There is a strong case to be made that resources companies are part of the solution—not the problem—when it comes to tackling climate change.
Investing in Lasting Change, Together
The best way to effect positive change is to actively drive it.
Sustainability has a place in every aspect of our organization, and we have taken concrete steps to formally integrate ESG into our investment strategies. In addition to giving us a more holistic understanding of complex risks and value drivers, our focus on ESG allows us to reward progress, seek better value for our clients, and drive positive change in our business, communities and world.
We seek to advance change by rewarding progress, and working with companies to develop more sustainable business models.
Our robust, repeatable framework for integrating ESG is ingrained in our bottom-up approach and tailored by asset class.
We engage with companies and look for ways to improve their ESG credentials, rather than relying solely on exclusion.
Investors everywhere are facing the reality and urgency of climate change. Our experts discuss where they’re seeing the most material effects across public and private markets today—and what they’re anticipating going forward.
Sustainability-linked loans are among the new ways lenders are providing incentives for middle market companies to strengthen their ESG practices.
When it comes to ESG, smaller companies have their own unique challenges—which can also provide opportunities for active managers to identify unrecognized growth and undervalued companies.
High yield portfolio manager, Gareth Hall, provides insight into three ESG challenges facing high yield managers today—from influencing company behavior as debt holders, to measuring carbon emissions and advocating for their reduction, to solving for data limitations.
Dr. Ghadir Cooper, Global Head of Equities, shares insight into the deliberate approach that her team takes when incorporating ESG into their investment process, including how integration, dynamism and active engagement contribute to better outcomes.
ESG is playing an increasingly meaningful role in fixed income investing. At Barings, we formally integrate ESG across our corporate credit asset classes—but the way we apply our analysis is necessarily different due to the nuances of each market.
On our mini odyssey through the vast seas of sovereign ESG indicators, we sought to identify data from reliable third parties—which would provide benchmarking criteria between countries and also serve as an effective screening tool to identify outliers.
Investing Together
In our experience, the time invested in relationships, is time well spent.
We strive to improve every day—to innovate, to adapt, and to evolve alongside our clients—and to always remember the real-world impact of every investment decision we make.
