Tag: Positive Screens

On Friday, August 21st, SGI’s quarterly webinar addressed adopting positive portfolio screens. Many portfolios rely simply upon negative screens, the exclusion of certain companies from investment consideration based on social or environmental criteria. A negative screen, for instance, can preclude investing in tobacco, gambling, alcohol or weapons manufacturing. John Mueller of Dana Investment Advisors and Ariane de Vienne of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) discuss how one might view and implement positive selection criteria from the perspective of the asset manager and the asset owner. Again, we are very grateful for the presence of John and Ariane in this webinar, for their commitment to this work, and their generosity in sharing their wisdom and experience with us. As always, we welcome your feedback via a confidential evaluation found here. Slides are available here.