Flooding, droughts, and storms are examples of severe weather events arising from:
Which of the following statements about green bonds and sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs) is most accurate?
Which of the following countries have a joint audit requirement that all public interest entities must engage at least two independent accounting firms to perform an annual audit?
A small company based in Sweden operates in an industry that has good sustainability ratings. The company has a low ESG rating that an analyst believes to be biased. The bias would most likely result from the company's:
With respect to ESG reporting, company management has:
Alignment of an investment manager's performance against a long-term ESG investor’s objectives is best achieved by which of the following?
Determining which ESG issues are material:
Excluding tobacco from the investment universe is an example of which of the following ESG screening approaches?
When tailoring an ESG investment approach to client needs, the primary driver of ESG investment for general insurers is most likely:
Bonds that fund projects that provide access to essential services, infrastructure, and social programs to underserved people and communities are best described as:
The International Corporate Governance Network's (ICGN) Model Mandate Initiative requests two areas of ESG-specific disclosure. Which of the following is not one of the disclosures?
Primary data sources for ESG data include:
According to the consulting firm McKinsey & Company, which of the following is a dimension of sustainable investing applied by fund managers?
Over the last several years a company has traded at an average price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) of 12x, compared to a peer group range of 11x to 13x. If the company implements a new risk management framework to better manage material ESG risks relative to its peers, it would most likely justify a P/E ratio of:
For private equity investments, an especially important ESG factor is:
