Pension funds and sustainable investment : challenges and opportunities / Brett P. Hammond, Raimond Maurer and Olivia S. Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hammond, Brett P., editor.

Maurer, Raimond, editor.

Mitchell, Olivia S., editor.

Series:

Pension Research Council book.

A Pension Research Council book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pension trusts--Investments.

Pension trusts.

Pension trusts--Finance.

Social responsibility of business.

Investments--Social aspects.

Investments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This volume offers a variety of distinct viewpoints from a variety of countries, on whether, how, and when environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria should, and should not, drive pension fund investments.

Contents:

cover

titlepage

copyright

preface

contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Notes on Contributors

1 Sustainable Investment in Retirement Funds: Introduction

Part I. Defining and Measuring Sustainable Objectives and Outcomes

2 Pensions and ESG: An Institutional and Historical Perspective

3 The Origins of ESG in Pensions: Strategies and Outcomes

4 ESG Investing: Financial Materiality and Social Objectives

Part II. The Evolution of Pension ESG Investing

5 ESG and Expected Returns on Equities: The Case of Environmental Ratings

6 ESG and Downside Risks: Implications for Pension Funds

7 Global Pensions and ESG: Is There a Better Way?

Part III. Impacts of ESG on Pension Governance, Investments, Structures, and Reporting

8 Eliciting Pension Beneficiaries' Sustainability Preferences: Why and How?

9 Private Retirement Systems and Sustainability: Insights from Australia, the UK, and the US

10 How the Norwegian SWF Balances Ethics, ESG Risks, and Returns

The Pension Research Council

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

"This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution - Non Commercial - No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 21, 2023).

ISBN:

0-19-198254-7

0-19-288921-4

0-19-288920-6

OCLC:

1376933613