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![Investors’ integration of ESG grows despite volatility, market pullback: IIA survey](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO547-IIA-ESG-survey-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Investors’ integration of ESG grows despite volatility, market pullback: IIA survey
About 85% of respondents in the Index Industry Association (IIA)’s second annual ESG survey indicated ESG has become more of a priority for their firms in the past year, even as equity prices fell and energy markets were roiled by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
![Q&A with WTW’s David Nelson: Managing a portfolio’s climate transition risk with a forward-looking focus](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO540-WTW-QA-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
Q&A with WTW’s David Nelson: Managing a portfolio’s climate transition risk with a forward-looking focus
“Counting molecules of carbon is the essential first step to tackling climate change, but it’s only the start,” says the director at WTW’s Climate and Resilience Hub. He explains why investors should focus on a company’s current climate-transition risk by understanding what the impact will be on its future cash flows.
![ESG fund flows show resilience amid 2022 market sell-off](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO543-intro-900x350.jpg)
This year has seen a steep slowdown in net purchases of global ESG funds, but inflows remain positive. Broader funds, meanwhile, registered USD 139 billion in net outflows in the first six months of 2022, according to Morningstar data.
![Three different DAX benchmarks to build distinct German ESG portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/PO490_intro-900x350.jpg)
Investors can access three different German benchmarks that follow an ESG strategy designed to meet specific needs and responsible objectives, and that have the same rules and transparency characteristics as the blue-chip DAX index.
![Monthly Index News: July 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/PO488-2nd-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks jumped by the most in 20 months in July as investors focused on better-than-forecast earnings reports and on expectations that the Federal Reserve may slow down the pace of interest-rate increases.
![Measuring the implied risk tolerance of SDG-optimized portfolios](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SDG-July-2022-intro-900x350.jpg)
The ROOF methodology can capture the ‘sentiment’ of a portfolio relative to its benchmark. We run ROOF scores to determine the risk appetite of investors holding four portfolios aligned with respective Sustainable Development Goals.
![Monthly Index News: June 2022](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SPerandeo-BlackRock-APG-intro-900x350.jpg)
Stocks tumbled in June, with the STOXX® Global 1800 index sliding into a bear market, on concern the world’s major economies may be headed for a recession while central banks are fighting runaway inflation.
![MIT Prof. Rigobon: Dealing with confusion and incongruity in the ‘ESG data zoo’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Roberto-rigobon-NY-Summit-2022-2-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
MIT Prof. Rigobon: Dealing with confusion and incongruity in the ‘ESG data zoo’
MIT Professor of Applied Economics Roberto Rigobon took the stage at the recent Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit in New York to explain how inconsistencies in measurement, scope and priorities are leading to vast discrepancies in ESG ratings. To avoid confusion and mismanagement, he said, decision-makers must strive to understand what’s behind the data and carefully choose what best fits their goals.
![WTW: Why it is key to manage a portfolio’s climate-transition risk beyond carbon emissions](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO532-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
WTW: Why it is key to manage a portfolio’s climate-transition risk beyond carbon emissions
At the recent Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit, WTW’s climate experts discussed how investors can better grasp a company’s climate-transition risk by looking forward to the future impact on its cash flows, rather than backwards at its carbon footprint.
![GEA Group to join DAX ESG Target as Delivery Hero exits](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PO529-intro-900x350.jpg)
Changes were announced as part of the June regular review for the DAX 50 ESG, DAX ESG Target and DAX indices.
![The International Real Estate Index — A hedge against expected inflation](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/SPerandeo-BlackRock-APG-intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | ESG & Sustainability
The International Real Estate Index — A hedge against expected inflation
Real estate has long had the reputation of being at least a partial hedge against inflation, since both rental income and property values typically respond positively to inflationary pressures. The iSTOXX Developed and Emerging Markets ex USA PK VN Index has lived up to this reputation historically and is continuing to do so in the current inflationary environment.
![BlackRock’s Ang on sustainability alpha signals: ESG and factors as ‘best friends’](https://stoxx.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/andrew-ang_1-NY-Summit-2022_intro-900x350.jpg)
Index | Factor Investing
BlackRock’s Ang on sustainability alpha signals: ESG and factors as ‘best friends’
ESG and climate metrics can be used as signals to generate alpha either on a stand-alone basis or to strengthen traditional style factors, BlackRock’s Andrew Ang explained during the Qontigo Investment Intelligence Summit.