Does Sustainable Investing Work? - Jim Whittington
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Dr. Tom Gosling interviews Jim Whittington, Head of Responsible Investment at Dimensional Fund Advisors on his response to "Does Sustainable Investing Work?", a series of three articles written by Tom with Harald Walkate. They also discuss Dimensional's approach to responsible investing, why values alignment is important, and why responsible investing strategies are like a home sports crowd.
Articles Jim refers to can be found below:
- Are corporate boards responding to successful shareholder ESG proposals? | PRI (unpri.org)
- Equities Ownership: Concentration on the Rise? - MSCI
- Paying well by paying for good (pwc.se)
- Bebchuk, Lucian A., and Roberto Tallarita. "The perils and questionable promise of ESG-based compensation." J. Corp. L. 48 (2022): 37. Available here.
- Nevill, Alan M., and Roger L. Holder. "Home advantage in sport: An overview of studies on the advantage of playing at home." Sports Medicine 28 (1999): 221-236. Available here.
- History of the British abolition movement: Bury the Chains by Adam Hochschild - Pan Macmillan
- Dimensional’s approach to ESG investing: Navigating ESG Investing | Dimensional
- Edmans, Alex, Doron Levit, and Jan Schneemeier. Socially responsible divestment. Centre for Economic Policy Research, 2022. Available here.
Can sustainable investing have meaningful impact, and, if so, on what and in what circumstances?
Harald Walkate & Tom Gosling share their views over the course of three blog articles with the aim of provoking reaction, criticism, alternative views and support. Please join us in this debate.
You can also hear Harald explain the articles in an interview with Tom here ➡️
