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COP 28: Gibt’s da vielleicht doch noch Hoffnung? (German)
„Wohltätigkeit und Geldanlage zusammenbringen“- Interview mit Michael Opriesnig, Generalsekretär des Österreichischen Roten Kreuzes (German)
Norway: Visiting sustainable portfolio companies
FNG Label: 17 top marks for our sustainable funds
Sustainability labels: How they can help with investment decisions
Dossier: Climate risks
Anti-ESG? Investors positioning themselves
The new jumper and climate change: climate risks in the textile industry
Climate risks: Is climate change that bad?
Climate Score? Oh please, not another ESG factor!
Biodiversity, climate change, and planetary boundaries
Erste Group publishes first Climate Report
Environmental equities – a good time to invest?
Sustainable investments: fad or long-term trend?
Sustainability and biodiversity: the strategy of voestalpine
Dossier: Biodiversity
A Tale of Two Companies: Bayer’s Biodiversity Conundrum with Monsanto
Turnaround in the Energy Market: Power Companies Raise Forecasts, Oil Companies’ Profits Drop
Microfinance – Fund Manager Martin Cech on an investor trip to Uzbekistan (Part II)
Microfinance – Fund Manager Martin Cech on an investor trip to Uzbekistan (Part I)
Biodiversity – nature’s natural intelligence
Biodiversity & nature: how can we integrate them?
Biodiversity: interview with ecologist Franz Essl
Why biodiversity is on your agenda!
Biodiversity is the next big thing for investments after climate change
Fancy a beach holiday in Iceland?
Die 5 zentralen Treiber für ESG-Investments (German)
Erste AM Nachhaltigkeitskonferenz 2023: Rückblick „hinter die Kulissen“ (German)
ERSTE BOND EM CORPORATE becomes sustainable: Interview with fund manager Péter Varga
Demystifying the greenness of funds
Fund savings plans: investing sustainable with “green” equities
Dossier: Behind the curtain
Voting – Impacting companies through voting rights?
How our ESGenius App helps us to track engagements
The carbon footprint and how we measure it
World Water Day: by far more than “just” a vital resource
A sustainable story of success
The Energy of the Future – OMV’s role and transformation
Microfinance defies international capital markets in 2022
“Environmental themes offer potential for long-term growth phase“
Chatbot “Sustainable Investing”: The new expert on sustainability
The topic of water in sustainable investing
New Power – Green Hydrogen
Dossier: The Energy of the Future
Energy of the Future
REPower EU – what’s behind it?
Inflation Reduction Act: what’s next?
ERSTE GREEN INVEST – with a tailwind towards energy transition
Hydrogen – a colour theory
New Power – Green Hydrogen
Getting out of crisis mode
Sustainable and ethical line of Erste Asset Management funds awarded top marks
Breit gestreut investieren mit YOU INVEST GREEN (German)
Club of Rome: “The biggest problem of our time is our inability to distinguish fiction from fact”
Techniken zur Analyse sozialer Faktoren im ESG-Research (German)
„Green Rush“ – Der Inflation Reduction Act (German)
Nachhaltig Geld anlegen – YOU INVEST GREEN (German)
Zukunftsfähige Wasserversorgung in Zeiten der Klimakrise – Schutz für unser höchstes Gut (German)
European Forum Alpbach Ends on a Positive Note Despite Ukraine War and Climate Crisis
So steht es um den Energiemix der österreichischen Wirtschaft (German)
Cyber-Roundup 2022: Tesla shareholders demand action on social issues
Dossier: Social - The "S" in ESG
ERSTE FAIR INVEST – “S” moving to centre stage
Are Defensive Weapons Social?
From the EU Taxonomy to the EU Social Taxonomy?
Practical techniques to analyze social factors in ESG research
What does the “S” in ESG stand for?
ESG investments – “S” is for sexy?
„Green Rush“ – The Inflation Reduction Act
Nachhaltige Geldanlage: Neue Regelungen in der Anlageberatung (German)
YOU INVEST funds become sustainable – Questions and answers about the reorganization
Energiekrise: Im Moment ist die „grüne Wende“ reine Rhetorik (German)
Austria goes Green
Dossier: Green nuclear power?
And this year’s Nobel Peace Prize goes to …?
Saving multiple crises the right way
Our ESG partners’ view on nuclear energy and sustainability
Earth Hour 2022: Eine Stunde für die Welt (German)
Water risks in investment – more than just a drop in the bucket?
Ukraine war accelerates renewable energy development
Eignen sich nachhaltige Aktienfonds als Basisveranlagung für Ihr Portfolio? (German)
Small Modular Reactors – Hoffnungsträger oder Verniedlichung der Atomenergie? (German)
Atomenergie und Nachhaltigkeit (German)
Transition to EVs is the Automotive Industry’s Hope for Beating Chip Crisis
Oslo – Capital of Sustainability
Microfinance – making the world a slightly better place while earning money
COP26 – Erfolg oder „Blahblahblah“? (German)
Nachhaltige Fonds der Erste Asset Management mit höchster Auszeichnung (German)
ESG: Too much of a good thing?
World Climate Conference COP26: Leverage needed for investments in climate protection
Green or Greenwashing?
A green label does not necessarily mean green on the inside
Greenwashing through lobbying?
Stewardship vs. greenwashing
Green, green shades of bonds
Greenwashing as risk, and how to avoid it
Dossier: Greenwashing
Nachhaltige Kriterien beim Anlegen in Immobilien bringen Erträge (German)
Forum Alpbach 2021: Mit Energiewende, Kapitalmarktunion und Digitalisierung aus der Krise (German)
What’s next after green? Social!
Gesundheit!
How to combine yield with sustainability factors
Bodenschutz für eine gesunde Zukunft
Social banking as engine for the development of society in CEE
“Every vote counts!”
Why companies must focus on equality and equal opportunities
Sixth progress report of the IPCC: Physical risks of global warming
Dossier: Social Responsibility
Neuer nachhaltiger Fonds ERSTE FAIR INVEST investiert in Schwerpunkte Gesundheit, Arbeit und Gesellschaft (German)
Is the fabric we are wearing really clean?
Sustainability-linked bonds – an alternative to green bonds?
Sozial anlegen und finanziellen Wohlstand bewirken (German)
ERSTE GREEN INVEST’s one-year anniversary: megatrend green technologies
ESG bonds made in the USA
Ausblick Finanzmärkte & 20 Jahre Nachhaltigkeit (German)
Erste Asset Management pulls the plug on coal on 1 July
Der Westen ist zurück: G-7 beschließen Klimaziele, Impfprogramme und China-Kurs (German)
Erste Group is first financial institution to commit to the European Commission’s Green Consumption Pledge
DAX set to break all-time high thanks to economic recovery as election year autumn approaches
Sustainable income with “double dividends”
Mit grünem Gewissen in Hochzinsanleihen investieren (German)
Interview with Austrian company Lenzing about sustainability
„Nur nachhaltige Immobilien haben Zukunft“ (German)
Impact investing: a new strategy for overcoming environmental challenges