How to avoid greenwashing and implement ESG with integrity
John Ploeg, Co-head of ESG Research at PGIM Fixed Income, explains how investors can avoid greenwashing and implement ESG with integrity.
Actively Sustainable Fixed Income
Mastering fixed income ESG complexity
In the capital markets, a focus on environmental, social, and governance issues reflects urgent concerns about the planet and our social fabric.
Within the fixed income universe, diverse investments share characteristics but are quite different, and sub-asset class complexities call for deep sector-specific expertise. An experienced active manager, that integrates ESG into their investment process across strategies, is well positioned for success.
STRATEGIES THAT OUTSMART THROUGH ESG INTEGRATION
Credit-material ESG factors are integrated into the team’s fundamental research and relative value analysis across all fixed income strategies. ESG labelled strategies further employ a proprietary ESG impact rating framework that favours issuers with a positive environmental and/or social impact and avoids those with lower ESG scores.
SPOTLIGHT ON ESG INSIGHTS
What European Gatekeepers Seek in Fixed Income ESG
Key findings from a survey of gatekeepers across Europe.
CORPORATE ESG IMPACT RATINGS: CONCEPT, PROCESS, AND IMPLEMENTATION
PGIM Fixed Income's concept, process, and implementation of PGIM Fixed Income's ESG Impact Ratings for global corporate bonds.
FIXED ON ESG
Listen to the latest Fixed on ESG podcast by PGIM Fixed Income.
Fixed on ESG - Episode 4: Deep Dive into Blue Bonds
PGIM Fixed Income discusses the emergence of blue bonds in the ESG investing space.
Fixed on ESG - Episode 3: Low Carbon Crossroad
PGIM Fixed Income explores the importance of metals and mining to the low carbon transition.
Fixed on ESG - Episode 2
PGIM Fixed Income digs into the economic and investment implications to emerging markets caused by rising food prices.
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