{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"analysis_type":["investment screening"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'investment screening' for facet 'analysis_type' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":2,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=investment+screening","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"sgr-000099","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sgr-000099","title":"Irresponsible Science?","publisher":{"name":"Scientists for Global Responsibility","organization":"scientists-for-global-responsibility"},"document_type":"report","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://www.sgr.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-10/19-Royal_Statistical_Society.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The report finds that while the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) has no evidence of financial links to fossil fuel or arms corporations in its education programmes, events, or magazine, it has a 'Very high' level of involvement with the fossil fuel industry through its investments. Approximately 31% of the 'known' investments (which represent at most 21% of the total £1.7 million portfolio) were in the fossil fuel sector. The RSS lacks an overarching environmental policy and an ethical investment policy, although it recently approved a change to invest between 5% and 15% of assets in 'global sustainable equities'.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000099#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) has a high level of financial exposure to the fossil fuel industry through its investment portfolio. Of the investments for which detailed data was available, approximately 31% were invested in the fossil fuel sector.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000099#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The RSS lacks a comprehensive environmental strategy and a formal ethical investment policy, although its Code of Conduct requires fellows to be aware of their responsibility to the environment.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000099#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"In November 2018, the RSS council approved a policy change to allocate between 5% and 15% of its assets to 'global sustainable equities' to increase investments in environmentally-conscious companies.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000099#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"There is no evidence of financial links between the RSS and the arms or fossil fuel industries regarding its school education programmes, events, or its magazine, Significance.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000099#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Investment transparency is limited; the report could only access detailed data for at most 21% of the society's total investments of approximately £1.7 million.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000099#insight-5","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["fossil fuel industry","environmental policy","fossil-fuel divestment"],"geography_discussed":["Canada"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["corporate involvement assessment","investment screening"]},{"id":"sgr-000106","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/sgr-000106","title":"Irresponsible Science?","publisher":{"name":"Scientists for Global Responsibility","organization":"scientists-for-global-responsibility"},"document_type":"case study","language":"en","date_published":null,"source_url":"https://www.sgr.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-10/6-Engineering_Council.pdf","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"The Engineering Council, the regulatory body for the UK engineering profession, maintains comprehensive environmental guidance for engineers but lacks a dedicated ethical investment policy. Analysis of its approximately \u0016\u00161.6 million investment portfolio, held within the Baring Targeted Return Fund, reveals that about 1% of known holdings are in the fossil fuel industry and less than 1% are in arms companies. However, the report notes that because only 24% of the portfolio's final holdings could be unambiguously identified, the actual extent of these links could be higher.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000106#summary","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},"key_insights":[{"text":"The Engineering Council provides detailed environmental and sustainability guidance for the engineering profession, requiring registered engineers and technicians to work in a way that \"contributes to sustainable development, as outlined in the UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (UK-SPEC).\"","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000106#insight-1","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"The Engineering Council lacks its own specific ethical investment policy, instead adopting the policies of the funds it uses, such as the Baring Targeted Return Fund, which excludes direct investments in tobacco, prostitution, and pornography.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000106#insight-2","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Based on available data for 24% of the portfolio, approximately 1% of the Engineering Council's known investments are in the fossil fuel industry, including holdings such as INPEX.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000106#insight-3","date_modified":"2026-10-23"},{"text":"Based on available data for 24% of the portfolio, less than 1% of the Engineering Council's known investments are in arms companies, including holdings such as NRG Energy Inc and EP Energy.","ai_generated":true,"unit":"sgr-000106#insight-4","date_modified":"2026-10-23"}],"climate_tags":["sustainable development","fossil fuel industry","environmental protection"],"geography_discussed":["Japan","Mexico","United States"],"frame_perspective":[],"analysis_type":["case study","investment screening"]}]}