Poorly governed companies have tended to outperform well-governed peers in the past year.
Nasdaq has launched the first exchange-listed and ESG compliant index futures.
This is the second appointment of Hermes EOS by UK Local Government Pension Scheme pools this year.
Velocity is a specialist accelerator for asset managers.
Hermes says credit ratings are not fully capturing the ESG risk dimension of an issuer.
The US is a middling performer on sustainability.
A Thomson Reuters index measures diversity across four key categories.
S&P expects $200bn in new issuance this year.
Ratings agency says green bond new issuance will reach $200bn this year.