CERI, or Covid Economic Recovery Index is an ESG based, forward-looking tool built to aid investment managers with decisions on country allocation, and consumer stocks or consumer driven corporates. It can also help NGO’s and policy makers concerned about pandemic and economic recovery policies. The tool is available free of charge to public sector employees. …
Yes, we believe it is. Follow the link below for an opinion editorial in The Hill. https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/536106-the-fed-needs-more-flexibility-to-act-more-equitably
After releasing social distancing data for countries globally, I was asked if we could do the same for states in the US. Below is the Tableau app with visualization for US States using Google’s geolocation data. The only categories included are Retail, Transit and Workplace — this is for all the reasons previously discussed in …
Wonder which US states are doing the most social distancing? Read More »
The idea of pollution impacting economic activity is not new — but using pollution levels to gauge economic recoveries is perhaps as novel as the virus. In the 20 years I spent doing economic forecasting, pollution never came up as something I should follow. Until now. There is a lot to unpack; stay with …
Why economists and ESG investors should follow pollution levels Read More »
Below is a Tableau app where you can visualize and play with data that was discussed in our research report titled Covid-19 & ESG: Part 2: Taking a stab at excess mortality. For a copy of the report, please email us.
I am honored to accept the invitation to join the Bretton Woods Committee. Research from IMF and World Bank are fundamental to the work we do at Tourmaline, and I look forward to being part of the next 75 years of Bretton Woods. — Bianca Taylor, Founder The Bretton Woods Committee is the nonpartisan network …
The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication released its latest survey today.
Bianca’s OpEd published in the Financial Times on August 17, 2020. #ESG
Corporations and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) investors have an unprecedented opportunity to unleash a market driven enforcement mechanism of racial and social changes that Americans are demanding. How? Social bonds. More specifically, KPI (key performance indicator) linked general purpose bonds. These would hold companies to their promises by imposing discounts (or penalties) on the company’s …
Un estudio de Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, encontró que la contaminación del aire está asociada con un mayor riesgo de muerte del coronavírus. Específicamente, investigadores descubrieron que un aumento de un microgramo por metro cúbico de PM2.5 aumentó la mortalidad del Covid por 8%. Vamos a los hechos: ¿Que es PM 2.5? …
ASG & Covid-19: Tu salud es importante para nuestra economía Read More »
