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Regulatory Risk Rises for South Korean EmployersAre South Korean companies ready to deal with the country’s new workplace-safety law? Our research finds that many of those companies — often located in the machinery and metals and mining industries — are ill-prepared.
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Are SPACs Riskier than Conventional IPOs?SPACs exploded in popularity in 2020, but these “blank-check” shell IPOs offer some unusual governance risks to investors. In this blog post, we examine some of the challenges.
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Are APAC’s High-ESG-Risk Stocks Cleaning Up Their Act?The APAC region’s ESG performance has suffered from a combination of low ESG adoption and awareness and limited ESG regulation and reporting. But marked improvements are surfacing in environmental and social performance in certain sectors
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亚太高ESG风险公司是否正在“除弊去疴”亚太市场公司的MSCI ESG评级通常低于全球同业公司。但这种情况正在快速变化,即使是某些表现最差的行业(例如能源和原材料)也开始改善其ESG实践。
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Mining’s Impact on Biodiversity: A Rising Risk?Will biodiversity losses become the next crisis facing humanity, possibly surpassing climate change? Growing scrutiny on biodiversity risks could have implications for mines that threaten biodiversity or environments of high conservation value.
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Mining Energy-Transition Metals: National Aims, Local ConflictsInvestors are scouting for companies that mine the metals needed in new energy technologies. But some mining projects key to the transition from fossil fuels may face opposition from Native Americans for threatening sacred areas or traditional ways of life.
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Exxon Mobil: Drilling Down on the Proxy VoteThe historic win of at least two seats on Exxon Mobil’s board by activist shareholder Engine No. 1 signals a dramatic shift in investors’ thinking about climate change — and in their willingness to vote for climate action. But there is a deeper story.
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Race & Ethnicity Disclosure: US Companies’ Rocky StartViolence against the Black and Asian American communities in the U.S. has put racial injustice in the global spotlight. But the lack of standardization in reported data on race and ethnicity has greatly hindered comparability.
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Why Is Climate-Transition Risk High in High Yield?Investors increasingly focus on building greener portfolios. Some might expect bonds to be less exposed to climate-transition risk compared to equities, due to the seniority of bonds in the capital structure. But does that logic hold at the portfolio level?
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Modern Slavery: The Unseen RisksModern slavery occurs all over the world and can impact virtually all industries. Meanwhile, regulations requiring more detailed reporting on potential supply-chain exposure is increasing. How can investors identify portfolio holdings most at risk?