Ben Hurley, Author at Top1000funds.com

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Water crisis deserves the same attention from investors as climate change

The historical undervaluing of water as a resource, combined with climate change, is impacting communities around the world and posing a systemic risk to investor portfolios, argues Ceres' Brooke Barton, a key figure behind the Valuing Water Finance Initiative.

Ben HurleyNovember 3, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

The value of reporting, measuring and enforcing DEI

Intentional and actionable work on DEI is required to bring the investment industry’s talent composition closer to the broader society it serves, experts say.

Ben HurleyOctober 27, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

ESG now needs to prove its worth, argues ESG champion and historian

Sustainable investment needs to be defended from external attack as questions are raised about how much change it is actually achieving argues David Wood, director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Ben HurleyOctober 25, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

The fading American Dream in numbers, and what you can do about it

Race, gender, neighbourhood and social capital are among the key factors intersecting to determine how successful children are likely to be as adults, and big organisations can be part of the solution, argues renowned economist Raj Chetty.

Ben HurleyOctober 20, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

CPP Investments: A pathway agnostic approach to net zero

In a fireside chat at Conexus Financial’s Sustainability in Practice forum, CPP Investments' managing director Derek Walker discussed incorporating climate risk into a total portfolio approach, and making a “pathway agnostic” commitment to net zero carbon emissions.

Ben HurleyOctober 12, 2022

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

ESG data will always be imperfect, despite its critical role

Professor Roberto Rigobon and Mass PRIM's Michael Trotsky explore the complexities of accurate data in ESG investment. Abandoning ESG due to imperfect data would be like abandoning the judicial system for the same reason, argues Rigobon the author of the controversial ‘Aggregate Confusion’ paper.

Ben HurleyOctober 10, 2022

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Ben Hurley

The latest

Sustainability

Water crisis deserves the same attention from investors as climate change

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

The value of reporting, measuring and enforcing DEI

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

ESG now needs to prove its worth, argues ESG champion and historian

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

The fading American Dream in numbers, and what you can do about it

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

CPP Investments: A pathway agnostic approach to net zero

Sustainability Harvard - September 2022

ESG data will always be imperfect, despite its critical role

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