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Capital Monitor’s big ESG calls for 2022

[caption id="attachment_8567" align="alignnone" width="658"] Capital Monitor's powerful predictions are too much for some. (Photo by ballselimaksan via Getty Images)[/caption] Expect…

Capital Monitor’s most read stories of 2021    

[caption id="attachment_8234" align="alignnone" width="658"] Here's to another year of sustainability developments. (Photo by Dilok Klaisataporn / iStock)[/caption] Capital Monitor provides…

Are the SDGs fit for purpose?

[caption id="attachment_4292" align="alignnone" width="2027"] When former UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon oversaw the launch of the SDGs in 2016, he…

No bite: Lack of net-zero accountability puts onus on investors

[caption id="attachment_4196" align="alignnone" width="1773"] No bite? The lack of a watchdog for attaining net-zero pledges places pressure on investors to…

The policy wish list to avoid climate catastrophe

Tim Mohin of carbon accounting platform Persefoni says a review of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol is urgently required. (Photo courtesy…

IPCC warning adds urgency to calls for global carbon pricing

[caption id="attachment_3974" align="alignnone" width="1024"] Temperature rising: California is just one of a growing list of places suffering devastating wildfires in…

A clear ESG policy is now “the baseline” for hiring young talent

[caption id="attachment_3447" align="alignnone" width="1732"] Recruiting executives: ethics plays a bigger part these days. (Photo by fizkes via Shutterstock)[/caption] ESG concerns…

How a French property firm turned its €5.6bn of debt green

[caption id="attachment_2321" align="alignnone" width="658"] Nicolas Dutreuil of Gecina says the company also aims to issue a sustainability-linked bond. (Photo courtesy…