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How climate change engagement can be effective

How climate change engagement can be effective

Whether to pursue climate change engagement or fossil fuel divestment is still subject to fierce debate. Some asset owners have…

By Vibeka Mair

Sustainable Development Goals

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A nuanced approach to climate scenario analysis

A climate scenario framework built on honesty, transparency and flexibility is essential for understanding transition risk and delivering net-zero investment goals. Jeremy Lawson, chief economist at abrdn, discusses how and why investors must start putting…

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ESG: How sovereign wealth funds are sharpening their focus

ESG: How sovereign wealth funds are sharpening their focus

By Joe Marsh

Investors indifferent to green junk bonds’ weak covenants

By Adrian Murdoch

Comparing the big French banks’ carbon targets

How ‘net zero’ financial firms are linked to lobbying against climate change policy

By Polly Bindman

Climate reporting: Auditors are failing to play their part

Climate reporting: Auditors are failing to play their part

By Vibeka Mair

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Is gold a responsible investment?

ESG Research

Physical Gold ETC – The easy and cost-effective way to add gold to your portfolio

Physical Gold ETC – The easy and cost-effective way to add gold to your portfolio

By Invesco

ESG Themes for 2022

ESG Themes for 2022

By Moody’s ESG Solutions

Climate scenario analysis: A rigorous framework for managing climate financial risks and opportunities

Climate scenario analysis: A rigorous framework for managing climate financial risks and opportunities

By abrdn

Climate scenarios: The evolution of investment risk and opportunity since the Covid crisis

Climate scenarios: The evolution of investment risk and opportunity since the Covid crisis

By abrdn

Impact Points

Government

China’s new ESG disclosure standard “of limited use” to investors

The proposed voluntary framework is an early step towards standardised sustainability reporting but is seen as unlikely to have much impact until it is endorsed by regulators. It also omits any mention of human rights.

By Elizabeth Meager

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Luxembourg exchange opposes mandatory green bond standard

Luxembourg exchange opposes mandatory green bond standard

By Adrian Murdoch

NZAOA: Carbon pricing crucial for tackling energy policy trilemma

By Günther Thallinger

SDG 12, Responsible Consumption and Production

Fast fashion: The story behind the spin

MEP Paul Tang eyes stronger sustainable finance rules

By Elizabeth Meager

ESG data gaps should not trouble investors, say experts

ESG data gaps should not trouble investors, say experts

By Chris Papadopoullos

Exclusive: Standard Chartered cuts ties with coal miner Adaro

By Virginia Furness

Asset Owners

Calls rise for ESG sector data, while carbon price hopes fade

Efforts to standardise sustainability disclosure are gaining momentum, but investors say more sector-specific information would be useful for both climate reporting and carbon pricing. And some dismiss the likelihood of a global agreement on the…

By Vibeka Mair

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UK public pensions fear curbs on ethical investing

UK public pensions fear curbs on ethical investing

By Vibeka Mair

Middle East and Africa

How Egypt’s sovereign fund plans to green the country’s strategic infrastructure

By Virginia Furness

HSBC ‘climategate’ set to sharpen investor due diligence

Exclusive: Employers slowly opening up to public on workers’ pay

By Polly Bindman

ISSB: Company's impact and enterprise value do overlap

ISSB: Company’s impact and enterprise value do overlap

By Elizabeth Meager

Railpen sets pace on pension member engagement

By Vibeka Mair

Investment Managers

Why EU taxonomy reporting is so hard to do

Major divergence in data and an unhelpful regulatory timetable are among the early issues that companies and investors face around disclosure of companies' alignment with the EU taxonomy.

By Elizabeth Meager

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Data vendors’ taxonomy alignment scores vary widely

Data vendors’ taxonomy alignment scores vary widely

By Elizabeth Meager

Why HSBC’s response to Kirk’s climate speech was damaging to responsible investment

By Daniel Flatt

Sustainability-linked bonds: Weak KPIs cast shadow

By Adrian Murdoch

Investment managers

50 shades of green: SFDR reclassified

By Polly Bindman

Climate transition plans: Asset owners face uphill climb

SDG 13, Climate Action

Climate transition plans: Asset owners face uphill climb

By Elizabeth Meager

How investors should engage with polluting SOEs

By Elizabeth Meager

Banks

Standard Chartered’s climate vote: A bank bellwether?

Standard Chartered is seeking to understand why 17% of its shareholders voted against its climate plan last month, amid rising opposition to such proposals. In any case, the bank has no plans to change tack,…

By Virginia Furness

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Is it possible to green your cash?

Is it possible to green your cash?

By Polly Bindman

Alternative assets

The huge and uncounted sums of cash-linked carbon emissions

By Polly Bindman

SDG 7, Affordable and Clean Energy

The rise of solar project financing in Australia

By Adrian Murdoch

BNP Paribas sets red lines for oil and gas funding

By Virginia Furness

Debt crisis: How nature can help emerging markets

Debt crisis: How nature can help emerging markets

By Virginia Furness

Alternative assets

Why repairing nature isn’t just a job for finance quants

By Virginia Furness

Companies

Asia Inc behind on gender equality disclosure

Progress in gender equality reporting in Asia’s most sophisticated markets lags drastically behind Europe.

By Adrian Murdoch

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Why granular data is essential for climate risk insights

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Why granular data is essential for climate risk insights

Breaking down the world’s biggest green corporate bond

By Adrian Murdoch

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Now, more than ever, SMEs need creative cross-border payment strategies

How GM is setting the pace for Scope 3 reductions

By Adrian Murdoch

How abrdn is making sustainability part of every conversation

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How abrdn is making sustainability part of every conversation

UK plan to regulate ESG ratings divides market

By Elizabeth Meager

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