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Episode 43 | May 8, 2019

How Nuveen Is Addressing the Responsible Investing Taxonomy Problem

Amy O'Brien, Head of Responsible Investing at Nuveen, a TIAA company

How do advisors and asset managers integrate portfolio strategies, shareholder activism and other investor motivations? O’Brien describes Nuveen’s rigorous, platform-wide approach.

Episode 42 | May 3, 2019

S&P Dow Jones Indices Launches New ESG Indices

Mona Naqvi, Senior Director and Global ESG Spokesperson for S&P Dow Jones Indices

Mona Naqvi discusses her group’s launch of the S&P 500 ESG Index, the basis for a UBS Asset Management ETF that’s now available. She also discusses the creation of numerous ESG indices and her ongoing work with Japan’s government pension investment fund (GPIF), the world’s largest, to systematically reduce exposure to high carbon companies through […]

Episode 41 | April 15, 2019

Sustainable Funds US Landscape Report: More Funds, More Flows, Strong Performance in 2018

Jon Hale, Global Head of Sustainability Research, Morningstar

Hale gives us the numbers from Morningstar’s 2019 Sustainable Funds US Landscape Report showing strong performance across the board for sustainable investing in 2018.

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