We need banks to collaborate, not just tell us it’s important
Banks know they must partner with peers to tackle climate change, so why don’t we have better ways to see if they are?
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Daniel Flatt
Daniel Flatt launched Capital Monitor in 2021 after joining the New Statesman Media Group from Haymarket where he was most recently editorial director of its multiple award-winning portfolio of finance and investment publications. He is also the founding editor of CorporateTreasurer.
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Climate litigation spooks shareholders (but not by much)
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Why we must tolerate ESG rating divergence for now
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US: Climate and lobbying high on proxy investor agendas
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Why we must respond to the climate as we do with bank runs
It would be nice if we didn’t have to go through the environmental equivalent of 2008 in order to…
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Reckon Fink is sat on the ESG fence? You’d be wrong
Larry Fink’s delayed letter to investors omitted the use of the ESG acronym, but the correspondence was dedicated to…
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Are ratings agencies doing enough to factor in ESG risk?
Are ratings agencies doing their job? Bond investors are under pressure to know how physical and transition risks will…
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