ESG News For Domini Impact Investments LLC

Top Ranking Demonstrates Domini’s Commitment to Sustainable Investing

Climate change cited as leading ESG criteria for both money managers and institutional asset ownersHIGHLIGHTSBoth money managers and institutional asset owners cited climate change/carbon emissions as the top issue they addressed in ESG incorporation, with each group saying it applied to more than $3 trillion of the assets under their purview.Additionally, money managers reported applying fossil fuel divestment policies across $1.2 trillion in their assets under management, putting it in fourth place among all the ESG criteria they address. Avoidance of military/weapons related investments and tobacco-related investments ranked second and third for money managers, affecting $1.8 trillion and $1.7 trillion in assets, respectively.For institutional asset owners, the second most important ESG issue factored into investment decision-making was avoidance of companies doing business in countries of high conflict risk, affecting $3.3 trillion in assets. Board issues and sustainable natural resources/agriculture were the third and fourth most important ESG issues for institutional investors in asset-weighted terms, affecting $2.9 trillion and $2.8 trillion, respectively.From 2020 through the first half of 2022, 154 institutional investors and 70 investment managers controlling $3 trillion in AUM led or co-led shareholder resolutions on ESG issues.The leading ESG issue raised in shareholder proposals was on ensuring fair workplace practices, and particularly on ending de facto discrimination based on ethnicity and sex. Close behind in the numbers of proposals filed were concerns about corporate political activity and climate change.Community investing experienced rapid growth, with assets under management increasing 72 percent to $458 billion over the past two years and increasing more than 600 percent in the last decade.

Domini Impact Investments LLC, a women-led impact investment firm, has published the Domini Funds 2020 Impact Report, which highlights how investors came together to harness the power of finance to build a better world—despite the world 2020 delivered.This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210506006082/en/Domini Impact Investments LLC, a women-led impact investment firm, publishes its 2020 Impact Report highlighting how invest

Media call scheduled for 10:30am EST todayHighlightsThe Trends report counts two main strategies as sustainable investing: ESG incorporation—applying various environmental, social and governance (ESG) criteria in investment analysis and portfolio selection—and filing shareholder resolutions on ESG issues.The total US-domiciled assets under management using sustainable investing strategies grew from $12.0 trillion at the start of 2018 to $17.1 trillion at the start of 2020, an increase of 42 percent.This is 33 percent – or 1 in 3 dollars – of the total US assets under professional management.The top three specific issues for money managers and their institutional investor clients are climate change/carbon emissions, sustainable natural resources/agriculture and board issues.From 2018 through the first half of 2020, 149 institutional investors and 56 investment managers controlling $1.98 trillion in AUM led or co-led shareholder resolutions on ESG issues.