Pension Funds and Sustainable Investment Challenges and Opportunities

1. Sustainable Investment in Retirement Funds: Introduction, Brett Hammond, Raimond Maurer, and Olivia S. Mitchell
Part I. Defining and Measuring Sustainable Objectives and Outcomes
2. Pensions and ESG: An Institutional and Historical Perspective, Brett Hammond and Amy O'Brien
3. The Origins of ESG in Pensions: Strategies and Outcomes, Stéphanie Lachance and Judith Stroehle
4. What Does ESG Investing Really Mean? Implications for Investors of Separating Financial Materiality and Social Objectives, Linda-Eling Lee
Part II. The Evolution of Pension ESG Investing
5. ESG and Expected Returns on Equities: The Case of Environmental Ratings, Christopher Geczy and John Guerard
6. ESG and Downside Risks: Implications for Pension Funds, Zacharias Sautner and Laura Starks
7. Global Pensions and ESG: Is There a Better Way?, Luba Nikulina
Part III. Impacts of ESG on Pension Governance, Investments, Structures, and Reporting
8. Eliciting Pension Beneficiaries' Sustainability Preferences: Why and How?, Rob Bauer and Paul M.A. Smeets
9. Private Retirement Systems and Sustainability: Insights from Australia, the UK, and the US, Nathan Fabian, Mikael Homanen, Nikolaj Pedersen, and Morgan Slebos
10. How the Norwegian SWF Balances Ethics, ESG Risks, and Returns: Can this Approach Work for Other Institutional Investors?, Anita Margrethe Halvorssen