The SRI Chronicles

Edmond de Rothschild's SRI Chronicles offers insights into sustainable finance, focusing on regulatory impacts and investment strategies. Key takeaways include:

• Mario Draghi’s competitiveness report calls for urgent EU action on innovation, decarbonization, and workforce skills.
• New research links sustainability performance to cost of capital, with higher ESG scores lowering equity costs but potentially raising debt costs.
• The firm’s updated exclusion policy targets palm oil to combat deforestation risks linked to EU consumption.

For an in-depth exploration of these sustainability challenges and investment strategies, read the full report.