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EU’s new ESG ratings framework will be major overhaul

The EC’s proposal for regulating ESG ratings companies will bring about the biggest change the previously unregulated market has ever seen.

By Elizabeth Meager

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Research: Gender diversity generates better growth

Research: Gender diversity generates better growth

By Adrian Murdoch

Carbon credits could present an opportunity for Africa

Middle East and Africa

Carbon credits could present an opportunity for Africa

By Adrian Murdoch

Climate change: A missed opportunity for India’s banks

Climate change: A missed opportunity for India’s banks

By Adrian Murdoch

Why do investors care little of Adani’s weak governance?

Why do investors care little of Adani’s weak governance?

By Adrian Murdoch

Sustainable Development Goals

Investors underplay cost of FMCG giants’ indirect emissions

The cost of ignoring indirect emissions could hit the consumer giants significantly, though asset managers have been slow to engage with them too.

By Adrian Murdoch

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Explainer: What is SDG13?

SDG 13, Climate Action

Explainer: What is SDG13?

By Silvia Pellegrino

Why Montana climate trial win will worry polluters

By Elizabeth Meager

Marine bonds: Not so out of the blue now

SDG 7, Affordable and Clean Energy

Why weaning the world off oil remains hard

By Adrian Murdoch

S&P’s ESG score call is not the victory the anti-ESG brigade think it is

S&P’s ESG score call is not the victory the anti-ESG brigade think it is

By Daniel Flatt

SDG 16, Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Profits in a war zone: French banks’ Myanmar investments

By Adrian Murdoch

Impact Points

Government

Unlocking the puzzle of transition bonds

Although popular in Japan, a lack of easy definition means transition bonds remain shunned by investors. But signs of clarity are emerging

By Adrian Murdoch

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Deforestation accelerates despite Cop26 pledges

Deforestation accelerates despite Cop26 pledges

By Adrian Murdoch

SDG 5, Gender Equality

Fixing gender disparity and climate change together

By Adrian Murdoch

SDG 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth

Explainer: What is sustainable tourism?

Asset managers continue to fund fossil fuel expansion

By Adrian Murdoch

Don’t turn net zero into a political football

Don’t turn net zero into a political football

By Daniel Flatt

Was there an ESG backlash this proxy season?

By Paul Hodgson

Asset Owners

Why a weak yen is buoying sustainable bond issuance

As the sustainable bond market matures, Samurai bonds have become a focal point for issuers thanks to low interest rates and weak yen.

By Adrian Murdoch

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Who cares if the CoE divested from Shell and BP?

Energy and Utilities

Who cares if the CoE divested from Shell and BP?

By Hannah Duncan

SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities

SDG11: What are ‘Sustainable Cities and Communities’?

By Silvia Pellegrino

ISSB standards: Market hails “monumental step” forward

Systemic risk: The companies externalising their costs to society

By Paul Hodgson

Explainer: Combating desertification and drought

SDG 15, Life On Land

Explainer: Combating desertification and drought

By Silvia Pellegrino

Energy and Utilities

Investors’ interest in sustainability fades as US managers pile into oil and gas

By Adrian Murdoch

Investment Managers

Alternative assets

ESG defies critics as private markets funds size surge

Despite a vocal anti-ESG movement, research shows a significant increase in capital raised for private markets ESG funds.

By Adrian Murdoch

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A proposal to measure sustainable investment impact

A proposal to measure sustainable investment impact

By Adrian Murdoch

Investment managers

How investors voted on climate change at Big Oil AGMs

By Paul Hodgson

Investment managers

Biodiversity: Lacklustre investor commitments continue

By Adrian Murdoch

Climate litigation spooks shareholders (but not by much)

By Daniel Flatt

Finance is unprepared for EU’s deforestation regulations

SDG 15, Life On Land

Finance is unprepared for EU’s deforestation regulations

By Adrian Murdoch

SDG 14, Life Below Water

Explainer: Why is International Day for Biological Diversity important?

By Silvia Pellegrino

Banks

How Coutts should have handled Nigel Farage

Given how badly NatWest Group managed Nigel Farage, will other banks react hastily when applying their ESG values with clients?

By Daniel Flatt

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Australian banks continue to fund fossil fuels

Australian banks continue to fund fossil fuels

By Adrian Murdoch

Scope 3: Banks led the way in environmental disclosures

By Adrian Murdoch

Funding fossil fuels still pays

By Adrian Murdoch

Sustainable sukuk issuance to boost Malaysia’s net-zero ambitions

By Adrian Murdoch

Why we must respond to the climate as we do with bank runs

Why we must respond to the climate as we do with bank runs

By Daniel Flatt

SDG 13, Climate Action

Explainer: What is Gfanz and is it working?

By Silvia Pellegrino

Companies

Is there an investment pickup in EV infrastructure development?

Global electric vehicle sales are expected to surge this year, however, a lack of charge points and a few holdouts remain.

By Adrian Murdoch

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King’s coronation puts spotlight on the fashion industry's woeful sustainability

SDG 12, Responsible Consumption and Production

King’s coronation puts spotlight on the fashion industry’s woeful sustainability

By Adrian Murdoch

Airline industry still not on board with decarbonisation

By Adrian Murdoch

Investors still grappling with oil and gas transition

By Adrian Murdoch

Companies still slow to acknowledge Scope 3 emissions

By Adrian Murdoch

<strong>Explainer: Household brands accused of greenwashing</strong>

Explainer: Household brands accused of greenwashing

By Silvia Pellegrino

Why the CBI has rejected 25% of green bonds

By Daniel Flatt

ESG Research

Sustainable Heroes: Green Leaders in Focus 3

Sustainable Heroes: Green Leaders in Focus 3

By Nomura

Designing Climate Benchmarks to Produce Positive Outcomes: A Framework for Passive and Active Investors

Designing Climate Benchmarks to Produce Positive Outcomes: A Framework for Passive and Active Investors

By abrdn

The Link from Climate to Financial Risk

The Link from Climate to Financial Risk

By Manifest Climate

City Government Green Bond Guide: What You Need To Know

City Government Green Bond Guide: What You Need To Know

By ClimateView

Partner Content

Will ESG investing survive a growing backlash?

Partner Content

Will ESG investing survive a growing backlash?

The role of green bonds in financing the urban energy transition

Partner Content

The role of green bonds in financing the urban energy transition

Insurers need better risk data and analytics amid extreme climate change events

Partner Content

Insurers need better risk data and analytics amid extreme climate change events

Empowering real estate to play a critical role in addressing the climate crisis

Partner Content

Empowering real estate to play a critical role in addressing the climate crisis

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