@article {Atta-Darkua1, author = {Vaska Atta-Darkua and David Chambers and Elroy Dimson and Zhenkai Ran and Ting Yu}, title = {Practical Applications of Strategies for Responsible Investing: Emerging Academic Evidence}, volume = {8}, number = {2}, pages = {1--8}, year = {2021}, doi = {10.3905/pa.8.2.421}, publisher = {Institutional Investor Journals Umbrella}, abstract = {In Strategies for Responsible Investing: Emerging Academic Evidence, authors Vaska Atta-Darkua, David Chambers, Elroy Dimson, Zhenkai Ran, and Ting Yu (all of the University of Cambridge) summarize and explain the findings from the Divest or Engage? Strategies for Responsible Investing conference in October 2019 at the University of Cambridge. The authors use a responsible investing debate from that conference as an object lesson to critique two methods of responsible investment, negative screening and engagement. They also illustrate the importance of selecting an ESG score provider by examining the differences in metrics among different providers.TOPICS: ESG investing, portfolio theory, portfolio construction}, issn = {2329-0196}, URL = {https://pa.pm-research.com/content/8/2/1.36}, eprint = {https://pa.pm-research.com/content/8/2/1.36.full.pdf}, journal = {Practical Applications} }