a positive social impact and generate long-term competitive financial returns. Sustainable investing can truly help investors boost long-term financial returns.

Today, responsible investors increasingly focus on ESG incorporation, the consideration of environmental, social and corporate governance criteria, and apply sustainable investing strategies to encourage responsible business practices, besides aiming for strong financial performance. Studies suggest that there is a positive relationship between corporate sustainability and financial performance. Investor certainly can make money without sustainable investing, but the main point is that a responsible company is best placed to suitable form in the future. Investors who drive change through sustainable investing reflect their values without compromising the returns on their investments.

Socially and Environmentally Responsible Investing

Since sustainability management drives profitability, creates more resilient businesses and enhances competitive advantage, it’s time for companies to change their operational practices.

 

Sustainable Investing landscape has evolved over the last years; and a growing number of investors responding to sustainable investment opportunities, as new generations are seeking more sustainable solutions, and investors are taking a sustainable approach to pursuing their investment goals. These investors expect to be agents of social change and build a sustainable future, through including sustainable investing strategies in their portfolios.

Sustainable Management drives positive social and environmental impact

Invest for a better climate to avoid environmental impact and tackle the challenges of climate change affecting all stakeholders. 

 

 

Currently, sustainable investing is being defined as a mainstream strategy which will continue to grow over the next years; and increasing number of companies will devote more resources to sustainable investing. Also, with the rise of social media, companies resisting to apply sustainable investing strategies cannot hide anything any longer. Market trends reveal that sustainable investing will soon become the most widely accepted way of investing. Thus, it’s crucial for investors to consider sustainable and responsible investing approaches to protect their intangible assets such as brand reputation.

Naturally, sustainability management is not cost-free. The cost side of applying sustainability strategies require governments to form incentives to promote sustainability management. The amount of money allocated by organizations to improvement of sustainability practices is an indicator of progress in the implementation of sustainability policies.

The Climate Reality

The impact of climate change is a growing challenge that investors have to manage through sustainable market solutions. Intensifying impacts of rising pollution and diminishing drinking water resources require sustainable investing practices as an essential tool.

Investing Responsibly

The implications of climate change are increasingly deepening and climate change is affecting the severity of extreme weather events. Recently, climate change-related weather events have caused around 600 billion dollars in economic damage around the world. Thus, it’s crucial for investors to include climate-related risks into their investment decisions to mitigate climate change risks. In order to reduce our carbon footprint, investors must be committed to becoming carbon neutral and apply less wasteful practices.

Alongside reducing the carbon footprint, investors are focusing on adopting sustainable investing strategies to stand out in an evolving landscape of sustainable investing. As the impact of sustainable investing develops, investors are assessing the probability of environmental or social risks, and increasingly realizing the benefits of integrating Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into their investment strategies.

Responsible investors wish to make a positive change through alleviating poverty and hunger, combating climate change, fighting social injustice and human rights violations, and so on. The extent of the impact depends on your ambition and the nature of your investment. What your investments achieve depends on how you invest. You can choose three main ways to invest sustainably: ESG Integration, Impact Investing or Exclusions.

ESG Integration

ESG integration involves including environmental, social and governance factors in your investments to potentially improve your returns and reduce your risks. It also allows you to reflect your values in your portfolio. For instance, you can invest in companies that focus on environmental (reducing pollution), and social (improving human rights) concerns. Because, consumers are increasingly selecting companies based on their commitments to positive environmental and social business practices.

Impact Investing

Impact investing aims to make sure every investment generates measurable environmental and social impact alongside financial return. Supporting a positive social or environmental impact as well as achieving compelling financial returns is the main part of impact investing. It can be a powerful way to affect positive social and environmental change and generate investment returns.

Exclusions

Exclusions involve removing assets from your investment portfolio that don’t reflect your values, such as investments in weapons and tobacco. It aims at excluding companies whose products have negative environmental or social impacts.

SUSTAINABILITY IN ACTION

Your investment portfolio reflects your values

Invest for a better climate 

– to avoid environmental impact and tackle climate change

Invest for a clean planet

– to access drinking water resources and fight pollution 

Invest in a better future

– to make the world a better place for the generations to come

SERVICE OFFERINGS

Since sustainability management drives profitability, creates more resilient businesses and enhances competitive advantage, it’s time for companies to change their operational practices. We assist our clients in developing Sustainability Strategic Plan to integrate their business in sustainability.

We assist investors in growing their business through a wide range of sustainable investing opportunities without compromising their financial performance. We help our clients include sustainability principles in the core of their operations, and assist them in integrating a sustainability strategy into their business.

Our team specialize in the following issues:

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Drafting a comprehensive Sustainability Plan, a roadmap for building and operating a more environmentally conscious organization, with a view to ensuring higher profitability while driving positive social and environmental impact;

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Developing sustainability strategies and principles which includes strengthening initiatives for improving energy efficiency, reducing ecological impacts, and fostering a culture that embraces sustainability efforts and corporate responsibility;

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Optimizing the use of resources through making supply chains more sustainable and cost efficient;

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Addressing management challenges and operational barriers, and setting clear objectives and priorities in the areas of waste management, greenhouse gas emissions, and transportation.