16 February 2023 | 1 min. readingtime
We have previously reviewed the literature on what is known as the 'carbon premium'. The idea behind this premium is that companies with high carbon emissions face additional risk (such as stranded asset risk) due to the energy transition (transition risk) and therefore offer higher yields. What is the 'carbon premium' and how can it be used to calculate a 'carbon beta'? 'Carbon beta' could potentially be used as a forward-looking measure of transition risk in a portfolio.
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18 December 2020 | 1 min. readingtime
With each new technological advance or new insight into the effect of sustainability themes on the social value that companies create or destroy, expectations change.
27 October 2020 | 2 min. readingtime
With just a few days to go until 3 November, we take stock again. What has changed since then, and how are prospects now in our view?
25 September 2020 | 1 min. readingtime
a.s.r. has signed the Finance Biodiversity Pledge. With this initiative, a group of financial institutions is supporting various actions to reverse nature loss as much as possible in this decade.
