This article asks how sustainable investing (SI) contributes to societal goals, conducting a literature review on investor impact—that is, the change investors trigger in companies' environmental and social impact. We distinguish three impact mechanisms: shareholder engagement, capital...

This study examines the effect of economic policy uncertainty (EPU) on sustainable investment returns by using panel data of stock market returns and the EPU index from twelve countries for the period from April 2015 to December 2020. In addition, precious metal prices, energy prices, and...

1. A blueprint for the future of responsible investment -- 2. It started with an idea: the term ESG, the Principles and what happened next -- 3. Fiduciary duties: the thorn in the side of responsible investment -- 4. The wilderness years, and the plod plod plod of responsible investment -- 5....