SDG Engagement Equity
2021 Annual Report
Federated Hermes Impact Opportunities Equity Fund awarded Nordic Swan Ecolabel
The Ecolabel is one of the world’s toughest and most recognised environmental certifications, making it easy for consumers and professional buyers to chose the highest environmental standard of goods and services. To learn more about the label and how our Fund obtained its certification. Want to know more about Impact Opportunites Equity? Share:
Federated Hermes Sustainable European Equities
Key points: How an understanding of change can make or break portfolio returns SDG alignment, engagement and environmental highlights Case study: EssilorLuxottica Case study: Merck Read the full report for a more comprehensive picture. Federated Hermes Sustainable European Equities Download Share:
Do sustainability-linked bonds have a step-up problem?
Sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) have grown rapidly over the last year The market’s preferred mechanism for punitive fees when a company misses sustainability targets is a coupon step-up, most often set at 25bps Because the flat rate of 25bps doesn’t consider the scale of a business, the materiality of this as an incentive is inconsistent across […]
Spectrum, Q1 2022
The Great Rotation 2.0
Ukraine invasion
Market reaction
Federated Hermes Sustainable Global Equity Fund awarded Towards Sustainability label
This label is awarded and administered by the Central Labelling Agency (CLA) of the Belgian SRI label. It recognises sustainable financial products and provides reassurance to Belgian investors that a product is managed with sustainability in mind. To learn more about the Towards Sustainability initiative and how the Federated Hermes Sustainable Global Equity Fund has […]
How investing in biotech can help achieve the SDGs
In the first piece from Federated Hermes’ Innovation Lab, we argue that biotechnology should be seen more broadly as the application of biology for the benefit of our planet and society. Rather than a niche subset of healthcare, the scale and scope of biotechnology could potentially accelerate our transition to a more just and self-sufficient […]
Why sustainability requires a modern approach to reputation risk management
However, recent events have shown that the rise of ESG investing has further increased the impact of reputation on firms’ value by increasing the importance of corporate sustainability and working in ways that meet stakeholder expectations. The importance of such intangible factors has intensified throughout the pandemic, and the Black Lives Matter movement highlighted the […]
Focusing on the evidence
360°, Q4 2021
