Emile Hallez

Emile Hallez is ESG editor at InvestmentNews. Previously he was U.S. news editor for ESG Clarity, covered retirement at InvestmentNews, and worked as a reporter and associate editor at Ignites, a Financial Times publication. Prior to his work in financial journalism, he cut his teeth as a reporter at Evergreen Newspapers, a small chain of community papers in Colorado. Going back even farther in time, he worked as a technician at a tissue bank, making bone, soft tissue and skin grafts. Emile is passionate about cycling, rock climbing, and environmental and animal rights issues. He can often be found exploring the woods of Maine with his wife, Meika, and rescue mutts Piper and Buckey.

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Vegan ETF gets ‘carbon neutral’ rating without credits
INVESTING ESG JAN 18, 2023
Vegan ETF gets ‘carbon neutral’ rating without credits

The VegTech Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF is in line with a 2.12˚F temperature rise.

Transamerica revamps Large Core Fund with ESG treatment
INVESTING ESG JAN 17, 2023
Transamerica revamps Large Core Fund with ESG treatment

Currently, the fund does not have a sustainability mandate and thus has an average sustainability rating from Morningstar.

ESG themes to watch in 2023
INVESTING ESG JAN 12, 2023
ESG themes to watch in 2023

Shareholder engagement, the energy transition and regulation will get a lot of attention.

Prime Capital buys sustainable investment RIA
NEWS RIAS JAN 06, 2023
Prime Capital buys sustainable investment RIA

North Carolina-based Earth Equity Advisors is a certified B Corporation and specializes in fossil-fuel-free portfolios.

ESG has DOL's blessing. Here's what can happen next in 401(k)s
RETIREMENT RETIREMENT PLANNING JAN 05, 2023
ESG has DOL's blessing. Here's what can happen next in 401(k)s

Target-date funds that are sustainable or responsible are fair game now for retirement plans, but there aren't many of them.

ESG got caught between party lines
INVESTING ESG DEC 19, 2022
ESG got caught between party lines

The year saw major developments in legislation and regulation that affect sustainable investing, including proposals from the SEC and a long-awaited final rule from the Department of Labor.

Managers stop calling some assets ESG ahead of SEC rules
INVESTING ESG DEC 14, 2022
Managers stop calling some assets ESG ahead of SEC rules

Anti-greenwashing proposals are already having an effect, results of a US SIF survey suggest.

State Street the latest to expand client proxy voting
INVESTING ESG DEC 13, 2022
State Street the latest to expand client proxy voting

That decision follows recent moves by Vanguard and BlackRock to extend voting choices to individual investors.

Morningstar CEO on how direct indexing makes investing fun
INVESTING EQUITIES DEC 08, 2022
Morningstar CEO on how direct indexing makes investing fun

In the second part of ESG Clarity's interview, Kunal Kapoor talks passives, personalization and proxies.

Morningstar CEO: Don’t get hung up on standardizing ESG data
INVESTING ESG NOV 28, 2022
Morningstar CEO: Don’t get hung up on standardizing ESG data

Kunal Kapoor talks to ESG Clarity about engaging advisers and the language of ESG.