Esther Whieldon

Dozens of the world’s largest companies representing trillions of dollars in market capitalization pledged to use a uniform set of

In the first 12 months of the pandemic, many large investment funds with ESG criteria outperformed the broader market. One fund went from being among the poorest performers to the top of the list following tweaks to its portfolio.

The shipping sector plays a central role in global supply chains, meaning many industries will rely on shipping to facilitate their net zero goals. But zero-carbon fuels and technologies are not available at the scale needed for wide-scale adoption.

More than half of the environmental, social and governance-linked funds in our analysis outperformed the S&P 500 in the first several months of 2021. New studies laid out opposing views about the factors driving the trend.