INSIGHT by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
More than half of the world’s mangrove ecosystems are at risk of collapse, according to...
INSIGHT by Nikki Gwilliam-Beeharee, Investor Engagement Lead and Talya Swissa, Social Transformation Engagement Manager; World Benchmarking Alliance
Last year, the World Benchmarking Alliance assessed 1,006 companies from ten...
INSIGHT by the IFRS
Jurisdictions representing over half the global economy by gross domestic product (GDP) have announced steps to use the International Sustainability Standards...
INSIGHT by Emine Isciel, Head of Climate and Environment at Storebrand and co-chair of the Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation working group on Public...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
| What are the new monitoring, reporting and verification obligations for the oil, coal and gas sectors?
Under the new EU...
INSIGHT by the EU Council
The Council has today adopted the ecodesign regulation, which sets requirements for sustainable products. The regulation replaces the existing ecodesign...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative
The IFRS Foundation and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) are deepening their working relationship, building upon the Memorandum of Understanding signed...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) recently announced the release of its highly anticipated report, ‘Transition in Action Agri-Food’. This...
INSIGHT by the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Prices for key minerals used in clean energy technologies dropped in 2023, but new IEA analysis shows need...
Q&A with Bobby Riddaway, Professional Trustee and Non-executive Director; currently Chair of Trustees on the DB Scheme of a London based firm of Lawyers
|...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Today the world’s highest court for marine protection - the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) - issued an...
INSIGHT by CDP
New data from the Accountability Framework initiative (AFi) and CDP show that achievement of deforestation- and conversion-free supply chains is possible, but still uncommon around the...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
The Climate Bonds Initiative’s (Climate Bonds) latest report reveals in 2023, China led green bond issuance for the second...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Environmental lawyers have reacted after the Portuguese government announced it would abandon plans to build Lisbon’s new airport on an internationally protected nature site,...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Building on the foundational work launched last year, Climate Bonds Initiative, together with the Institutional Investors Group on Climate...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
A new publication addresses key themes on the implementation of the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the legislation...
INSIGHT by Dan Lashof and Audrey Denvir. This article was originally published by the World Resources Institute. Photo credit: Alexander Mils.
The U.S. aviation industry has set a...
INSIGHT by the Stockholm Environment Center (SEI)
Animal agriculture negatively impacts the climate, public health and animal welfare, a group of experts argue in an...
INSIGHT by Zero Waste Europe
Zero Waste Europe’s latest paper asserts that the textile industry must reform its practices now or risk deteriorating further into...
INSIGHT by InfluenceMap
New InfluenceMap analysis finds that negative lobbying by the world’s largest automakers is putting global climate targets at risk and threatening the...
INSIGHT by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Following the public statement of 14 December 2023, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Ocean 14 Capital
Ocean 14 Capital Fund I, focusing exclusively on the multi-trillion-dollar ‘blue economy’, has announced it has closed on €201 million to support...
INSIGHT by Stand.earth
As communities experience year-round fires, floods, smoke, and deadly heat, the 15th annual Banking on Climate Chaos report revealed today that banks...
INSIGHT by the International Energy Agency
Global manufacturing capacity for solar PV today already meets what is needed this decade on a net zero pathway, and capacity...
INSIGHT by the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉Using the Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) as a case study, holdings in five mega-polluters...
Q&A with Alessia Falsarone, executive in residence, practitioner faculty at the University of Chicago, Circular Economy and Sustainable Business program Lead. Her portfolio of board...
INSIGHT by the World Bank
The global agrifood system presents a huge opportunity to cut almost a third of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions through...
INSIGHT by Jamal Srouji, Taryn Fransen, Sophie Boehm, David Waskow, Rebecca Carter and Gaia Larsen. This article was originally published by the World Resources Institute.
By early 2025, countries are due...
INSIGHT by the Stockholm Environment Institute 2024
The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) has updated its Green Steel Tracker, a vital tool for monitoring...
INSIGHT by UN Climate Change
The UN Body responsible for establishing a new global carbon market took a historic step reinforcing the protection of environmental and social human rights.
"This...
INSIGHT by the IFRS
The IFRS Foundation and EFRAG have published guidance material to illustrate the high level of alignment achieved between the International Sustainability...
INSIGHT by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA)
The Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) has launched a toolkit to help investors address the...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉The rate of decarbonisation by UK companies has slowed by a third for Scope 1 and 2 emissions and by 70% for Scope 3 emissions.
〉Only 62% of companies with verified emissions are in line with meeting potential 1.5° pathways, a decline from 2022. UK companies would cease decarbonising...
INSIGHT by Nature Action
Nature Action 100, the first global investor-led engagement initiative to address nature and biodiversity loss, has revealed a set of benchmark...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the EU Commission
Following an alert from the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), the European Commission and EU consumer authorities (Network of Consumer Protection Cooperation...
Q&A with Drea Burbank is an MD-technologist and founder/CEO of Savimbo which sells fair-trade carbon credits. Drea lives in the Colombian Amazon.
| Can carbon and biodiversity credits truly benefit...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Whereas global biodiversity has declined between 2 and 11 percent during the 20th century due...
Q&A with Robert Gardner, Co-Founder of Rebalance Earth
| Rebalance Earth recently published a white paper titled ‘The Nature Opportunity: Investing in our most valuable asset...
INSIGHT by the Grantham Research Institute
Climate framework laws have had a “positive impact on the reform of national climate governance systems and on climate action”...
INSIGHT by the World Resources Institute
Fossil fuels aren’t just used to power cars, heat buildings and keep the lights on. They are, quite literally,...
INSIGHT by the Planet Tracker
The chemical industry, generating USD 5.7 trillion in annual revenues (2022) and directly employing over 15 million people, plays a...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
ClientEarth lawyers have called out the European Parliament after it voted through what they say is an illegal proposal to reform the...
INSIGHT by the Center for International Environmental Law
196 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered for the critical fourth session of the Intergovernmental...
INSIGHT by International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
Informed by its recent consultation on future priorities, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) will commence projects to research...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
Today, Parliament gave a final green light to new rules obliging firms to mitigate their negative impact on human rights...
INSIGHT by CreditNature
CreditNature is delighted to announce the world’s first accreditation of a Terrestrial Ecosystem Condition Method, under the Accounting for Nature® Standard. This historic...
INSIGHT by the International Energy Agency
Despite near-term challenges in some markets, based on today's policy settings, almost 1 in 3 cars on the roads...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Countries with limited potential for renewables could save up to 20 percent of costs for...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
Today, Parliament adopted new measures to make packaging more sustainable and reduce packaging waste in the EU.
The regulation, which aims...
INSIGHT by the Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉Over several decades of implementation in a range of sectors, carbon capture, utilisation and...
INSIGHT by the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)
15 of Australia’s most influential organisations representing business, finance and both retail and institutional investors and shareholders...
INSIGHT by Jennifer Moeller-Gulland is the Founder and Manging Director of Water Security Collective. Photo credit: Sherrie.
I think we all agree that water risks are increasing.
WWF...
INSIGHT by the CDP
Thousands of companies are behind on key steps to tackle plastic pollution in their value chains, according to landmark data released by...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Even if CO2 emissions were to be drastically cut down starting today, the world economy...
INSIGHT by the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
〉Fourth and most comprehensive edition of Target-Setting Protocol carves pathway to reducing portfolio emissions for 89 major institutional...
INSIGHT by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) is publishing today three reports and a...
INSIGHT by the International Energy Agency
New report examines the role of carbon credits and integrated approach of public, private and complementary policies in driving...
INSIGHT by Claims.co.uk
〉Barristers and judges have the largest gender pay gap, according to a new study
〉Financial managers and directors have the second largest gender...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
On Thursday, MEPs adopted plans to facilitate the uptake of renewable and low-carbon gases, including hydrogen, into the EU gas...
INSIGHT by the WWF
〉Latest Ipsos poll on what should be in a soon-to-be concluded global plastic pollution treaty shows unequivocal public support for banning...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
A major investigation into the world’s 65 largest insurance companies from the responsible investment charity ShareAction shows that both people and planet...
INSIGHT by Gilles Dufrasne, the Carbon Market Watch
Carbon Market Watch strongly condemns the SBTi Board of Trustees’ announcement to recognise carbon credits as a...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
The law will set-up an EU certification framework for carbon removals to boost their uptake and help achieve EU climate...
INSIGHT by Rights and Resources Initiative & Rainforest Foundation Norway
The tenure rights of Indigenous Peoples, local communities, and Afro-descendant Peoples (IPs, LCs, and ADPs)...
INSIGHT by Kiva Allgood Head, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains, World Economic Forum; Na Na China Lead, Advanced Manufacturing and C4IR, World Economic...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Capital Markets Malaysia (CMM), an affiliate of the Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) in collaboration with the Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) today launched its...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
Betting on resource extraction over nature preservation is a financial mistake, according to Planet Tracker’s latest report, “How to Lose Half...
INSIGHT by Nicolas Poolen, Senior Manager, Nature Positive Finance, WWF International
Effectively tackling major challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss requires breaking down systemic...
INSIGHT by the InfluenceMap
New global public opinion research by GlobeScan, in collaboration with InfluenceMap, shows that retail investors support investment funds being more involved in addressing climate change,...
Q&A with Steffen Müller, Global Director, Sustainability Advisory, Salesforce
| Can you provide insights into Salesforce's Nature Positive Strategy, especially its key objectives and how...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Coalmines are becoming increasingly exposed to water-related risks, driving up the costs and risks...
INSIGHT by the International Energy Agency
New IEA analysis shows that fully implementing existing pledges on methane would deliver the majority, but not all, of...
INSIGHT by Mikaela Weisse, Elizabeth Goldman and Sarah Carter. Data created and updated by Peter Potapov, Svetlana Turubanova and Sasha Tyukavina – University of Maryland’s GLAD lab. This article...
INSIGHT by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Recent geopolitical shocks and economic uncertainties have highlighted the need for resilient supply chains. As we move away from...
INSIGHT by Carbon Tracker
A combination of declining oil and gas production in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin and weak new proposed bonding requirements from the...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Katie Lebling, Jennifer Rennicks and Shannon Wood, the World Resources Institute.
Rapidly reducing greenhouse gas emissions is the world’s top priority for combatting climate change. But scientists...
INSIGHT by Nala.Earth
For too long, sustainability discussions in boardrooms, conferences, and ESG teams have been dominated by climate-related issues, a phenomenon known as "Carbon...
INSIGHT by the CFA Institute
New research published by the CFA Institute Research and Policy Center analyzes the many challenges implicit in transition finance as a mechanism for the...
INSIGHT by the Planet Tracker
Planet Tracker has released a groundbreaking report uncovering the significant water-related risks faced by major fashion brands and retailers, including...
INSIGHT by Climate Action 100+
〉Results highlight that current transition plans are insufficient for investors to accurately gauge transition risk, a material financial risk for...
INSIGH by Climate Bonds Initiative
〉86% of SLBs not aligned with climate best practice, but credibility and ambition are improving.
〉Steep rise in climate ambition since...
Q&A with James Alexander, Chief Executive of UKSIF; Treasurer of Eurosif
| UKSIF shortly published a report warning that UK energy companies are considering moving...
INSIGHT by Deutsche Bundesbank and other institutions
〉An artificial intelligence (AI) application developed by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and its project partners, the...
INSIGHT by CarbonTracker
To further empower investors and regulators, a new assessment scorecard released to enable investors to judge whether oil and gas companies are...
INSIGHT by CDP
A majority (70%) of European companies align less than 25% of their capital expenditures (CapEx) toward transitioning towards a net-zero economy, new...
INSIGHT by Ceres
Nature Action 100, the first global investor engagement initiative to address the urgent crisis of nature and biodiversity loss around the world,...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact research (PIK)
From as yet undiscovered biodiversity to resilient forests and the impact of food consumption on nature: 64...
SCIENTIST PERSPECTIVE by Jitendra Aswani, Post-Doctoral Associate at MIT Sloan. This insight is based on his article, “Group Identity and Agency Frictions: Evidence using Big Data,” available...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉Less than 1% of companies consistently disclose across key environmental adverse impacts1, indicating a gap in holistic assessment and reporting of impacts...
INSIGHT by Stuart Breyer, CEO mallowstreet
When it comes to implementation of nature-related disclosures for pension funds, it is a question of ‘when’, not ‘if’.
In October 2022, the...
INSIGHT by Cain Blythe, Founder and CEO at CreditNature and Ecosulis (BCorp), Author & Speaker
The global financial landscape is undergoing a transformative shift towards...
INSIGHT by the International Energy Agency
Global energy-related CO2 emissions increased as exceptional droughts hit hydropower, but rise was lower than in 2022 thanks to...
INSIGHT by GRI
Sustainability professionals can now build and improve their expertise and knowledge of how to report their impacts on nature with the revised...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the Carbon Tracker
Oil and gas companies are still rewarding executives for increasing/expanding fossil fuel production, even when this conflicts with their energy...
brief INSIGHT by ShareAction
During yesterday's COREPER meeting, EU Ambassadors did not give their approval to the passage of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive...
INSIGHT by Charlotte Edmond. This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum
〉Many plastics end up in the ocean, where they release greenhouse gases as...
Q&A with Snorre Gjerde, Lead Investment Stewardship Manager at Norges Bank Investment Management
| NBIM has been an active member of the Taskforce on Nature-related...
INSIGHT by the Voluntary Carbon Market Integrity Initiative (VCMI)
Bain & Company makes a Carbon Integrity Platinum Claim, demonstrating its progress on internal decarbonization and...
INSIGHT by Veronica Chau, Partner & Director, Sustainable Investing & Social Impact, Toronto, Boston Consulting Group; Faheen Allibhoy, Managing Director & Global Head of Multilateral...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative
New analysis has revealed two-in-three large companies obtain assurance on at least some of their sustainability disclosures. While a...
INSIGHT by the EU Parliament
The EU nature restoration law, agreed with member states, will restore degraded ecosystems in all member states, help achieve the...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
The new directive, agreed with the Council on 16 November 2023, was adopted with 499 votes in favour, 100 against...
INSIGHT by Zaneta Sedilekova, Founding Director and CEO at Planet Law Lab, Jakob Mayr, Program Manager Sustainable Finance, WWF Austria; Philippe Youssef Garduño Diaz, SR...
INSIGHT by Carbon Tracker
Investors are increasingly concerned about the financial impact of climate change and the energy transition, while market regulators and standard setters...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
A group of property owners and farmers in Colorado, burdened with polluting abandoned oil and gas wells on their properties, have filed...
INSIGHT by Isobel Alice O'Connell, Strategic Partner, Metagnosis
After years of making progress on environmental issues – or the E part of ESG – businesses...
INSIGHT by Finansvalp
〉Finland ranked top as the best EU country for gender-equal workplaces, rating high for the percentage of women in the national government.
〉Portugal...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Background: A report by FairFin revealed that several of the world’s biggest international banks have collectively invested almost €22 billion in just two petrochemical...
INSIGHT by the Grantham Research Institute
A transformation of the $500 trillion global financial system is needed to deliver a just transition away from fossil...
Q&A by Gabriella Lovas with Oliver Milliner, Head of Sustainability for the University of Exeter and Falmouth University. Oliver has developed two sustainability strategies...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉The gap between commercial imperatives and environmental objectives is one of the biggest obstacles...
Q&A with Heather Buchanan, Chief Executive Officer of Bankers for Net Zero
| Heather, while many are familiar with the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA),...
INSIGHT by Shivani Lakshman, the World Resources Institute (WRI)
Demand for critical minerals is booming. Global efforts to fight climate change are driving up the...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Kevin Leung, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
The recently adopted European Green Bond Standard (EUGBS) promises to boost investor...
INSIGHT by Eurosif
Yesterday, Eurosif published a new methodology for the purpose of future market studies on sustainability-related investments across Europe. The methodology and accompanying...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
〉New rules for companies to comply with EU ban on greenwashing of products
〉Companies to submit environmental marketing claims for verification...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
On Wednesday, MEPs in the Environment Committee adopted their position on the proposed revision of the Waste Framework Directive, by 72 votes...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact research (PIK)
The Amazon rainforest could approach a tipping point, which could lead to a large-scale collapse...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
In 2023, the fossil fuel sector once again lost ground compared to the market...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Voluntary standards and initiatives for carbon management (VSICMs) can help fill a legal void in climate...
Q&A with Drea Burbank is an MD-technologist and founder/CEO of Savimbo which sells fair-trade carbon credits. Drea lives in the Colombian Amazon.
| How do...
INSIGHT by betterSoil Science Hub
The carbon cycle is a crucial process that regulates the Earth's climate and sustains life on our planet. While carbon...
INSIGHT by the UK Government department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Rebecca Pow MP
From today, all major housing developments are required to...
INSIGHT by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (AIGSL), Global Canopy
Biodiversity loss is an increasingly well-recognised driver of potential financial risks, and yet the financial...
INSIGHT by Mirova
The founders of the initiative to standardize the calculation of avoided emissions Mirova and Robeco, announced that they have selected I Care...
INSIGHT by investESG
Today's announcement and release of Barclays' energy policy, which follows engagement discussions with ShareAction and investors like Brunel Pension Partnership, is the...
INSIGHT by BloombergNEF (BNEF)
BNEF’s Long-Term Carbon Offsets Outlook 2024 shows that the success of the carbon offset market will be determined by the strength of...
INSIGHT by the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) has raised concerns from investors globally on regulatory proposals which could...
INSIGHT by Schroders
Schroders Greencoat, the specialist renewables and energy transition infrastructure manager of Schroders Capital, today announces the launch of Schroders Greencoat Global Renewables+...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉Just under 400 companies recognized as global leaders in environmental transparency on CDP’s annual A Lists, based on their Climate Change, Forests...
INSIGHT by Naomi Morenzoni, Senior Vice-President, Philanthropy, Salesforce. This article was first published by the World Economic Forum.
〉Corporate climate action is no longer just a...
INSIGHT by Reclaim Finance
As more and more companies and financial institutions are expected to adopt what are known as “transition plans” in response to...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
In the 2050s, one-third of the world's rivers could be affected by water scarcity or...
INSIGHT by the European Council
The Council and the European Parliament today reached a provisional deal on the regulation establishing a framework of measures for...
INSIGHT by the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA)
The UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance launched a call to action, sending a clear message to the...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
A first global standard to holistically address the sustainability impacts of the mining sector is now available. The...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Transforming food systems around the world would lead to socio-economic benefits summing up to 5...
INSIGHT by the Council of the EU
The Council and European Parliament yesterday reached a provisional agreement on a proposal for a regulation on environmental,...
INSIGHT by Campbell Powers, Data Fellow , Salesforce; Claudia Ukonu, Growth Lead, Uplink, World Economic Forum. This article is part of the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting and...
INSIGHT by PlanetTracker
In a recent analysis of 3,900 documents, transcripts and filings from apparel-related companies, financial think tank Planet Tracker examined how the management...
INSIGHT by betterSoil Science Hub
The concept of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors has gained significant traction in the investment industry. Investors are increasingly...
INSIGHT by the EU Council
The Council and the European Parliament reached today a provisional deal on the directive that promotes the repair of broken...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
The management of Polish energy giant Enea are suing the company’s former directors and its insurers for lack of due diligence over...
INSIGHT by the European Central Bank
〉Increasing impact of climate crisis on economy and financial system drives need for more action
〉ECB reaffirms commitment to ongoing...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by DEFINITE-CCRI
As global temperatures rise and consumption trends steadily upwards, the circular economy—a concept that designs out waste, keeps materials in use for...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
As nature faces unprecedented pressures, with human activity the leading cause for one million animal and plant species...
INSIGHT by UNEP FI
With over half of the world’s total GDP (circa $58 trillion of economic value) being moderately or highly dependent on nature, the degradation...
INSIGHT by the Circle Economy Foundation
Over the past five years, the number of discussions, debates and articles related to the circular economy has almost...
INSIGHT by Frank Elderson, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board of the ECB
The misalignment with...
INSIGHT by Ceres
With the growing climate crisis creating significant risks and opportunities in capital markets, the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets released a...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
The oil and gas industry and its petrochemical counterparts generate millions of tons of plastic waste...
INSIGHT by Jessica Smith (lead author), Alexander (Sasha) Wiese, Rhea Kochar, Anne-Marie Bor, Sylvaine Rols, Natacha Boric
For the third time in a row, United...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Tipping elements of the Earth system should be considered global commons, researchers argue in a new paper...
INSIGHT by investESG
During a press conference on Friday, Friends of the Earth Netherlands, known for their historic victory against the oil company Shell in...
INSIGHT by the World Economic Forum
〉A new World Economic Forum report finds that closing the health gap would improve women’s health and enable them...
INSIGHT by the EU Parliament
〉Key issues include media freedom, corruption, and individual liberties
〉EU needs to safeguard rights of women, children, LGBTIQ+, other vulnerable persons
〉Specific...
INSIGHT by the World Benchmarking Alliance
〉The 2,000 companies – known as the SDG2000 – are those with the greatest potential to transform systems and...
INSIGHT by Dr Rebecca Drury and Gemma James, Chronos Sustainability. Photo credit: Dr Rebecca Drury (left): private; Gemma James (right): PRI
That nature loss is...
INSIGHT by Greenpeace International
Greenpeace Nordic and Natur og Ungdom (Young Friends of the Earth Norway) secured a historic win against the Norwegian State, rendering...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative
The Global Reporting Initiative and the IFRS Foundation have today jointly published a new analysis and mapping resource: Interoperability...
INSIGHT by Gim Huay Neo, Managing Director, World Economic Forum, Saroj Kumar Jha Global Director, Water Global Practice, The World Bank. This article is part of...
INSIGHT by Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate and our extractive, wasteful, and polluting linear economy is increasingly recognised as one of...
INSIHGT by PwC
〉Proportion of CEOs optimistic about global growth prospects doubles from 18% to 38% as concerns about inflation and macroeconomic volatility fall
〉39% of...
INSIGHT by Nicolas Poolen, Senior Manager Nature Positive Finance, WWF International & Rebekah Church, Global Lead Biodiversity Stewardship, WWF Germany. Photo credit: Rebekah Church...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
〉F-gases: total phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons by 2050 and move towards climate-friendly solutions
〉Higher EU ambition to further reduce emissions of ozone-depleting...
INSIGHT by Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor, City of Freetown; Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mayor, Monterrey; Lord Sally Capp, Mayor, Melbourne. This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
Today, ShareAction is releasing its fifth annual report analysing how the world’s largest asset managers voted in 2023 on shareholder resolutions that...
INSIGHT by Mili Fomicov, Lecturer and Co-Director - Climate Finance Academy, Imperial College London.
Vietnam requires large-scale renewable energy investment to meet its ambitious climate...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
The proposed directive introduces an EU-wide Disability Card and revamps the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities to make...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
By prioritizing increases in rainfall, forestation programs may not only mitigate global climate change itself...
INSIGHT by the World Economic Forum
〉Misinformation and disinformation are biggest short-term risks, while extreme weather and critical change to Earth systems are greatest long-term...
INSIGHT by Copernicus
Global temperatures reached exceptionally high levels in 2023. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather...
INSIGHT by Florence Arke, Jr. Manager Regulatory Risk, Deloitte Netherlands
With a technological revolution unfolding, there’s a global growing demand for microchips. These tiny piece...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Emil Sirén Gualinga, Natural Resources Researcher at Business & Human Rights Resource Centre; Impact Finance Analyst at Amazonia Impact Ventures. Emil is...
Q&A with Will Martindale, Co-founder and Managing Director at Canbury and former Director of Policy and Research at UN PRI
| Your book, 'Responsible Investment: An Insider’s...
INSIGHT by Peter Herweck, Chief Executive Officer, Schneider Electric. This article is part of the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution and was first published...
INSIGHT by Sophie Boehm and Clea Schumer, World Resources Institute.
March 20 marked the release of the final installment of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s...
INSIGHT by Climate Action Tracker
Despite their promises, governments have not taken enough action to drive down warming projections, with some instead turning to false...
INSIGHT by Dan Lashof and Karl Hausker, World Resources Institute
According to recent testimony from the American Petroleum Institute (API) and its allies in Congress, the solution to climate change...
INSIGHT by L. Delta Merner, PhD, Lead Scientist, Science Hub for Climate Litigation, Union of Concerned Scientists
Last year, I made three predictions for what would happen...
INSIGHT by Emma Elobeid, Senior Editor, and Miranda Schnitger, Climate Lead, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
“Adapt or perish” – so says nature’s inexorable imperative, science fiction’s original earworm, and many...
INSIGHT by PlanetTracker
〉Latest Planet Tracker research finds BASF and Solvay worst culprits for toxic emissions in trilateral chemical region (Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands), responsible for...
Q&A by Gabriella Lovas with Donal Daly, the founder and CEO of Future Planet
| What are the ESRS reporting boundaries for sustainability reporting why...
INSIGHT by Gireesh Shrimali, University of Oxford; Labanya Jena, Climate Policy Initiative. Views are personal and do not represent that of our employers.
Explore the...
REPORT by the World Economic Forum. This insight was originally published on the WEF.
This report identifies 10 high-priority risk management strategies for access to...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Dr Nicola Ranger, Resilience and Development programme lead and Dorian van Raalte, Research Assistant, University of Oxford
Recent analysis by the UN Environment...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Many of the UK’s biggest pension providers are failing to use a critical financial lever in their engagement with fossil fuel companies...
INSIGHT by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the EU’s financial markets regulator and supervisor, has published...
INSIGHT by EFRAG
EFRAG and the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) have announced the signing of a cooperation agreement, highlighting the importance of addressing nature-related issues to...
Q&A with Doris Pennetzdorfer, the Environmental Umbrella Organization (Umweltdachverband), Austria. Photo credit: Julia Spicker
| The Environmental Umbrella Organization (Umweltdachverband) has turned 50 years old...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉The U.S. Department of Energy is negotiating with several selected companies to establish regional...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Dutch airline KLM appeared before the District Court of Amsterdam yesterday to defend its climate-related advertising, in response to allegations of unlawful...
INSIGHT by the European Environment Agency
The EU 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP) builds on the European Green Deal and sets the framework for EU...
INSIGHT by the European Central Bank
〉 Banks significantly exposed to high-emitting firms and households, with future climate risks underpriced and underinsured
〉Macroprudential policy can keep systemic risk...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
Major UK investors, co-ordinated by responsible investment charity ShareAction, have written to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) urging the regulator to act...
INSIGHT by the Greening Financial Regulation Initiative (GFRi), WWF
〉New findings of the WWF Sustainable Financial Regulations and Central Bank Activities (SUSREG) Tracker 2023 show...
Q&A with Mag. Sabine Gaber, Member of the Executive Board, the Development Bank of Austria, AG (OeEB)
| Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank AG - (OeEB) – the Development Bank of Austria...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the International Energy Agency
Latest IEA market report sees lower demand to 2026, based on current policies, but stronger actions are needed to...
INSIGHT by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) shortly published a Technical Document providing Recommendations...
INSIGHT by the Climate Action Data Trust
The Climate Action Data Trust (CAD Trust), a Singapore-based not-for-profit initiative founded by the World Bank, IETA, and...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
Political negotiations on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) have concluded today.
Commenting on the outcome, Isabella Ritter, EU Policy Officer at...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
〉Applies to EU and non-EU companies with a turnover over 150 million euro and smaller companies in sectors such as...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉Risks are on the rise for communities in the PJM power market that host fossil fuel plants, as...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉Failings of SFDR stem from a disconnect between its intended use as a system for identifying fund disclosure...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
After two weeks of negotiations, the UN climate summit COP28 in Dubai closed. More than 70.000 people...
INSIGHT by Zero One Hundred Conferences
Private Equity and Venture Capital investors, in their comprehensive review of the 2023 balance and strategic planning for 2024,...
INSIGHT by The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) has published a Technical Document on Scaling Up Blended...
INSIGHT by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
A new analysis conducted by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) uncovered the presence of...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
Yesterday, ShareAction, the responsible investment charity, launched its second guidance paper in its Responsible Investment Standards and Expectations (RISE) series aiming to...
INSIGHT by the World Benchmarking Alliance
Wednesday, 13 December trilogue negotiations related to the EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive resume. One of the key...
Q&A with Andrej Ceglar and Simone Boldrini, European Central Bank
| The ECB recently published reports titled 'Living in a world of disappearing nature: physical...
Q&A by Gabriella Lovas with EFRAG TEG's Philippe Youssef Garduño Diaz about the challenges related to reporting on biodiversity and ecosystems
| How do you...
INSIGHT by Scottish Widows
〉Switching to a green pension can save emissions equal to 11 return flights to New York per year.
〉However, over two thirds...
INSIGHT by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
Close to $7 trillion is invested globally each year in activities that have a direct negative impact on nature...
INSIGHT by the Stockholm Environment Center (SEI)
Emerging novel alternatives to animal products such as meat and dairy may contribute to significantly reducing the environmental...
INSIGHT by Carbon Tracker
Global policy makers are currently gathered at COP28 in Dubai pursuing a managed phase out of fossil fuel production and use,...
INSIGHT by Mariassunta Giannetti, Martina Jasova, Maria Loumioti, Caterina Mendicino; the European Central Bank
Banks are talking more about the environment. But does such talk...
INSIGHT by the Climate Policy Initiative
〉First tool to aggregate, standardize and assess progress of financial actors on actions beyond commitments
〉Data filtered by countries, actor...
INSIGHT by the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance | UNEP FI
〉Following momentum of latest Progress Report, the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance strengthens guidance and...
INSIGHT by CDP
Data released today by the global non-profit, CDP, provides fresh insight into how companies and investors are responding to the global water...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Tipping points pose some of the biggest risks to our planet’s life-support systems and the stability of...
INSIGHT by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has launched a new initiative at COP28 to support developing countries’...
INSIGHT by Oxfam
Global climate finance levels are woefully insufficient to keep warming below 1.5°C or protect people from the devastating impacts of climate breakdown...
INSIGHT by Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
Leading representatives from within the community of international regulators and experts have today announced their participation in a...
INSIGHT by IFRS
Close to 400 organisations from 64 jurisdictions have committed to advancing the adoption or use of the International Sustainability Standards Board’s climate-related...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Global warming can still be limited to 1.5°C by 2100 while ensuring that the poor are not...
INSIGHT by EFRAG and GRI
Following a successful partnership between EFRAG and GRI over the past three years, a new Memorandum of Understanding has been...
INSIGHT by IFRS
The IFRS Foundation has launched the IFRS Sustainability knowledge hub to support use of the ISSB Standards from next year. The hub went...
INSIGHT by the Church of England Pensions Board
The Church of England Pensions Board has published its inaugural Climate Action Plan, demonstrating its continued ambition...
INSIGHT by investESG
Today, the Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation launched the beta version of the Nature Target Setting Framework for Asset Managers and Asset...
INSIGHT by Global Canopy
〉Ahead of COP28, Global Canopy’s Deforestation Action Tracker paints a picture of poor performance on deforestation from financial institutions with high profile climate...
INSIGHT by BirdLife International
Today, the members of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Nature Restoration Law as...
INSIGHT by the Financial Conduct Authority. Photo by Chris Boland
With an estimated $18.4 trillion of ESG-orientated assets now being managed globally, the FCA is...
INSIGHT by the EU Council
The Council and the European Parliament’s negotiators today reached a provisional political agreement on the revision of the directive on...
INSIGHT by Sherpa, Center for Climate Crime Analysis, Harvest and Transparency International
Sherpa, supported by Harvest, the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA), Repórter Brasil...
INSIGHT by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (GRI)
The UK Government...
INSIGHT by Climate Analytics
A new report finds that global greenhouse gas emissions could start falling in 2024, if current clean technology trends continue. If...
INSIGHT by Climate Analytics
Global climate damages from emissions associated with the top 25 oil and gas ‘carbon majors’ between 1985 and 2018 are estimated...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Public and private sector issuers looking to finance their climate transition activities can benefit from a new guide on...
INSIGHT by the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN)
The International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) explores whether climate-related matters are adequately reported, specifically in financial statements,...
INSIGHT by InfluenceMap
A new study from InfluenceMap released ahead of this year’s COP Climate Summit in Dubai reveals that 58% of the world’s largest...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Carbon Tracker
Strategy of natural depletion, returning money to shareholders or diversification for some may be best way forward as big impact to...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉Consistent representation on A List shows climate action is the new norm for many cities, including in Global South
〉New cities in Global...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Extreme events like tropical cyclones have immediate impacts, but also long-term implications for societies. A new study...
INSIGHT by the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
For asset owners, aiming to both achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in their portfolio by 2050 and...
INSIGHT by Greenpeace
The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC3) for a Global Plastics Treaty ends on a disappointing note for the fight...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
ClientEarth lawyers have warned the UK’s environmental watchdog that the government may have breached environmental law by approving a pesticide which poses...
brief INSIGHT by the CFA Institute
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, announces the launch of a new Climate Risk, Valuation, and Investing...
INSIGHT by Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
Offshore Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is no solution to fossil fuel pollution, according to a new...
INSIGHT by the UNFCCC
A new report from UN Climate Change finds national climate action plans remain insufficient to limit global temperature rise to 1.5...
INSIGHT by PwC
〉Three-quarters of investors say sustainability is important to their investment decisions, while more than half (57%) back greater clarity and consistency in...
INSIGHT by the World Benchmarking Alliance
〉The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) assessed 55 of the world’s most influential apparel companies, including Adidas, Fast Retailing, Kering,...
INSIGHT by the InfluenceMap
New InfluenceMap analysis shows that policy priorities of the US House Republicans ESG Working Group closely mirror the tactics and narratives...
INSIGHT by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
〉Predicted 2030 emissions must fall by 28-42 per cent for pathway to 2°C and 1.5°C
〉Relentless mitigation and low-carbon...
INSIGHT by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
〉A review by the FCA has found that while most Authorised Fund Managers (AFMs) have made efforts to...
Q&A with Franz-Paul Horn, project manager and sustainability expert at Security KAG
| How are the social tranches structured to provide the best possible support...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The European Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council on the protection of...
INSIGHT by Zaneta Sedilekova, Founding Director and CEO at Planet Law Lab and Eniye Igbanibo, Project Officer at the Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative
Nature-related risks...
INSIGHT by the European Union
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached last night between the European Parliament and the Council on waste shipments, which will ensure that...
INSIGHT by the Planet Tracker
〉Nitrogen fertiliser usage is outstripping planetary boundaries two-fold while producing up to 5% of global GHGs
〉Nitrogen is a critical input...
INSIGHT by the WWF
〉New report estimates low-income countries, despite consuming less plastic, incur a total lifetime plastic cost that is 10 times higher than...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and Council on a new EU Regulation to...
Q&A | Gabriella Lovas was chatting with Mike Jennings, Director in Sustainability and ESG Consulting at Anthesis Group, about ESRS threshold setting and new...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉UK government incentives for carbon capture are disproportionately supporting the development of ‘blue’ hydrogen projects, increasing long-term...
INSIGHT by the Circular Investment Readiness Network
In an era where sustainability has taken centre stage, the CircularInvest project gives cities and regions the chance...
INSIGHT by the World Resources Institute. Report authors: Sophie Boehm, Louise Jeffery, Judit Hecke, Clea Schumer, Joel Jaeger, Claire Fyson, Kelly Levin, Anna Nilsson, Stephen...
brief INSIGHT by the World Benchmarking Alliance
The close collaboration of businesses, policymakers, and workers is critical to ensure the implementation of just transition strategies...
INSIGHT by the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL)
As our window to prevent catastrophic climate impacts narrows, technological fixes like direct air capture (DAC)...
INSIGHT by the Global Canopy
Launched this month, Forest IQ is a powerful new data platform for financial institutions that for the first time brings...
brief INSIGHT
The decline of biodiversity and the degradation of natural environments pose a substantial risk to the broader economy and financial stability, an issue...
INSIGHT by the Sustainable Finance Coalition
South Africa has done it again! We have activated another tax incentive dedicated to the environment. The Department of...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Climate Bonds Initiative has released a mapping of corporate transition frameworks to demystify the landscape of transition finance frameworks. This...
INSIGHT by Fidelity International
Nature loss is one of the most severe risks humanity faces over the next decade according to the World Economic Forum,*...
INSIGHT by Greenpeace
Oil giant Shell has launched an intimidation lawsuit against Greenpeace UK and Greenpeace International – demanding Greenpeace stop protests at its infrastructure...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
Impact investments in the energy sector decrease scopes 1 and 2 carbon dioxide emissions at the median...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
Late on Thursday evening, negotiators from the Parliament and Council reached a provisional political agreement on the EU nature restoration...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
〉3.28% rise in year-on-year emissions disclosed by 20 of the largest listed meat and dairy producers – including suppliers to household names such...
INSIGHT by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published the fourth vintage of its long-term...
INSIGHT by the World Economic Forum
〉A new report from the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders calls on businesses and governments to further slash carbon...
INSIGHT by the Stockholm Environment Institute
Stockholm, 8 November 2023 – A major new report published today finds that governments plan to produce around 110% more fossil fuels in...
INSIGHT by CDP
The cooperation will maximize alignment of CDP’s global environmental disclosure platform with the EU's environmental reporting standards and build capacity among companies...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
〉External alert targets use of misleading statements and imagery on plastic water bottles.
〉Claim filed to the European Commission argues that common ‘100%’...
INSIGHT by UNEP
The biggest global voluntary effort to tackle plastic pollution and waste shows it is possible to make progress on a pressing environmental...
INSIGHT by the Stockholm Environment Center
〉Progress on climate adaptation is slowing on all fronts when it should be accelerating to catch up with rising...
INSIGHT by Carbon4finance and CDC Biodiversité
〉Using the Biodiversity Impact Analytic powered by the Global Biodiversity Score database on a STOXX Europe 600 portfolio
Biodiversity-related financial...
INSIGHT by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
CFA Institute, the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), and Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) have issued a...
INSIGHT by the Blue Climate Initiative
Yesterday, the Blue Climate Initiative announced the publication of a white paper entitled “Next Generation EV Batteries Eliminate the...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉Europe has added 36.5 billion cubic metres (bcm) of new LNG capacity since the beginning of 2022, while...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉STEAG’s 2023 sustainability commitment to phase out its German coal-fired power generation by mid-2026, well ahead of the...
INSIGHT by Ceres
Ceres welcomes the harmonized Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions from the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fed), Office of...
INSIGHT by Zero Waste Europe
A new report released yesterday has criticised a so-called “miraculous” method of plastic waste management that has been shown to be...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
In 2023, anomalies like high temperatures, ocean-warming and more frequent wild fire events have reached unprecedented records...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
| Why is the Commission coming forward with a new initiative to support the wind sector?
The current situation in the...
INSIGHT by Ceres
A new benchmark analysis of 72 companies from four water-intensive industries—apparel, beverage, food, and high-tech—shows encouraging progress on corporate water management, but underscores collectively,...
INSIGHT by David B. McGinty. This article was first published by the World Resources Institute in 2022.
More than 100 billion tons of resources enter...
INSIGHT by Rosalind Fergusson and Alison Dundjerovic, Deloitte
At a glance:
〉On 9 October 2023, the UK’s Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) published its finalised Disclosure Framework and supporting guidance,...
INSIGHT by the Investor Leadership Network
The Investor Leadership Network (ILN), a global coalition of 14 leading institutional investors representing over $10 trillion AUM, is...
INSIGHT by GFANZ
New regional network will support engagement with financial institutions and policymakers across Latin America and the Caribbean to capitalize on the net-zero...
INSIGHT by the Forest Declaration
A new study by a coalition of civil society and research organizations assessing progress toward pledges by countries, companies and...
INSIGHT by Climate Action 100+
〉Updated and more ambitious Benchmark used to assess focus companies on their net zero transition plans.
〉Assessments show incremental progress on...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA Australia)
〉Large, diversified miners will not avoid growing investor pressure to act on their...
Q&A with Tommy Piemonte, Head of Sustainable Investment Research at Bank für Kirche und Caritas (BKC), a Catholic church Bank based in Paderborn, Germany
|...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA U.S.)
〉The changing regional power environment is likely to shift the outlook for pension...
INSIGHT by the Stockholm Environment Institute
A team of scientists have presented a five-step approach to through which governments can plan a transition away from...
INSIGHT by WWF
〉First ever annual estimate of economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems is US$58 trillion - equivalent to 60% of global GDP
〉Degradation...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
The health benefits from walking and cycling are so significant that they should be included...
INSIGHT by the Competition and Markets Authority
〉Guidance to give firms greater clarity about agreements addressing environmental sustainability including climate change
〉CMA to offer open-door policy...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
ShareAction’s vision is a world where the financial system serves our planet and its people, and we are excited to announce the...
INSIGHT by NatureMetrics
NatureMetrics is the first company in the world to launch a Nature Intelligence subscription service powered by environmental DNA (eDNA) technology, converting...
INSIGHT by the Planet Tracker
〉The downstream end of the textile supply chain attracts the most funding from major developed market lenders, mostly in the...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Finance for Biodiversity
The Finance for Biodiversity (FfB) Foundation published a guide for financial institutions on Tuesday, 10 October, on how to manage...
INSIGHT by the Ecosystem Marketplace
Businesses purchasing voluntary carbon are more likely to report lower gross emissions year-on-year, and invest more in emissions reductions, than...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The Commission welcomes today's adoption of two final pillars of its ‘Fit for 55' legislative package for delivering the EU's...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
The impacts of global warming, deforestation and intensified land use are pushing the South American...
INSIGHT by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and the Centre for Impact Investing and Practices (CIIP) announced today...
INSIGHT by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ)
For a long time, little attention was paid to soil temperatures. In contrast to air temperatures...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
〉Planet Tracker’s new framework proposes a ‘blue recovery bond’ – a novel financial product offering capital to fisheries in exchange for a temporary...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
FAIRR investor network conducts first-of-its-kind analysis into commitments on regenerative agriculture by 79 global food and retail giants, worth over $3 trillion...
INSIGHT by the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) released a Conceptual Note on Short-term Climate...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Climate Action 100+
Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor engagement initiative, has released its latest assessments of 14 heavy-emitting Australian companies against...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
〉Nine Big Food corporations served notice last year are still failing to tackle plastic pollution.
〉New report analyses how the companies are living up to...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Climate Bonds Initiative has released pivotal guidance on the European Union's Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products. This comprehensive guide equips corporates and...
INSIGHT by the WWF
Last week at the Global Ethical Finance Conference 2023, WWF launched a new tool to help financial supervisors, asset managers and...
INSIGHT by Katie Wood and Oliver Ashford, the World Resources Institute
With climate extremes dominating the global news cycle in 2023, from record heat both on land and at sea...
INSIGHT by the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Update of IEA’s landmark Net Zero Roadmap shows greater ambition and implementation, supported by stronger international cooperation, will...
INSIGHT by Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Trudy Harrison MP
Government has set out next...
Q&A by the European Commission
What is the microplastics ban the Commission adopted recently?
The Commission took a big step towards fighting microplastics pollution by...
INSIGHT by Nature Action 100
Nature Action 100, the first global investor engagement initiative to address the urgent crisis of nature and biodiversity loss around...
INSIGHT by Fiona Pedeboy, Researcher, Global Canopy
As a co-founder and official piloting partner of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Global Canopy has welcomed the...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
A new report from the UN Global Compact and Climate Bonds Initiative, The role of the Chief Financial Officer in...
INSIGHT by First Street Foundation
First Street Foundation has released a report, entitled “The 9th National Risk Assessment: The Climate Insurance Bubble”, highlighting the contribution...
INSIGHT by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
For net-zero policies to be successful, it is key that they succeed in shaping the expectations...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The European Commission will invest €90 million in 17 new research projects contributing to the EU Mission: ‘A Soil Deal...
INSIGHT by Principles for Responsible (PRI)
The Inevitable Policy Response’s (IPR) latest forecast of global climate policies, expected to be put in place in major...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
A comprehensive guide, ‘Guidance to Assess Transition Plans,’ has been released today to assist stakeholders in understanding the fundamental...
INSIGHT by the CDP
〉CDP, which runs the global environmental disclosure platform for corporations, has announced its intention to align with the newly released TNFD...
INSIGHT by Ceres
Ceres applauds the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on its adoption of a new rule that strengthens accuracy and reliability in...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
〉Generic environmental claims and other misleading marketing tricks will be banned
〉Ban will also apply to commercial communications about goods that...
INSIGHT by the WWF
New initiatives and finance to tackle the world’s biodiversity crisis were announced at a high-level event convened on the sidelines of...
REMARKS by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen in New York, on Treasury’s Principles for Net-Zero Financing & Investment
The physical impacts of climate...
INSIGHT by The Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA)
After two years of development, the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has released its final Framework,...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Kyriakos Triantafyllidis, Head of Growth and Strategy, Centre for Advanced Manufacturing and Supply Chains, World Economic Forum; Tessa Bysong, Partner, Bain &...
INSIGHT by the The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched the world’s first science-based decarbonization framework for...
INSIGHT by TNFD
The TNFD Recommendations are a key milestone in the relationship between nature, business and financial capital, positioning nature risk alongside financial, operational...
INSIGHT by the Zero Waste Europe
Reusable take-away packaging could present a compelling climate case over single-use alternatives if return and washing systems are properly...
INSIGHT by Carbon Tracker
The world’s biggest oil giant, Saudi Aramco, has the weakest climate pledges among major listed oil and gas companies, finds a report...
INSIGHT by PRI
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has released “ESG incorporation in direct lending: a guide of private debt investors,” a new report...
INSIGHT by Bank für Kirche und Caritas (BKC), a Catholic church Bank based in Paderborn, Germany
Preamble
Engagement has the potential to bring about social-ecological transformation....
INSIGHT by Ceres
Last week, Ceres published a report that provides guidance for investors to effectively influence and support utility companies in decarbonizing the gas...
briefINSIGHT by UNEP Finance Initiative
Authored by UNEP FI’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative (PSI) and Nature Teams, this briefing paper articulates the role...
INSIGHT by Morningstar
Morningstar recently published the Morningstar ESG Commitment Level Landscape, a qualitative assessment of 108 global asset managers’ determination to incorporate ESG factors into...
INSIGHT by The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
Following the hottest three months ever recorded, the need for urgent, robust climate action has never been...
INSIGHT by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
For the first time, an international team of scientists is able to provide a detailed outline...
INSIGHT by Alex Morrison, University of Exter
Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) and the University of Exeter have released a new report calling for a radical...
INSIGHT by Diane B. Holdorf, Executive Vice President, Pathways, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD); Akanksha Khatri, Head, Nature and Biodiversity, World Economic...
INSIGHT by Jolene Tan, Communications Lead, Trase
Forests are central to addressing the world’s climate and biodiversity crises. They capture and store carbon, play a...
INSIGHT by Ceres
Last week, a new guidebook was released to provide companies with a resource to support responsible corporate engagement efforts in the electric vehicle...
INSIGHT by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Antarctica’s vast ice masses seem far away, yet they store enough water to raise global sea...
INSIGHT by the Network for Greening Financial System (NGFS)
Yesterday, the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published the beta version of its Conceptual...
Q&A with Fiona Reynolds, an independent director and advisory board member; former CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI); Chair of the UN...
INSIGHT by the The Nature Positive Initiative (NPI)
Today, 27 of the world’s largest nature conservation organizations, institutes, business and finance coalitions have come together...
INSIGHT by the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)
EFRAG and GRI publish today a joint statement on the high level of interoperability achieved between the European...
INSIGHT by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
〉Over 20% of mapped global species richness are found in World Heritage sites, despite...
INSIGHT by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has today published a new report that assesses the climate data that investors...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
〉Pharmaceutical and biotechnology giant’s current emissions trajectory is on track for a +3 °C climate scenario by 2030.
〉Bayer’s Scope 3 emissions account for 76%...
INSIGHT by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Economies already under stress respond more strongly to weather events like heat waves, river floods and...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
ISSB pressed to design international reporting standards for human capital and human rights issues by investors including Scottish Widows, La Française Group,...
PERSONALITY IN PENSIONS
INSIGHT by Lee Backhouse, Senior Responsible Investment Manager; Nature and Biodiversity Lead at Scottish Widows
How can pensions operationalize 'transformative change' in the context...
INSIGHT by the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
〉Impact investors report meeting performance expectations in 2022 and plan to allocate more capital to emerging...
INSIGHT by Sue Lloyd, Vice-Chair, International Sustainability Standards Board. This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum.
〉A set of standards released...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) Australia
〉RBC’s climate and sustainable finance program fails to address ending fossil fuel...
INSIGHT by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Abrupt climate changes have affected rainfall patterns worldwide in the past, especially in the tropical monsoon...
INSIGHT by Simon Black,Ian Parry, Nate Vernon.This article was first published on the IMFBlog.
〉Scaling back subsidies would reduce air pollution, generate revenue, and...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
United Nations human rights experts have sounded the alarm over the significant human rights impact Saudi Aramco and its financial backers have...
INSIGHT by the The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) reported a sharp rise in companies setting science-based targets in...
INSIGHT by the Global Environment Facility
During the GEF Assembly, Canada and the United Kingdom announced contributions to the new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund, created...
INSIGHT by Ceres
A new benchmark analysis of 13 of the largest banks operating in the United States reveals significant inconsistencies between the banks’ public...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
〉Investors call on G20 to meet COP15 biodiversity obligation to phase out or repurpose harmful agricultural subsidies by 2030
〉Statement sets out four practical...
INSIGHT by CDP
Data collates last five years of water disclosures to CDP from global companies.
Brands reporting opportunities include Volkswagen, Samsung, and Danone.
...
INSIGHT by The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC)
The Investor Group on Climate Change, whose members manage more than $30 trillion globally, yesterday launched...
INSIGHT by the International Union for Conservation Nature’s World Commission on Protected Areas (IUCN WCPA)
The International Union for Conservation Nature’s World Commission on Protected...
INSIGHT by California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS)
For the 2023 proxy season, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System—the world’s largest educator-only pension fund with...
INSIGHT by the World Resources Institute
This article was updated on July 31, 2023 to reflect the current status of the International Seabed Authority's ongoing...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) Australia
〉Campaigns to promote ‘renewable gas’ could leave Victoria’s gas distribution networks exposed to...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The European Commission adopted yesterday the rules governing the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) during its transitional...
INSIGHT by the Stockholm Environment Institute
The Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT) and the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) have launched a new...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
ISS Corporate Solutions(link sends e-mail) (ICS), a leading provider of compensation, governance, cyber risk monitoring, and sustainability offerings to help...
INSIGHT by James Richens, Trase
Trase and Proforest have published recommendations for establishing a fair and effective risk benchmarking to underpin the EU deforestation regulation.
On...
INSIGHT by WWF
Many food companies have begun looking to their supply chains for help in reaching their own emissions targets, offering incentives to their...
INSIGHT by Dr. Ralf Seiz, CEO and founder, Finreon, Lecturer University of St.Gallen, Dr. Christian Vial, Head of Innovation & Research, Finreon, Arnaud Gougler, Head...
INSIGHT by the Planet Tracker
〉Although the vast majority (83%) of documents do not mention plastic related risks at all, disclosures are rising.
〉Most plastic risk disclosures...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Pure play renewable energy company, reNIKOLA Holdings Sdn Bhd (“reNIKOLA”) is issuing up to RM390 million Sukuk that has...
INSIGHT by the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
High level scoping study from the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and partners concludes that...
INSIGHT by Emil Sirén Gualinga is Swedish-Ecuadorian and a member of the Kichwa People of Sarayaku, in Ecuador, and a sustainable finance consultant
As defined...
INSIGHT by the World Resources Institute
Coastal ecosystems, such as mangroves, seagrass meadows and salt marshes, provide critical services to people who live near them,...
INSIGHT by Ceres
A new report unveiled yesterday finds that the U.S. insurance sector held $536 billion in fossil-fuel related assets in 2019, despite some...
INSIGHT by Ceres
Ceres released yesterday a Net Zero Standard for North American Banks, setting out investor expectations for U.S. and Canadian banks on transitioning...
INSIGHT by The Investor Leadership Network (ILN)
The Investor Leadership Network (ILN), a global coalition of 13 leading institutional investors representing over $10 trillion AUM,...
INSIGHT by Jitendra Aswani, upcoming post-doctoral researcher at MIT Sloan School of Management, former corporate governance fellow at Harvard University
When discussing Corporate Social Responsibility...
INSIGHT by GIIN
〉Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) research highlights increasing sophistication of Impact Measurement and Management (IMM) practices
〉The report underscores the need for industry...
INSIGHT by Ceres
A new analysis highlights an innovative approach for investors and companies that aims to strengthen the business case for water action and...
INSIGHT by The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) issued its proposed International Standard on Sustainability...
INSIGHT by IFRS, the International Financial Reporting Standards Foundation
Last week, the European Commission issued the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) which come into effect...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
The bonds received the first-ever Climate Bonds certification under the Steel Criteria of the Climate Bonds Standard, recognizing alignment...
INSIGHT by Ceres
A new scorecard released in July by the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets shows how 10 federal financial regulators have implemented key actions...
INSIGHT by Camila Yamahaki, senior researcher in Sustainable Finance at the Center for Sustainability Studies at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) and Catherine Marchewitz, senior researcher...
Q&A by the European Commission
| Why is the Commission adopting European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)?
EU law requires all large companies and all listed companies...
INSIGHT by the Investor Agenda
〉The seven founding partners of the Investor Agenda have released an updated ICAPs Expectations Ladder
〉The ICAPs Expectation Ladder has been...
INSIGHT by Carbon Tracker
Pension funds are risking the retirement savings of millions of people by relying on economic research that ignores critical scientific evidence...
INSIGHT by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market
〉Integrity Council publishes full criteria for assessing categories of credits and crediting methodologies
〉Assessment phase begins...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
〉Large-scale attempts to restore deep sea ecosystems would cost trillions: neither governments nor companies could pay for it
〉Planet Tracker calls on...
Reuters, the world’s largest multimedia news provider, has announced the first release of the two-day, industry-leading Reuters Events: ESG Investment Europe 2023 summit, uniting...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Ceres
A new report released today by the Ceres Accelerator for Sustainable Capital Markets and the California Department of Insurance reveals that insurance...
INSIGHT by Nicolas Poolen, Senior Manager, Finance Engagement, Global Nature Positive Initiative, WWF International
* Updated on 14 August 2023
Last month, the International Sustainability Standards...
INSIGHT by the IFRS
Following the Financial Stability Board’s announcement that the work of the Task force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) has been completed—with...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
ClientEarth and Collectif Nourrir have filed a case in the Court of Justice of the European Union, after they claim the European...
INSIGHT by the Rice University
Rice University engineers can turn sunlight into hydrogen with record-breaking efficiency thanks to a device that combines next-generation halide perovskite...
INSIGHT by the World Resources Institute
A new paper in Nature by World Resources Institute researchers published online on July 5 finds that the world’s...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Senior leadership from the world’s six largest accounting firms – BDO, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton, KPMG and PwC – are failing on...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
Exclusive polling commissioned by ShareAction, the charity campaigning for responsible investment, has found high levels of interest from a significant cross section...
INSIGHT by Anna MacDonald, PhD researcher at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland
A recent study from researchers at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, provides new...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
The first paper recommends how asset managers can set interim net zero targets that are fit for purpose
ShareAction, the responsible investment charity,...
INSIGHT by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Global warming and drastic deforestation could dry out the Amazon rainforest faster and enforce the risk...
INSIGHT by Romie Goedicke-den Hertog, Co-Head, Nature, UNEP Finance Initiative.
“The future enters into us, in order to transform itself in us, long before it...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Tansy Robertson-Fall, Senior Editor, Ellen MacArthur Foundation. This article was first published by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
We need to talk about renewables
Part...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
ClientEarth experts have warned that key seafood products frequently found on EU supermarket shelves may be linked with major human rights impacts...
INSIGHT by Eurosif
The investment and financial industry community is calling on the European Commission to uphold the ambition of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards...
INSIGHT by Marco Grasso, Professor of Political Geography in the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Milano-Bicocca | Based on...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Three organisations are taking the government to court for the second time in under two years over its feeble and inadequate strategy...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
Yesterday, the Commission proposed rules to make producers responsible for the full lifecycle of textile products and to support the sustainable management...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
ShareAction, the charity campaigning for responsible investment, has launched a new definition of ‘responsible investment’ in a bid to raise standards across...
INSIGHT by Scottish Widows
〉Scottish Widows’ latest Stewardship Report reveals where investment managers are falling short on voting
〉The pensions provider has now surpassed the first...
INSIGHT by European Environmental Bureau
Today, the European Commission adopted its long-anticipated food and biodiversity package of legislative measures aimed to strengthen the resilience of...
INSIGHT by Zero Waste Europe
A new study from Zero Waste Europe and Searious Business demonstrates that reusable packaging is an economically viable alternative to single-use packaging when certain...
INSIGHT by Zero Waste Europe
A new study into the decarbonisation of single-use drinks packaging has found that the European beverage container industry is unlikely to meet...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by GIIN
Survey data collected from over 300 impact investors provides insight into the work investors are doing to scale impact and help solve...
INSIGHT by the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative
〉When used with integrity, voluntary carbon markets (VCM) can accelerate climate mitigation and capital flows to emerging...
INSIGHT by CPD
〉The World Benchmarking Alliance and CDP assessed the top oil and gas companies from around the world, including BP, ExxonMobil and Saudi Aramco – finding that the oil...
INSIGHT by Akanksha Khatri, Head, Nature and Biodiversity, the World Economic Forum. This article was originally published by the World Economic Forum.
〉The European Central Bank...
INSIGHT by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
‘Climate-washing’ litigation against companies has increased in many countries, according to an analysis...
INSIGHT by Nature Action 100
The Launching Investor Group and Secretariat behind Nature Action 100, the first global investor engagement initiative to address the urgent...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉The Australian government’s climate objectives contradict each other, and it lacks a comprehensive plan...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) announced the launch of a...
INSIGHT by Tansy Robertson-Fall, Senior Editor, Ellen MacArthur Foundation. This article was first published by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
We need to talk about renewables
Part...
INSIGHT by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Demand for modern biofuels is expected to grow substantially in order to mitigate climate emissions. However,...
INSIGHT by Tim van den Bergh Project Specialist AI & ML Platform, World Economic Forum. This article was originally published by the World Economic Forum and...
INSIGHT by ISSB
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) has issued its inaugural standards—IFRS S1 and IFRS S2 —ushering in a new era of sustainability-related...
INSIGHT by Global Witness
The UK government has rejected a key amendment to the Financial Services and Markets Bill that would force financial institutions to...
INSIGHT by CDP
Through their continued collaboration, PCAF and CDP have co-authored a paper examining the importance of data quality as part of a wider initiative to align...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Michiel De Smet, sustainable investment expert at the National Bank of Belgium
Sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) principles are increasingly guiding investment management....
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
〉Planet Tracker issues comprehensive analysis of the link between sovereign credit ratings and the dependency of the economy on natural resource...
INSIGHT by Anderson Lee, the World Resources Institute
Every day, governments, financial institutions and corporations have a choice to make: invest in physical assets that...
INSIGHT by Carbon Tracker
Britain wasted enough wind generation last year to power a million homes, because investments in, and planning approvals for electricity grid...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The overall sustainability of the EU fisheries has improved and fewer stocks are overfished, according to a Commission Communication ‘Sustainable fishing in the EU: state of play and...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
New report from Planet Tracker analyses 3,900 companies across the textile supply chain, arguing retailers need to be more actively engaging...
INSIGHT by the IIGCC
〉The guidance ‘marks a major step’ towards progressing and framing bondholder stewardship – and seizing of the opportunity for corporate bondholders...
INSIGHT by the EU Parliament
On Wednesday, Parliament approved new rules for the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries sold in...
INSIGHT by WWF EU
Nature and the ever-growing list of stakeholders supporting the Nature Restoration Law can breathe a sigh of relief as the Environment,...
INSIGHT by Günther Thallinger, Chair of Steering Group at the UN Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
Asset owners’ fiduciary duty requires them to consider, evaluate,...
INSIGHT by Ziyi Ma and Yu Ma, the World Resources Institute
China is one of the world’s major sources of infrastructure finance in developing countries....
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Unforeseen variances encountered in the operations of two Norwegian gas projects that store carbon...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉New tracker launched today makes findings from CDP's climate transition data easily available to the public for the first time via CDP's...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
A new version of the Disability in Sustainability Reporting guide has been launched by Disability Hub Europe (DHUB), which takes...
INSIGHT by UNEP FI
Understanding the underlying assumptions and definitions used in climate risk assessments is vital for financial institutions integrating climate risk analyses into...
INSIGHT by IIGCC
〉The questionnaire will support a more consistent approach to the relationship between asset owners and asset managers in terms of exercising climate-related...
INSIGHT by Eurosif
Eurosif - The European Sustainable Investment Forum - calls on the European Commission to retain the ambition of the European Sustainability Reporting...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Investors should question why Australia’s fifth largest bank straddles the climate change fence with...
INSIGHT by Uli Grabenwarter, Deputy Director - Equity Investments at European Investment Fund (EIF)
Newspapers, conferences, podcasts, book publications around the globe are suggesting that...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Climate Action 100+
Climate Action 100+, the world’s largest investor-led engagement initiative on climate change, has launched its next phase to inspire greater...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
The latest iteration of the Hong Kong Green and Sustainable Debt Market Briefing reveals a tremendous growth in labelled...
INSIGHT by IEEFA Asia
More financiers are committing to limiting capital for fossil fuel while their O&G-sector borrowers in the region, though reliant on equity, still...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
A groundbreaking greenwashing lawsuit against airline KLM challenging its misleading advertising has been granted permission to proceed to a full hearing by...
INSIGHT by Soh-Won Kim, Analyst, and Nikolaj Halkjær Pedersen, Senior Lead, Human Rights and Social Issues, PRI
Investors face a broad range of human rights and...
INSIGHT by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
| Regenerating nature requires an economic transformation
Biodiversity is being lost at an unprecedented rate and our extractive, wasteful, and...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
〉Analysis of equity risk premia of 150 top corporates in plastic value chain finds risk perception in industry is at its lowest level...
INSIGHT by the IIGCC
〉New Standard and Banking Assessment Framework will support investor engagement with banks over the transition to net zero.
〉26 banks to be...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by Ian Shine, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda at the World Economic Forum. This article is part of Centre for Nature and Climate and was originally published...
INSIGHT by Günther Thallinger, Chair of Steering Group at the UN Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance; Member of the Board of Management at Allianz
On...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
To mark United Nations’ World Environment Day (Monday 5th June), ShareAction is releasing its latest analysis revealing how the world's largest asset...
INSIGHT by The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS)
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) published has published a report taking stock...
INSIGHT by the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero’s (GFANZ)
The consultation aims to develop voluntary guidance and practical steps financial institutions can take to...
INSIGHT by Priscilla M. Achakpa Global Gender Equality & Inclusivity Advisor, National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP), and Katherine Gilchrist Global Gender Equality & Inclusivity...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
〉Due diligence must be integrated into the way companies are managed
〉Addressing child labour, slavery, labour exploitation, pollution, environmental degradation and...
INSIGHT by IIGCC
How can index providers better align benchmarks with net zero? More than 30 investors share their findings in our latest report, which...
INSIGHT by WWF
The second negotiation meeting for the UN Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution (INC-2) has provided another important step forward in global...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilization and everything that lives on Earth,...
INSIGHT by Dr Rebecca Drury and Gemma James, Chronos Sustainability
This year’s World Biodiversity Day theme is “From Agreement to Action: Build Back Biodiversity”. In...
INSIGHT by the United Nations Environmental Programme
In light of the recent discussions within the United States, some members of the United Nations-convened Net-Zero Insurance...
INSIGHT by Julia Vol, Sustainability and public affairs consultant
Recently, Eurostat, the EU's statistics office, released an interesting document - the revised EU circular...
INSIGHT by the ICGN
In our January 2023 Viewpoint, Biodiversity as Systemic Risk, the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) advances 10 “game-changers” — concepts, processes,...
INSIGHT by Sarah Draper Corporate Performance Programme Lead at Global Canopy
The finance sector is key to ending deforestation. Through their power and influence, financial...
INSIGHT by 2XGlobal
Over 470 businesses supporting women’s economic empowerment across developing country markets received investment over the last two years.
The 2X Challenge, a flagship...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone
We have heard it loud and clear: despite some progress in circularity, the EU economy is still mainly linear. Sectors that have embraced...
INSIGHT by Jitendra Aswani, a corporate governance fellow at Harvard University
Today, organizations such as Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), investment companies, media, and others have...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has published the ‘Sustainable development in the European Union — monitoring report...
Q&A with Tommy Piemonte, Head of Sustainable Investment Research at Bank für Kirche und Caritas (BKC), a Catholic church Bank based in Paderborn, Germany
|...
INSIGHT by Vicky Santos
Study analyses data from more than 35,000 species of animals, and seagrasses from every continent and ocean basin
A new study led...
INSIGHT by the Council of the European Union
The EU is about to create a single point of access to public financial and sustainability-related information...
INSIGHT by James Mulligan, Gretchen Ellison, Kelly Levin, Katie Lebling, Alex Rudee and Haley Leslie-Bole, the World Resources Institute
Since the Industrial Revolution, humans have...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
A new study investigates the role of effective capital markets for climate protection and the energy...
INSIGHT by Greenpeace
A new report from Greenpeace USA provides a catalog of peer-reviewed research and international studies concluding that recycling actually increases the toxicity...
INSIGHT by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
The Federal Environment Ministry launches dialogue with associations on developing a...
INSIGHT by the Planet Tracker
〉Latest Planet Tracker research analyses 26,500 votes on biodiversity proposals, finding the majority (54%) voted against biodiversity and almost two thirds were cast against or not...
INSIGHT by Gireesh Shrimali, Head of Transition Finance Research, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, and Thomas Bunting, Research Assistant, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group
| Replacing Russian...
ANNOUNCEMENT by Erin Billman, Executive Director, The Science Based Targets Network
I am delighted to announce that the Science Based Targets Network has released the...
INSIGHT by CERES
Updated analysis benchmarks the relative emissions intensity and total reported methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide emissions of more than 300 U.S....
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
The European Parliament’s Committee on Fisheries (PECH) has entirely rejected the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) by a difference of just 1 vote (15 for...
INSIGHT by the Impact Investing Institute
The world is facing two great challenges – the transition to a low carbon economy and rising social inequality....
INSIGHT by BIOFIN
The Database on Finance Resources (FIRE) can help you match your funding needs with funding opportunities
Are you an NGO working to protect...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone.The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the innovation...
INSIGHT by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Communities and individuals are increasingly turning to courts to hold governments and high...
INTERVIEW with Pei Chi Wong, Global Canopy
| What risks are financial institutions exposed to in terms of deforestation?
Financial institutions that are unable to identify...
INSIGHT by S&P
S&P Global Sustainable1 Launches New Nature & Biodiversity Risk Dataset
〉New research using this dataset shows that 85% of the world's largest companies...
briefINSIGHT by the World Economic Forum.
Impact investments – investments made with the intention of achieving positive, measurable social and environmental benefits while generating financial...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative
| Policy paper explores key role of reporting in conflict-affected areas
Armed conflicts are pervasive across geographic regions - creating...
INSIGHT by Divya Narain
With projects increasingly being sited in frontier areas, infrastructure development is driving biodiversity loss worldwide. By choosing to fund projects in...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
The enlargement of protected areas and carbon price incentives for reforestation alone will not stop biodiversity...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
A landmark greenwashing legal action against French oil and gas giant TotalEnergies has cleared a major hurdle today as a judge allowed...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
〉Latest research finds farmed seafood industry will miss consumer demands by around a fifth by 2050 and drive further biodiversity loss...
INSIGHT by Seth Feaster, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
〉The U.S. is on track to close half of its coal-fired generation capacity...
INSIGHT by the European Council
Yesterday, the Council gave the final go-ahead to a regulation that aims to minimise the risk of deforestation and forest...
INSIGHT by Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Forum Agenda. This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum.
〉Ecuador has signed a landmark debt-for-nature swap...
INSIGHT by Zero Waste Europe
In a new study launched this afternoon, Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) assesses the consequences of different approaches to allocating recycled...
INSIGHT by Henrik Hvid Jensen, Chief Technology Strategist NEE, DXC Technology. This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum.
〉The circular economy produces...
INSIGHT by IIGCC
〉New private equity guidance establishes a consistent approach to measuring progress towards net zero with an emphasis on real economy decarbonisation of...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
Most of the world’s asset managers are limiting their use of key policies that would help tackle human rights abuses, according to...
INSIGHT by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
A new report by the Institute of Economics and Energy Financial Analysis (IEEFA) shows that Australia...
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INTERVIEW with Maria Nazarova-Doyle, Head of Responsible Investments and Stewardship at Scottish Widows
| Scottish Widows has published a report‚ Nature and Biodiversity:...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone. The author acknowledges the team at The University of Chicago Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management Program and all participants of the...
INSIGHT by WWF
WWF is calling on governments to support global bans and phase outs of the ‘most high-risk and unnecessary’ single-use plastic products –...
INSIGHT by CERES
Major food companies are setting ambitious targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, but a new Ceres analysis found that many of...
INSIGHT by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
The European Corporate Leaders Group (CLG Europe)’s Materials & Products Taskforce has released a report highlighting the...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
〉BNP Paribas Responds to Investor Pressure with New Oil and Gas Policy, but Gaps Remain
〉The new climate policy is a positive step...
INSIGHT by Greenpeace
Twelve Italian citizens from affected regions, Greenpeace Italy, and ReCommon filed a lawsuit against the fossil fuel company ENI for past and...
INSIGHT by Kevin Morrison and Christina Ng, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
Italian energy firm Eni is planning to develop one of...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
〉General, unsubstantiated environmental claims should be banned
〉Limiting product durability by design should not be allowed
〉A product should still function well...
INSIGHT by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
Just as businesses and risk managers are expected to think beyond the short term,...
INSIGHT by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA)
In its latest report, IEEFA has found that globally significant financial institutions (FIs) are committing...
INSIGHT by The Church of England
The Church Commissioners, which manages the Church of England’s £10bn endowment fund, will vote against all directors at the...
INSIGHT by Whitney Johnston, Director, Ocean Sustainability, Salesforce. This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum.
〉As demand grows for blue carbon credits, the...
INSIGHT by Circle Economy
A report by Circle Economy, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Programme at the World...
INSIGHT by EcoVadis
〉Companies with more women on the executive team have better financial results
〉Renewable energy usage correlates with higher EBITDA margins in carbon-intensive industries—including...
INSIGHT by CERES
As the 2023 proxy season continues, investors are calling on Climate Action 100+ focus companies for more robust climate action
Institutional investors are...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone
The circular economy is at a turning point in the world of architecture, and the broader field of construction. The uncertain future of...
PERSONALITY IN PENSIONS
INTERVIEW with Quinn Liu, Senior Portfolio Manager, Danica Pension, originally published by Danica Pension.
Society must and will transition away from fossil...
INSIGHT by Melissa Barbanell. This article was originally published by the World Resources Institute.
The past few years have seen ambitious, game-changing climate action from...
briefINSIGHT by The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
AFME has published an updated edition of the 2021 Sustainable Finance in Europe: Regulatory State...
INSIGHT by BSI, UK National Standards Body
Consumers are keen to see progress, with 73% willing to spend more with greener organizations.
Progress towards a sustainable...
briefINSIGHT by Reclaim Finance
The German insurance group Talanx announced on Tuesday that it would no longer provide cover for new oil and gas fields....
INSIGHT by Carbon Tracker
Asset managers that publicly back efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C have $417 billion invested in oil and gas companies...
INSIGHT by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)
The global energy transition is off-track, aggravated by the effects of global crises. Introduced by IRENA’s Director-General...
INSIGHT by Danielle Riedl and Katie Lebling.This article was originally published by the World Resources Institute.
In the past few years, carbon dioxide removal (CDR) has transformed...
INSIGHT by IFRS
The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) is seeking feedback on its priorities for its next two-year work plan. The Request for Information Consultation on...
INSIGHT by the Dutch Association of Investors for Sustainable Development (VBDO)
The whole plastics lifecycle poses a serious and growing threat to the environment, climate,...
INSIGHT by Reclaim Finance, Urgewald, Banktrack, ReCommon et Les Amis de la Terre France
European banks have poured US$1.3 trillion into fossil fuels since the...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
〉The EIF is granting a €200 million guarantee to BBVA to enable it to offer more financing opportunities to startups via...
INSIGHT by Jennifer Morris, Chief Executive Officer, Nature Conservancy. This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum.
〉Restoring coastal ecosystems could result in...
INSIGHT by WWF
Global financing model aims to catalyze more than $100 million in fisheries improvement by 2030
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Finance Earth (FE),...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone
Building a circular society means considering the significant role of informal economies in the socio-economic development of entire countries. This is particularly important...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
Environment Committee MEPs adopted their recommendations today for EU measures to ensure that textiles are produced in a circular, sustainable...
briefINSIGHT by RREUSE
The proposal is a cautious step forward towards promoting repair and refurbishment, but still falls short of introducing a true right to...
INSIGHT by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
Smart Freight Centre (SFC) and the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) have formed a technical collaboration to...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
Yesterday, the European Commission announced the winners of the second edition of the European Capitals of Inclusion and Diversity Awards,...
INSIGHT by the European Central Bank
〉Most banks have expanded their climate and environmental disclosures, but quality of information remains too low
〉ECB expects banks to...
INSIGHT by Alex Edmans
Grow the Pie: How Great Companies Deliver Both Purpose and Profit
A Financial Times Book of the Year for 2020
Capitalism is in...
INSIGHT by Global Witness
An innovative new tool has been launched by Global Witness that tracks Amazon deforestation linked to the indirect supply chain of...
INSIGHT by the Eurooean Comission
The Commission welcomes the political agreement on the ReFuelEU Aviation proposal, reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council....
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
〉Latest research shows that majority (57%) of textile companies, including Anta Sports, Gap, Levi Strauss, Nordstrom, Under Armour and Victoria’s Secret,...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
The Asian Infrastructure and Investment Bank (AIIB), Amundi and Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds) announce the publication of the Companies and...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Yesterday the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee (JURI) adopted its position on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive proposal – a critical...
INSIGHT by The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the People’s Bank of China (PBC) announced the establishment of...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth and European Environmental Bureau
An EU plan to ban more harmful chemicals than anywhere else in the world is failing, NGOs warned...
INSIGHT by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
A price on CO2 emissions from products entering the EU offers unprecedented opportunities in the fight...
INSIGHT by Helen Clark, Chair, Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and former Prime Minister of New Zealand. This article was originally published on the World...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Dutch airline KLM told the District Court of Amsterdam that it would scrap its advertising campaign telling customers to ‘Fly Responsibly’, after a...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
A group of 26 investors responsible for just over $3 trillion of assets, including in the world’s largest food and drink manufacturer...
INSIGHT by the ICGN
As the European Union (EU) proceeds towards finalisation of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CS3D), the International Corporate Governance Network...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone
The circular economy has been criticized for not doing enough to directly address biological diversity, or what we most commonly refer to...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
Today, the EU and Norway have established a Green Alliance to strengthen their joint climate action, environmental protection efforts, and cooperation...
briefINSIGHT by The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has updated eight of its key resources that enable companies and...
INSIGHT by Dr. Bob Maughon, Executive Vice President, Sustainability, Technology & Innovation and Chief Technology and Sustainability Officer, SABIC. This article was first published...
INSIGHT by Zero Waste Europe
Rewiring our relationship with resources through the Waste Framework Directive (WFD) is vital for the EU to continue to innovate...
INSIGHT by Nicolas Poolen
A selection of tools and approaches for scaling and accelerating investor action for nature and delivering on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity...
INSIGHT by The Law Society
Mandatory gender pay gap reporting* has enabled law firms to be transparent about how they can support women solicitors in...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Climate Bonds captured USD858.5bn of new green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and transition (GSS+) volumes in 2022, 24% below the...
INSIGHT by the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC)
The global Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) has published a new report, Financing the Transition: the costs of avoiding deforestation,...
INSIGHT by the European Parliament
To fight climate change and biodiversity loss, the new law obliges companies to ensure products sold in the EU have...
INSIGHT by BirdLife International
Over 35 European businesses signed a statement, published early this week, in support of a strong EU Nature Restoration Law with...
INSIGHT by ICGN
ICGN’s Statement on Post Covid AGM Practices and Shareholder Rights cautions against a rise in the number of companies organising virtual-only AGMs following changes...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉From today, nearly 7,000 companies worldwide can respond to request from more than 740 investors with US$136 trillion in assets to disclose plastic-related...
INSIGHT by IIGCC
〉The Standard outlines investor expectations and corporate engagement priorities for oil and gas companies.
〉The Standard sets out a comprehensive assessment framework for...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
Guidance on the impact of climate change on solicitors
issued by The Law Society
In response to the publication of the Law Society’s...
INSIGHT by the World Economic Forum. This article is part of: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
〉The World Economic Forum’s Consumers Beyond Waste initiative is driving...
INSIGHT by Zero Waste Europe
A new report by Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) demonstrates how Material Recovery and Biological Treatment (MRBT) systems are a cost-effective...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
〉Four environmental NGOs are taking the European executive to court to stop the EU labelling fossil gas as ‘sustainable’ in its sustainable...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone
There is one important element to the Critical Raw Materials Act published in March by the European Commission. Beyond seeking to strengthen...
INSIGHT by Zaneta Sedilekova and Zili Duniya Bungwon
Biodiversity loss poses a risk to companies and directors through its inherent links to business via, among...
INSIGHT by the Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, Germany
Emsland, Isar 2 and Neckarwestheim 2 nuclear power plants to...
INSIGHT by Lund University
Dense urban areas amplify the effects of higher temperatures, due to the phenomenon of heat islands in cities. This makes cities...
INSIGHT by the CFA Institute
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, has launched the Handbook of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Applications in Investments, (“AI...
INSIGHT by Climate Action 100+
In consultation with investor signatories, the initiative released an updated Benchmark (Benchmark 2.0) to ensure that it continues to effectively...
INSIGHT by EEB
Adjusting Europe’s most polluting industry regulated by the Industrial Emissions Directive to the lowest achievable pollution limits will not only improve environmental protection...
briefINSIGHT by the World Economic Forum
WHITE PAPER | With an ever-changing landscape in the global economy, industrial companies are forced to rethink their use...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone
For years, stewardship has played a crucial role in manufacturing and resource-intensive industries. Organizations strategically addressing their environmental impact manage product stewardship...
INSIGHT by Global Canopy
The majority of pension funds and providers within GFANZ and Race to Zero do not have comprehensive policies or commitments to...
INSIGHT by Edie Marriner, Researcher, Global Canopy
We are three years past the 2020 deadline that many organisations set themselves to halt deforestation, and just...
INSIGHT by Reclaim Finance, Beyond Fossil Fuels, Urgewald & Recommon
While Europe needs to decarbonize electricity production by 2035 to limit warming to 1.5°C, a...
INSIGHT by the Climate Bonds Initiative
Case studies of Agriculture, Transport, Livestock, Forestry, Bioenergy, and Solar Energy highlight the benefits of credible green deals.
The Brazilian...
INSIGHT by the Global Energy Monitor
The amount of operating and planned coal power plants fell both in developed and developing countries excluding China in...
INSIGHT by The Circulate Initiative
Access to investment data will enable strategic decision making and mobilize further private capital to advance plastics circularity.
The Circulate Initiative,...
INSIGHT by Winnie Yeh. This article was originally published on the World Economic Forum
〉 Shifting from fossil fuels to renewables requires huge amounts of...
INSIGHT by Nature Finance
〉Potential of performance-based financing mechanism in tackling debt and climate crises in vulnerable countries detailed in new paper.
〉‘More for less’ details...
INSIGHT by Lucy Gaffney
In the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) E4 standard specifically addresses corporate sustainability relating to...
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Zurich, a global multi-line insurance company, has confirmed its withdrawal from the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), becoming the second founding member to exit the...
INSIGHT by The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN)
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) has released its guidance for impact investing in listed equities. More...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
Today, the Commission is responding to the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) “Save bees and farmers! Towards a bee-friendly agriculture for a healthy...
INSIGHT by Stop Ecocide International (SEI)
Following a historic unanimous Legal Affairs Committee vote, the European Parliament has announced its support for the inclusion of...
INSIGHT by IFRS
At its meeting on 4 April 2023, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) decided that it will complement its package of transitional...
INSIGHT by the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
For investors to address systemic risks posed by climate change, they must focus on systematic solutions and use...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has assessed 50 major companies across the building sector, representing property development, construction, and property management.
〉The latest assessment shows...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
Climate-related cost rises could wipe out 2020-level profits for 20/40 of the largest listed livestock companies unless new strategies are urgently adopted,...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
For the sixth consecutive year, ShareAction’s survey of the world’s leading companies has revealed the trends of how these companies respond to...
INSIGHT by Systemiq
Circular business models – which decouple growth from primary resource consumption and waste generation – could be the answer to creating a...
INSIGHT by the Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance
〉US$11 trillion Alliance expects members to develop and align individual oil and gas policies with this position and cover...
INSIGHT by GRI
New analysis published by GRI explores the relationship between due diligence and sustainability reporting, offering insights on the current state-of-play within the...
INSIGHT by Munich Re
Munich Re has discontinued its membership in the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA). “In our view, the opportunities to pursue decarbonisation goals...
NEWSLETTER by Alessia Falsarone
Traditional procurement and production models are becoming outdated in the global textile and fashion industry. Alarming statistics reveal that garment production and...
INSIGHT by the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
The...
INSIGHT by The Council of the EU
The Council and the Parliament negotiators today reached a provisional political agreement to raise the share of renewable...
INSIGHT by EFRAG
Commissioner McGuinness has publicly called on EFRAG to prioritise its efforts on capacity building for the implementation of the first set of ESRS...
INSIGHT by TNFD
The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) releases its fourth and final beta framework for nature-related risk management and disclosure.
This release marks...
INSIGHT by Union of Concerned Scientists
The UN General Assembly today asked the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the world’s highest court, to issue an...
INSIGHT by Laura Singleton, Imperial College London
Greater transparency around the financial performance of renewables, strong regulation and risk management are key to boosting clean...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
〉Planet Tracker issues largest combined analysis of its kind based on company activity and pinpoints exactly how and where investor action...
INSIGHT by GIIN
The Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) launched its latest impact performance benchmark, focused on the agriculture sector. Developed in the GIIN Impact...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
A multi-trillion-dollar coalition of investors co-ordinated by responsible investment NGO ShareAction has today issued a joint statement targeting the 13 biggest chemical...
INSIGHT by IFRS
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has added a project to its work plan to explore whether and how companies can provide better information...
INSIGHT by IIGCC
〉By scaling the number of companies engaged, the new initiative aims to support investors align more of their investment portfolio with the...
INSIGHT by Jóhanna Wium Pálmarsdóttir. The article was first published by the Nordic Circular Hotspot.
The transition from a linear to a circular business model...
INSIGHT by Martha Carter, Orson Porter, and Matt Filosa, Teneo. This article was first published by The Harward Law School Forum on Corporate Governance.
U.S. companies...
INSIGHT by Ceres
Hundreds of investors, companies, and other capital market leaders convening at Ceres Global are urging state and federal policymakers to protect the...
INSIGHT by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Water overuse and a failure to recognize that countries are interdependent when it comes to the...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
Today, the European Commission adopted a new proposal on common rules promoting the repair of goods, which will result in savings...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The EU will be confirming its strong engagement for global water security at the United Nations Water Conference in New York...
INSIGHT by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
There are six design leverage points, or focus areas, designers can harness to bring about circular economy transformation, according...
INSIGHT by IPCC
There are multiple, feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The European Commission proposed the Net-Zero Industry Act to scale up manufacturing of clean technologies in the EU and make...
INSIGHT by Climate Bonds Initiative
Leading green finance not-for-profit, Climate Bonds Initiative (Climate Bonds), released a ground-breaking report on the pricing benefits of green and...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) dismissed today the European Commission’s request to force the Bulgarian government to pay financial penalties...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
A new report by ShareAction has today revealed that asset managers are failing to adapt quickly enough to problems like climate change,...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
The EU Court of Justice has confirmed that the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) was right when it decided that bisphenol A (BPA) – a...
INSIGHT by investRFP
New Gender equality in fund management teams project launched by UN Women provides asset owners and managers with a global guidance framework...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today ruled that the Bulgarian government violated the law when it gave the biggest coal...
INSIGHT by CFA Institute
Girls Who Invest (GWI), a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the investment management industry by educating and advancing the next generation of...
INSIGHT by European Commission
Global negotiations concluded on the landmark Treaty of the High Seas to protect the ocean, tackle environmental degradation, fight climate change, and...
INSIGHT by PACT (Partnership for Carbon Transparency)
New specifications enable companies worldwide to exchange Product Carbon Footprint information, setting a foundation for supply chain decarbonization...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
The FAIRR Initiative, alongside a coalition of five conservation and biodiversity-focused organisations has co-launched an initiative that will leverage the power of...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
A bill going before the House of Lords today threatens to erode UK democracy and grant Government unchecked power when determining the...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
Today, at the Our Ocean Conference in Panama, the EU is confirming its strong engagement for international ocean governance by announcing 39...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
The world’s largest asset managers are typically doing nowhere near enough to address the most dangerous human and natural crises of our...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
ClientEarth lawyers have reacted to a new European Commission report evaluating the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) – and called on Member...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
Barclays published its annual report, where it committed to new restrictions on oil sands, following a long-term campaign from shareholders on the issue.
From...
brief INSIGHT by IIGCC
IIGCC has developed a questionnaire for use by investors to assess the climate stewardship of their external managers and integrate this...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
ClientEarth lawyers have filed a case against the UK financial regulator over its decision to approve the prospectus of a company with...
INSIGHT by Global Canopy
〉40% of the companies and financial institutions most at risk of driving deforestation still haven’t set a single deforestation policy, including...
INSIGHT by Greenpeace
Greenpeace will take the European Commission to the European Court of Justice over the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear energy in...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
〉Recent investigations of child labour in a US slaughterhouse cleaning agency used by Tyson Foods and JBS USA highlight the risks of...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
The European Commission yesterday formally responded to four environmental groups’ request to drop the labelling of fossil gas-fired electricity and heat as...
INSIGHT by CFA
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, announces that more than 100 finance industry organizations across the United States and Canada have...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
30 investors, coordinated by ShareAction and representing over US$1.5tn in assets under management, have written a letter to one or more of...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉More than 4000 (out of 18,600) companies last year disclosed they had a climate transition plan, but only 81 (0.4%) demonstrated best practice by...
INSIGHT by NatureServe
During a time when species are going extinct faster than any period in human history, the survival of species and persistence of...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
〉ClientEarth files world-first derivative action in High Court of England and Wales
〉Claim alleges Shell Board mismanaging climate risk, breaching company law
〉Institutional investors...
INSIGHT by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Mission inclusion and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have been selected by Global...
INSIGHT by ICGN
Biodiversity loss has jumped onto the global agenda. Scientists, economists, policy-makers, corporate boards and investment institutions increasingly recognise humanity’s role in driving...
INSIGHT by GRI
How can a sector that is central to the supply of the minerals required for well-functioning modern societies reconcile its socio-economic contributions...
INSIGHT by Potsdam institute for climate impact research (PIK)
Current climate policies including efforts like the Powering Past Coal Alliance will not add up to...
INSIGHT by ASCOR
Assessing Sovereign Climate-Related Opportunities and Risks (ASCOR) is the first, public investor framework to assess sovereign bond issuers on climate change
〉ASCOR has...
brief INSIGHT
The Women in Finance Climate Action Group has published The Action Framework providing guidelines for private investors aiming to support women in the net...
INSIGHT by Climate Bonds
Climate Bonds’ Market Intelligence today reveals Green, Social, Sustainability, Sustainability-linked and transition bond (GSS+) reached collective volumes of USD863.4bn in 2022....
INSIGHT by Universität Hamburg’s Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS)
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is currently not plausible, as...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The Commission presents a Green Deal Industrial Plan to enhance the competitiveness of Europe's net-zero industry and support the fast transition...
INSIGHT by WWF in Davos, WEF
WWF has launched a new tool to help companies and investors better understand their impacts and dependencies on nature.
〉New...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
Latest report from financial think-tank urges consumer companies to reconsider the type of labelling they use to boost recycling rates although...
INSIGHT by Norton Rose Fulbright
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright's 18th Annual Litigation Trends Survey finds that corporate counsel faced a significant rise in regulatory proceedings...
INSIGHT by Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
On behalf of Bundesamt für Naturschutz (BfN), Frankfurt School’s International Services (IAS) together with its partners WWF and...
INSIGHT by Potsdam institute for climate impact research (PIK)
While the Amazon rainforest and the Tibetan Plateau sit on different sides of the globe, scientists...
INSIGHT by European Commission
The European Commission is presenting 'A New Deal for Pollinators' to tackle the alarming decline in wild pollinating insects in Europe, revising...
INSIGHT by Reclaim Finance
After committing to net zero by joining the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), financial institutions have continued pouring hundreds...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
New research published by ShareAction has exposed that the world’s largest asset managers are blocking progress on environmental and social issues.
The fourth edition...
INSIGHT by Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
The ClimateWise Principles Independent Review 2022 shows member insurance industry firms have made progress in disclosing their preparedness and response...
INSIGHT by UNEPFI
The United Nations-convened Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) launched the Alliance’s first Target-Setting Protocol at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
As...
INSIGHT by Ceres
| A new report published by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Ceres outlines the first-ever climate-related guidance for oil and gas companies entering merger and acquisition...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
A new report from financial think tank Planet Tracker and the Changing Markets Foundation has uncovered the 40 financial institutions responsible for...
INSIGHT by Potsdam institute for climate impact research (PIK)
Climate change increases migration worldwide. Over the past 30 years, however, this effect has been considerably...
INSIGHT by the World Economic Forum
Recent economic signals have given experts reasons for hope, if not complacency about the outlook for 2023.
Signs of...
INSIGHT by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The World Economic Forum’s Global Plastic Action Partnership (GPAP), the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s Plastics Initiative and international climate action NGO WRAP – organisations leading...
INSIGHT by The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
More sustainable business practices through circular economy: To keep...
INSIGHT by Circularity Gap Reporting Initiative
| Circularity Gap Report 2023
Of the landmark 100 billion tonnes of virgin materials extracted from Earth annually, only 7.2%...
INSIGHT by Planet Tracker
New report from financial think tank examines the different forms greenwashing is taking and the associated global scrutiny.
Corporate greenwashing involves a...
INSIGHT by Conservation International
〉Businesses are committed to long-term decarbonisation while they continue to seek pathways to accelerate impactful climate action this decade. Almost 80%...
INSIGHT by Global Canopy
New ENCORE biodiversity module launched today by the Natural Capital Finance Alliance a collaboration between the UN Environment Programme World Conservation...
INSIGHT by ClientEarth
ClientEarth, Surfrider Foundation Europe and Zero Waste France have filed the lawsuit against the French company, whose annual sales top more than £24bn euros, in the...
The Inevitable Policy Response (IPR) has launched FPS + Nature, (FPS+N) the first integrated nature and climate scenario published for use by investors. FPS+N...
INSIGHT by Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
The Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) entered into force on 1 January 2023. It will...
INSIGHT by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia
A new global collaboration to align and refine ESG terminology between the UN Principles for Responsible Investment,...
INSIGHT by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
The Development Ministry has made 35 million euros available for the Amazon Fund to protect...
COP15: NATIONS ADOPT FOUR GOALS, 23 TARGETS FOR 2030 IN LANDMARK UN BIODIVERSITY AGREEMENT
By 2030: Protect 30% of Earth’s lands, oceans, coastal areas, inland...
The use of renewable forms of energy remains the best solution
As Walter Hatak, Head of Responsible Investments at Erste Asset Management, points out, there...
Market participants, standard setters, regulators and supervisory authorities might have different views on how to best set up a sustainability reporting framework - and...
INSIGHT by Global Canopy
New guidance released today provides family offices and foundations with a clear pathway to ensure their investments are not driving deforestation.
The...
GRI engagements during the UN biodiversity summit in Montréal
With the UN Convention on Biodiversity (COP15) underway, over 20,000 delegates from 190 countries are meeting...
Eurosif released a joint statement to support the European Commission’s proposal on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Eurosif co-signed this statement with...
FTSE Russell, a leading global index, data, and analytics provider, and Ping An, a leading technology-powered retail financial services group, today jointly announce the...
ESMA, the European Securities and Markets Authority initiated a consultation until 20 February 2023 to develop guidelines on funds' names with ESG or sustainabilty-related...
When playwright William Shakespeare asked the question, “What's in a name?” in Romeo and Juliet, he was referring to the idea that names themselves are...
| Eurosif welcomes the most recent EFRAG proposals for the EU Sustainability reporting standards.
The first batch of the sector-agnostic standards constitute an important step towards...
Matt Orsagh, CFA, CIPM, Former Senior Director, Capital Markets Policy, CFA Institute, author of the report Integrating natural capital and biodiversity in the investment...
| Efficient IT solutions will be key to meet future ESG disclosure and reporting requirements of investee companies. The ESG software market is developing...
Companies, institutional investors and asset managers are embracing sustainability in their daily practice. New sustainability regulations and frameworks will change the information flows within...
| By Margherita Barbieri (Topic Standards Manager) and Noora Puro (Sector Standards Manager), Global Reporting Initiative
In the heat of Sharm El Sheikh, discussions started...
Net Zero and Zero Carbon might be investors' targets. Decarbonisation strategies lead towards achieving these objectives.
Unique decarbonisation strategies
Today, institutional investors and asset managers develop...
"Investors, companies, policymakers, and civil society are beginning to realize the need to better value and manage these resources as we see the negative...
There are currently 46 economies designated by the UN as the least developed countries (LDCs), entitling them to preferential market access, aid, technological capabilities-building...
Despite improvements, banks still need to better identify and manage climate and environmental risks
ECB sets deadlines for banks to progressively meet all supervisory expectations...
| The office of the spokesperson of the U.S. Department of State released the 2022 Progress Update for the U.S. Department of State's Climate Adaptation...
‘Encouraging’ findings for corporate transparency in KPMG survey
A major stocktake on the state of sustainability reporting around the world has revealed that GRI provides...
Expert guidance shared from GRI’s Business Leadership Forum
A series of discussion sessions between business leaders and key stakeholder groups about reporting on the Sustainable...
| By Daniele Coronacion, ASEAN Regional Program Manager, Global Reporting Initiative
We are now at a tipping point of corporate sustainability. Over the past decade there...
INSIGHT by CFA
A new report published today by CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, aims to introduce investment professionals to the key...
On 24 October the Council approved conclusions in view of the conference of parties for the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15),...
EU priorities for COP27 on Climate Change
On the COP27 climate negotiations, the EU will work for further ambition and action in this critical decade,...
| ESG-focused institutional investment seen soaring 84% to US$33.9 trillion in 2026, making up 21.5% of assets under management: PwC report
- Projected compound annual...
| Delivering business impact in support of the SDGs
By Camila Corradi Bracco, Policy Senior Coordinator, GRI
It’s widely accepted that the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
Among investors and financial market participants, there is growing demand for high-quality sustainability data and assurance to enhance the reliability of corporate sustainability reporting.
As...
IOSCO welcomes the work of the international audit and assurance standard setters – the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) and the International...
The implementation of CSRD and the creation of a sustainability reporting regime for companies will have an important impact on the availabilty of solid...
| Business as a driving force behind SDGs collaboration
| Latest GRI podcasts address collective action for a sustainable future
What is the role of multi-stakeholder partnerships in...
INSIGHT by Circulate Capital
〉The Firm Also Announces Major Transaction Milestones, Validating Circulate Capital’s Strategy to Advance the Circular Economy and Fight Plastic Waste
〉The Fresh...
| Demystifying ESG raters and rankers. ESG benchmarking has to be based on comparable sustainability data that reflects impacts as well as risks
What is the...
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) welcomed the strong engagement from industry, policymakers, civil society and other stakeholders on proposed standards for corporate...
| Climate shocks can put financial stability at risk, ECB/ESRB report shows
Climate risk shocks could spread throughout the financial system, notably in the event...
| Brussels location opens at crucial stage for corporate sustainability in the EU
The world’s leading sustainability reporting standards setter has increased it’s presence at the...
Research published by Adrian Fernandez-Perez , Senior Research Fellow in Finance, Auckland University of Technology, Alexandre Garel, Researcher in Finance, Audencia and Ivan Indriawan...
| Active managers are often seen as being concerned about climate change and the behaviour and practice of investee companies.
It is widely believed that their...
Eurosif today released a report to address a number of challenges for financial markets participants, lawmakers, regulators and supervisory authorities in connection with the...
| Launch of GRI Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fishing Sector Standard
Three sectors that produce the food and materials that are fundamental to humanity’s survival are being...
|Eurosif informed about the key points of the response to the European Commission, responding to the public consultation on the functioning of the ESG...
| Integrated Reporting – articulating a future path
As we are progressing with the Value Reporting Foundation (VRF) consolidation process, and after the IFRS Foundation...
| Leading global investors commend direction of IFRS Sustainability Exposure Drafts
Investors representing over US$53 trillion in assets, hailing from Asia, the European Union, North...
INSIGHT by Harold Pauwels, Director of Standards, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
| Mitigating biodiversity loss demands corporate accountability
As 22 May marks the International Day of...
| Increased Use of Technology and Product Personalization Fuel Investor Trust, CFA Institute Investor Trust Study Reveals
CFA Institute published Enhancing Investors’ Trust – the 2022...
| GRI remains committed to alignment as draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards unveiled
The publication of the exposure drafts for the new European Sustainability Reporting Standards...
| NGFS publishes a report on enhancing market transparency in green and transition finance
The NGFS released the report “Enhancing Market Transparency in Green and Transition...
| GRI and SECO collaborate to grow regional capacity for sustainability reporting
A program to support more business in the African region to engage with...
|Harnessing business-led innovation for a better future
GRI podcasts on the SDGs explore industry support for tackling inequalities
How can businesses around the world take action...
| Q&A with Günther Kastner, Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, I-AM Impact Asset Management
Sustainability is becoming more and more mainstream in the investment industry....
IFRS Foundation and GRI to align capital market and multi-stakeholder standards to create an interconnected approach for sustainability disclosures
The IFRS Foundation and Global...
| GRI launches new standard to address sustainability challenges facing coal companies
How can a sector that is responsible for 30% of global carbon emissions be...
| GRI backs sustainability credentials of proposed Convention on Tax
GRI has strongly welcomed the proposal for a UN Convention on Tax – published this month...
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has adopted a far-reaching 2022 work plan to develop sustainable finance.
Ashley Alder, IOSCO Chair and head of...
‘Greenwashing’ concerns can’t be addressed without effective reporting standards
What is the role of the various ESG standards, frameworks, ratings and rankers, when it comes...
Role of the EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board
The EFRAG Sustainability Reporting Board is responsible for all sustainability reporting positions of EFRAG including technical advice to...
Commenting after the launch of the IPCC’s report, “Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability”, Sagarika Chatterjee, Director of Climate and Environment at the...
Building on ESMA’s 2020 Strategy on Sustainable Finance, the Roadmap sets out ESMA’s deliverables on sustainable finance and how they will be implemented over the...
Family offices are set up for generations, therefore, they keep a long-term perspective on doing business and investing. As for many of them engagement...
PRI STATEMENT: EU SUSTAINABLE TAXONOMY CLIMATE DELEGATED ACT COVERING GAS AND NUCLEAR ENERGY
9 February 2022
The European Commission has adopted the EU Sustainable Taxonomy complementary...
Investors have a vital role to play in affecting systemic change on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) issues, not only within their own organisations,...
“We’re teetering on the brink of a public sector workforce crisis” (MissionSquare Research Institute)
As state and local governments face unprecedented workforce shortages, an alarming...
Today the European Commission presented a Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act on climate change mitigation and adaptation covering certain gas and nuclear activities (refer...
The UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance releases the second edition of its Target Setting Protocol, which guides its 69 asset owner members in setting...
| Sue Lloyd appointed as ISSB Vice-Chair and Janine Guillot appointed as Special Advisor to ISSB Chair
The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation today announced...
The European sustainable finance regulation has been in the making over the past few years.
Besides the most recent surprising developments with reference to the...
| By Kristina Touzenis, Legal Director Presidium Network and independent consultant on social sustainability
Momentum is clearly growing for mandatory human rights as well as...
A new study has revealed that four-in-five companies assessed now include a commitment in their sustainability reports to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), yet...
| Interview with Lukasz Pomorski, Managing Director and Head of ESG Research at AQR Capital Management
investESG.eu: What strategies do you see the most opportunity to...
Investors face the challenges of climate risk management and apply a number of different strategies. They work with two groups: (1) companies and issuers...
The announcement by the IFRS Foundation that Emmanuel Faber is to be the first chair of their newly established International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)...
| Emmanuel Faber appointed to lead the International Sustainability Standards Board
The Trustees of the IFRS Foundation today announced the appointment of Emmanuel Faber to...
| Insights from the 2021 Annual ESG Manager Survey, published by Russell Investments, November 2021
The broadening of ESG-related information available in the marketplace is...
| Eurosif welcomes that the EU Taxonomy rules will become operational as of 1st January 2022, providing much needed clarity to companies and investors....
| Climate Bonds Initiative welcomes the adoption of EU Taxonomy Regulation by the European Council
The Council’s review period for the European Union’s Taxonomy for...
| CFA Institute Welcomes IOSCO Recommendations on Sustainability-Related Practices, Policies, Procedures and Disclosure in Asset Management
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, welcomes...
| Collaboration to deliver enhanced reporting on biodiversity impacts
The development of a new global standard to enable organizations to increase their accountability on biodiversity...
The Value Reporting Foundation Publishes Integrated Thinking Principles and Updated SASB Standards for Three Industries
The Value Reporting Foundation today announced the publication of the...
Corporate Reporting Dialogue dissolves, as global harmonization efforts take hold
The Corporate Reporting Dialogue, an initiative convened in 2014 to strengthen cooperation, coordination and alignment...
Project marks a next step in aligning global and European sustainability standards
The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) and GRI have joined forces on...
61 major asset owners call for larger scale ‘blended finance’ to help solve $1 trillion climate finance gap for emerging markets
New position paper seeks...
On 25 November 2021, the European Commission adopted a package of measures to ensure that investors have better access to company and trading data. The proposals...
| Commenting on the German government’s climate plans, Dustin Neuneyer, Head of Germany and Austria at the Principles for Responsible Investment, said:
“The PRI welcomes...
Elise Attal, Head of EU Policy, PRI, and Jan Vandermosten, Senior Policy Analyst, PRI provide insights why the inclusion of gas-fired power and nuclear...
| Insights from the 2021 Annual ESG Manager Survey, published by Russell Investments, November 2021
ESG-specific consideration by asset managers: UK managers lead the way
"In...
PRI Key takeaways and calls, perspectives and analysis
COP26 and the Glasgow Climate Pact has made progress, creating new hooks for accelerating policy in the...
Net-Zero America and the Princeton University's Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment published a report in November 2021
Mission Net-Zero America: The nation-building path...
Matches 100g CO2 gas-power threshold in EU Parliament’s approved ActClimate Bonds Initiative welcomes taxonomy as “in line with international best practice”
Yesterday at COP26, the state...
| By Tina Nybo Jensen, International Policy Manager, GRI
With the UN climate change conference – COP26 – continuing this week in Glasgow, it’s obvious...
Investors and asset managers can apply different strategies to manage ESG-related risks in their portfolios.
Short-selling climate-related risks
With reference to "E" and climate-related risks investors...
The notion of attribution in climate science: In the past, it has often been considered difficult to attribute the detrimental impacts of climate change...
Announcement of the composition of the eleven Expert Working Groups (EWGs) with expertise and experience on sustainability matters, to provide input for the development...
A new report, Increasing Climate Ambition: Analysis of an International Carbon Price Floor, found that global carbon pricing could pay for itself while cutting...
Die IFRS-Stiftung wird neben der internationalen Finanzberichterstattung künftig auch die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung standardisieren. Dazu wird das International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) geschaffen. Ziel ist, weltweit...
The LEAF Coalition exceeded its target of mobilizing $1 billion in financing. Today, being Finance Day at COP26, Teresa Hartmann, Climate and Nature Lead,...
GRI responds to IFRS Foundation’s creation of a new sustainability board and consolidation of CDSB and VRF into the foundation
Confirmation by the IFRS Foundation...
The NGFS publishes the “NGFS Glasgow Declaration” and continues to foster climate action by central banks and supervisors
Today, the NGFS released the “NGFS Glasgow...
| IFRS Foundation announces International Sustainability Standards Board, consolidation with CDSB and VRF, and publication of prototype disclosure requirements
As world leaders meet in Glasgow...
UN Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions Michael R. Bloomberg joins UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance Mark Carney as Co-Chair...
ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS COMMENCES OPERATIONS AS AN INDEPENDENT GLOBAL ASSET MANAGER
GTCR and Reverence Capital complete acquisition of Wells Fargo Asset Management from
Wells Fargo...
Senior investment professional to succeed Fiona Reynolds as PRI CEO on 10 December, 2021
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) announced today the appointment of...
Tuesday, November 2nd at 3pm CET.
Associate fund manager Ty Lee will be giving an update on WHEB's investment strategy covering the third quarter of 2021.
The Head of Research, Seb Beloe, will...
New Standards mark the first global voluntary standards for disclosing how investment products consider ESG issues in objectives, investment strategy, and stewardship
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals, announces the...
Appointment of Eelco van der Enden as new leader
GRI, the international leader in sustainability standards setting, has announced the appointment of Eelco van der...
The first progress report of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance was released. This report covers the actions, activities and achievements of the Alliance...
Today, the NGFS released the report “Scenarios in Action: a progress report on global supervisory and central bank climate scenario exercises”, which sets out...
Investors and asset managers are concerned about two aspects in connection with their disclosure and reporting obligations:
Principle Adverse Impact Indicators to be reported...
| By Lany Harijanti, ASEAN Regional Program Manager, GRI
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly caused the largest economic and societal shock the world has experienced...
A new report by The Project Task Force on Reporting of non-financial risks and opportunities and linkage to the business model (PTF-RNFRO), a project...
Finnfund, a Finnish development financier and impact investor, announced today a EUR 10 million debt facility commitment to the Advans Group, one of the...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| ESG Policy & Strategy
What is a good sustainability strategy and why on earth would you need it? One...
GAM launches new sustainable climate bond strategy investing in bonds supporting environmental transition
New GAM strategy is one of the first to focus on green...
Lyxor Asset Management today announces the launch of the Lyxor Corporate Green Bond (DR) UCITS ETF, allowing investors to contribute in the transition to...
The new Eurizon Fund - Sustainable Multiasset is a fund that invests globally in equities and bonds selected using in-house ESG criteria and considers...
SKAGEN to reclassify equity funds as Article 8 under EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation
New categorisation as "environmental and socially promoting" funds to reflect the...
Oil and gas transparency standard for the low-carbon transition. GRI Standard to unlock reporting on sector’s sustainability challenges
A new sustainability reporting standard for oil...
Standards for greater transparency on impacts than ever before
The GRI Standards have today been strengthened so they deliver the highest level of transparency for...
The development of taxonomies as a common language to classify economic acitivities and assess how sustainable they are.
"The EU taxonomy is a classification system,...
A new research report provides a comprehensive analysis of the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) landscape across the public sector workforce in the United...
Private Equity Industry Establishes First-Ever LP and GP Partnership to Standardize ESG Reporting
LPs and GPs representing more than $4 trillion in AUM call on...
Taxonomy will integrate SASB Standards into the common language for business reporting
The Value Reporting Foundation today announced the formal release of the SASB Standards...
| By Elena Johansson
Marcos Neto, director finance sector hub at United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), talks to investESG.euabout the progress made on a sustainable...
GRI welcomes support from Caisse des Dépôts for its contribution to EFRAG’s technical work
Following the July 2021 announcement of a Statement of Cooperation between...
| By Tina Nybo Jensen, International Policy Manager, GRI
In this Decade of Action for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we hear much about how...
"The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which applies since March 10, requires asset managers to sort their funds into different sustainability categories based on...
Sustainability offers opportunities for businesses and investors alike − both in terms of profits and promoting sustainability.
A newly published book Sustainable Investing: Beating the...
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are increasingly seen by policy-makers and financial markets as powerful concepts to address, climate change, food security and other social issues...
The Global Public Investor Report 2021 published by OMFIF presented a number of valuable datapoints and insights.
Pension funds lead on ESG, deploying greatest variety...
The European Commission has today adopted a number of measures to increase its level of ambition on sustainable finance. First, the new Sustainable Finance...
Die VBV-Gruppe wird vom Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie am 27. September in der Kategorie "Beste Umwelterklärung 2021" durch Bundesministerin...
Research published in Environmental Research Letters - IOP Science:
The social cost of carbon dioxide under climate-economy feedbacks and temperature variability
A key statistic describing climate...
Eurosif responded to the consultations of the EU Platform on Sustainable Finance regarding the Social Taxonomy and an extended framework for the Environmental Taxonomy.
Eurosif...
The CFA Institute Certificate in ESG Investing* offers you both practical application and technical knowledge in the fast-growing field of ESG investing — an opportunity to...
New podcast series dives beneath the surface of SDG reporting
With the crucial ‘Decade of Action’ for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) already underway, how...
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (“Goldman Sachs”) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire NN Investment Partners from NN Group...
Institutional investors are wanting more from their sustainable investments and asset managers. This is one of the results revealed in the Schroders Institutional Investor...
Almost half of respondents unsure of its benefits and more than one-third advocating for trade barriers.
Globalization questioned by almost half of those surveyed,...
| By Dr. Allinnettes Adigue, Head of GRI’s ASEAN Regional Hub
The perspective that meaningful and credible sustainability reporting is an essential requirement for any responsible business...
| By Elena Johansson
The industry is still on a “collective journey” regarding evolving data and metrics, an expert at Zurich Insurance Group who is...
| By Elena Johansson
Q: A report by the Climate Policy Initiative has assessed that results-based finance (RBF)*, including environmental impact bonds, is well suited...
John Ploeg, ESG Specialist bei PGIM Fixed Income:
„Wer die Forschung zum Klimawandel in den letzten Jahren verfolgt hat, für den dürften die Ergebnisse...
La Financière de l'Echiquier (LFDE) is one of the pioneers in sustainable investment funds. Launched in 2010, Echiquier Positive Impact Europe (ISIN: FR0010863688) was...
Ein Aktienportfolio auf der Basis von Fundamentalanalysen und aktiver Einzelwertauswahl
MFS Investment Management® (MFS®) hat einen neuen Fonds aufgelegt, den MFS Meridian® Funds – Emerging...
Der Klimawandel wird tagtäglich sichtbarer: Starkregen und Überschwemmungen in Deutschland und anderen Teilen Westeuropas und Chinas, extreme Hitze und Waldbrände in Kanada und den...
| By Elena Johansson
The 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will mark a decisive point for investors supporting a net-zero emissions pathway,...
Von Alexis Deladerriere, Leiter International Developed Markets Equity bei Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Kurz zur Veranschaulichung, wir haben auf diesem Planeten ein Wegwerfproblem: 300 Millionen...
INSIGHT by Dr Katarzyna Wilk, CEO of Swiss Impact Lead
The paradigm shift towards impact investing is upon the finance sector. Impacting investing, as being...
Von Peter De Coensel, CIO Fixed Income, DPAM
Die im November stattfindende UN-Klimakonferenz in Glasgow wird ein Moment in der Geschichte sein, den die...
| By Elena Johansson
The insurance group seeks to reduce emissions in the real economy as part of its responsible investment policies published in March,...
(1) Why do we need another Climate solution?
We do not really. But we do need core equity allocations to start integrating climate considerations into...
| von JUDr. Stanislava Saria, PhD
Die Chance, mit CO2-lastigen Assets auch künftig Geld verdienen zu können, wird immer mehr zu einem Risiko
Europas größter...
GRI welcomes role as ‘co-constructor’ of new EU sustainability reporting standards
Statement of Cooperation signed between GRI and EFRAG
The announcement of a Statement of Cooperation...
By Coline Pavot, Head of SRI Research at LFDE
LFDE study: ESG criteria crucial for outperformance and resilience - especially in crisis year 2020
ESG criteria...
Wells Fargo Asset Management Launches Climate Transition Credit Strategy
Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) announced the launch of its Climate Transition Global Investment Grade Credit...
Since 2018, IOSCO has sharpened its focus on the implications of these developments for securities regulators. Further to the publication of the report, Sustainable...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
Comments on the proposed DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2013/34/EU, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive...
| Research Tool for Asset Owners
Based on diversity projects published by initiatives investRFP.com created a questionnaire in July 2020 to support asset owners in...
"Reducing carbon emissions and aiming for carbon neutrality have been identified as important milestones. Fifty years ago, today’s developed countries contributed two thirds of...
By Leo Willert, Founder and Head of Trading, ARTS Asset Management
The consideration of ecological, social and governance-related criteria is gaining in importance in the...
LGIM renews pressure on companies to provide climate accountability and achieve net-zero emissions
LGIM to divest from four companies for failing to respond satisfactorily...
Stakeholder-Management ist der Haupttreiber für die Implementierung von ökologischen, sozialen und Governance-Praktiken (ESG-Praktiken) bei Schweizer Versicherungen. Dies hat eine von Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI)...
The corporate reporting landscape has seen a number of forces moving forward over the past months. The Sustainable Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and global...
International Standard Setters, Regulators and Jurisdictions are working towards finding a global baseline of standards for sustainability reporting as a global framework. The IFRS...
Nachhaltige Geldanlagen bleiben auf Wachstumspfad Privatanleger*innen verdoppeln ihre nachhaltigen Kapitalanlagen Nachhaltige Investments steigen um 25 Prozent
Die Gesamtsumme der Geldanlagen, die in Deutschland unter Berücksichtigung...
Nachhaltige Geldanlagen bleiben in Österreich auf Wachstumspfad – Privatanleger*innen steigern ihre nachhaltigen Kapitalanlagen um 78 Prozent – Nachhaltige Geldanlagen legen um 29 Prozent zu
Die...
Die APK Vorsorgekasse wurde zum wiederholten Male von der ÖGUT geprüft. Das aktuelle Ergebnis liegt nun vor: Zertifikat in Gold!
Die GOLD-zertifizierte Nachhaltigkeitsausrichtung und die...
BVI-Studie, 1.6.2021
Marktübliche ESG-Strategien mit Mindestausschlüssen auch mit geringen Taxonomie-Quoten nachhaltig
Höhe der Taxonomie-Quote abhängig von Fortentwicklung der EU-Kriterien
Zielmarktkonzept bietet praktischen Standard für...
Die VBV-Vorsorgekasse freut sich über die erneute Top-Auszeichnung durch die ÖGUT – die Österreichische Gesellschaft für Umwelt und Technik. Die VBV erhält als erste...
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) introduces environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure standards and definitions for financial market participants, advisors and products.
One of...
Valida Vorsorgekasse glänzt mit Nachhaltigkeit auf allen Ebenen:
Bestmöglichste Auszeichnung für Nachhaltigkeit
100 Prozent der Assets nachhaltig veranlagt
Investments nach strengen ESG-Kriterien
Die Österreichische Gesellschaft...
published by The White House, 20 May, 2021
Selected sections and paragraphs from the Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk marked in green by investESG.eu.
"Section...
INSIGHT by CFA Institute
New Standards seek to provide transparency and comparability of investment products with ESG-related features
|CFA Institute, the global association of investment...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
Comments on the proposed DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2013/34/EU, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
Comments on the proposed DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2013/34/EU, Directive 2004/109/EC, Directive...
Victor van Hoorn, Executive Director, Eurosif: "We are broadly supportive of the proposal of the ESAs regarding the amendments to the regulatory technical standards...
By Stephanie Maier, Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investment at GAM Investments
Integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into sovereign strategies requires a...
The last few weeks and months were dominated by regulatory issues on disclosure and non-financial reporting data. A number of technical indicators were developed...
CFA Society Germany führt das Certificate in ESG Investing in Deutschland ein: Neues globales Weiterbildungsprogramm setzt Maßstäbe und qualifiziert Investmentexperten, ESG-Faktoren zu analysieren und...
The development of global reporting frameworks and disclosure regulations in the area of sustainbility is key. One of the most important aspects is disclosure...
Today, China A-share companies engage with shareholders, which was not the case 10 years ago. Investor engagement used to be solely about dividend policies....
Industry-led and UN-convened Net Zero Banking Alliance also announced today, co-launched by the UNEP Finance Initiative and the Financial Services Taskforce of the Sustainable...
Neue regulatorische ESG-Vorgaben sind ein wichtiger ESG-Motivator für Pensionseinrichtungen und andere institutionelle Anleger. Auch für deren Interessensgruppen der Begünstigten, der Unternehmenskunden/Sponsoren und der Eigentümer...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors have become increasingly important to many investors—including those in emerging markets. Franklin Templeton Emerging Markets Equity’s Michael Lai...
Presented by Fiona Reynolds, Chief Executive Officer, PRI; Dustin Neuneyer, Head of Germany & Austria; Elise Attal, Head of EU Policy and Susanne Dräger,...
Research shows climate risk is nearly ubiquitous but highly differentiated across 77 industries
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today published an updated Climate Risk...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| The COVID-19 pandemic and heightened concerns about climate change, racial injustice, and income inequality have injected fresh urgency into the...
| Climate change is one of the defining issues of our age. Its physical manifestations are negatively affecting ecosystems, human health and economic infrastructure....
Practical guide shares experiences of using both sets of standards together
Joint research from the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board...
| 2020 stimmte Aviva Investors auf 6.457 Hauptversammlungen über 72.025 Beschlüsse ab, 24 Prozent fielen gegen die Vorschläge des Managements aus, einschließlich 43 Prozent...
|Securing the success of the Paris Agreement
High representatives of the countries United Arab Emirates, United States, Kuwait, Egypt, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, Sudan and...
Matti Leppälä, Secretary General
PensionsEurope
Matti is a member of the Occupational Pensions Stakeholder Group of EIOPA and he has been the Chair and Vice-Chair of...
| Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), one of the world’s largest asset managers, has today released its tenth annual ‘Active Ownership’ report. LGIM reveals...
By Tilmann Galler, Global Market Strategist, J.P. Morgan Asset Management in Frankfurt
| The case for ESG integration when investing in EM
In our 2021 Investment...
Am 12. Mai 2021 versammeln sich - noch einmal virtuell - hochkarätige Experten aus dem Stiftungswesen und der Kapitalanlage zum Informationsaustausch beim "Virtuellen Tag...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| You may want start asking yourself the following – basic – questions:
1 Has your company adopted a written...
INTERVIEW with Victor van Hoorn, the Executive Director of Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum.
| investESG.eu: We have seen a lot of recent activity...
INSIGHT by Martha Oberndorfer
| As of March 2021, the regulation on sustainability-related disclosures in the financial services sector is in place across the European Union....
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| Start with your strategy/policy. Stating that you “work toward the SDGs” and they say that “you make certain...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| Considering ESG as a real sustainability tool enables investors to identify new sets of financial risks and opportunities....
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| Respect of Human Rights
There is no doubt that business enterprises can impact the entire range of human rights...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| It is important to understand that many internal violations of rights found in international instruments are dealt with...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR STATEMENT REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF ITS FINAL RULES ON ESG INVESTMENTS AND PROXY VOTING BY EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
On November 13, 2020,...
In the U.S. the Government Finance Officers Association ("GFOA") recommends that governments evaluate the development and disclosure of information regarding the primary environmental risks...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
Enforcement Mechanisms
| Concerning enforcement mechanisms, it is being discussed whether these should be established in the form of judicial...
By Michael Maldener, Managing Director Nordea Investments Funds S.A.
The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation and the need to look beyond the rim of the tea...
European Commission Consultation on a European single access point (ESAP) for financial and non-financial information publicly disclosed by companies
| Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| Green vs. Sustainable
| There is also a heightened awareness as to what ESG actually has to be understood...
GRI sees clear alignment with EU’s sustainability standard setting efforts – and is ready to assist
| Recommendations for the creation of European sustainability reporting standards...
With their short paper on the Taxonomy Eurosif aims to dispelling myths around the Taxonomy as they are concerned by the poor quality of discussions...
INTRODUCTION
Investors will see important changes in the way their asset managers provide sustainability-related information on their products and updated sustainability policies.
This is the result...
By Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| EU Regulation: SFDR
On 27th November 2019 EU Regulation No.2019/2088 on sustainability‐related disclosures in the financial services sector (SFDR)...
| Aktuell beschäftigen sich Stiftungen vorrangig mit dem Thema Niedrigzinsumfeld, Ausschüttung, Nachhaltigkeit und der Integration von ESG Faktoren in den Investmentprozess. Dabei liegt sehr...
A brief comparison of the CFA Institute ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products ("the Standards”) and SFDR
The most obvious difference between the Standards and...
CFA Institute calls on European policymakers, companies and investors to improve corporate governance in the European Union
CFA Institute, the global association of investment professionals,...
In latest episode of the Aberdeen Standard Investments Responsible Investing Podcast, Jeremy Lawson, Chief Economist and Head of ASI’s Research Institute, talks all things...
INSIGHT by Prof. Dirk Söhnholz, Diversifikator GmbH
Problem und Lösungsansatz
| Vor Environmental, Social und Governance (ESG) Angeboten kann man sich kaum noch retten. ESG wird...
Research team aggregates findings from more than 1,000 research papers authored between 2015-2020
Today, the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, partnering with Rockefeller Asset Management, announced...
The NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business, partnering with Rockefeller Asset Management, announced the findings from a new meta-study examining the relationship between environmental, social and corporate governance...
INSIGHT by Pras Gengatharan, Investment Specialist
2021 is the year of Sustainability and ESG investing, and investment managers are taking turns in announcing their new...
INSIGHT by Peter Paul van de Wijs, Chief External Affairs Officer, GRI
EU efforts to achieve transparency on corporate impacts require mandatory reporting system with...
INSIGHT by Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| It is no longer a shocking notion that non-state actors have a role to play in protecting human...
Supply Chains Decarbonization Offers Game-Changing Opportunity for Companies to Fight Climate Change.
The commitment to tackling climate change is accelerating in all sectors of society,...
Mehrfach ausgezeichnet für Nachhaltigkeit und Qualität
Die VBV konnte sich im Jahr 2020 über zahlreiche Auszeichnungen für gelebte Nachhaltigkeit und Top-Qualität freuen. So wurde zum...
One of the most important statements for ESG investors, asset managers and regulators was definitely John Kerry's keynote today at the Inception Meeting of...
"Considering the urgent need to scale up environmentally sustainable investments to successfully deliver on the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the UN 2030...
As well as being the greatest long-term threat to the planet, climate change presents huge risks to investment portfolios. Here, we explain why being...
HSBC Pollination Climate Asset Management, Lombard Odier and Mirova announced as Founding Partners of the Sustainable Markets Initiative’s Natural Capital Investment Alliance
The Alliance has...
The concept of "materiality" is key to ESG investing. As part of the evolution of new sustainability reporting standards investors and asset managers will...
Over the past few weeks the IFRS Foundation received more than 400 responses to the recent consultation paper.
In response to the opening question with...
INSIGHT by Jerome Lavigne-Delville, Senior Consultant at the International Finance Corporation, Senior Advisor on Sustainable Finance at United Nations Global Compact, and Co-lead of the...
INSIGHT by Sebastian Müller, LL.M., is co-founder, in-house lawyer and head of law & regulation at right. based on science
| Why Temperature Alignment
For years,...
INSIGHT by Chiara Colesanti Senni (Council on Economic Policies) and Julia Anna Bingler (ETH Zurich)
| Climate risks are material financial risks for financial institutions. This fact is widely recognised by...
INSIGHT by Joanne Etherton, Climate Finance Lead at ClimateEarth
Looking back on 2020, one thing is clear: the imperative for pension providers to act on...
INTERVIEW with Jeff Cohen, Director of Capital Markets Integration
| SASB recently published a paper to support private equity (PE) investors looking to evaluate or integrate ESG considerations into the...
INSIGHT by Andreas Hoesli, attorney-at-law, LL.M., PhD Candidate at University of Zurich. This article builds on a piece written by the author together with Prof....
INSIGHT by Nik Steinberg Managing Director, Research | Four Twenty Seven
More frequent and severe extreme events driven by climate change pose a significant threat...
INSIGHT by Joel Jaeger, Research Associate, World Resources Institute. This article was first published by the World Economic Forum.
〉The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in...
INSIGHT by Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme, Director, Communications at Four Twenty Seven
| The results from the U.S. presidential elections signal an impending radical shift in U.S....
INSIGHT by CFA Institute
COVID-19 pandemic has focused investors on the interconnectedness of the financial system and intensified discussions on sustainability
| CFA Institute, the global association...
INSIGHT by ShareAction
Voting laggards BlackRock and Vanguard Group among those holding back investor support for shareholder resolutions on climate and social issues.
〉Just 15 out...
INTERVIEW with Daniela Barone Soares, CEO at Snowball IM. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| While experts discuss the increase of...
INSIGHT by Christa Clapp, a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of CICERO Shades of Green Ltd.
| As the green bond market moves towards more standardization in the...
INSIGHT by
Matt Orsagh, Director, Capital Markets Policy, CFA Institute
Jim Allen, Head of Americas Capital Markets policy, CFA Institute
Kurt Schacht, Managing Director of the Standards and...
INSIGHT by
Karim Tadjeddine, Partner, McKinsey
Ruchi Sharma, Associate Partner, McKinsey
Zdravko Mladenov, Partner, McKinsey
Jonathan Dimson, Senior Partner, McKinsey
This article was first published by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with...
INSIGHT by Pooja Khosla, Vice President Client Development at Entelligent
| Global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could grow 50% by the year 2050, driven by...
INSIGHT by SASB
The International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) and the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today announced their intention to merge into a unified...
INSIGHT by The Financial Stability Board (FSB)
| The Financial Stability Board (FSB) today published a report that examines the potential implications of climate change...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
〉Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) already causes 700,000 deaths each year. COVID-19 is intensifying the threat. Emerging evidence from around the world suggests that antibiotics...
INSIGHT by Kristina Touzenis, Managing Partner BST-Impact
| The environment (E) has a polar bear on melting ice as a powerful metaphor. Everybody understands that...
INSIGHT by Gemma James, Head of ESG Issues at Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). This article was originally published on unpri.org.
| The recently released Living...
INSIGHT by
〉Claudia Zeisberger, Professor of Entrepreneurship & Family Enterprise at INSEAD and Academic Co-Director of INSEAD’s PE/ VC center (GPEI)
〉Ian Potter, Distinguished Fellow at...
INSIGHT by Climate Action 100+
Climate Action 100+, a global initiative involving over 500 signatories responsible for more than USD 47 trillion assets under management,...
INSIGHT by Douglas Broom, The World Economic Forum, Senior Writer
This article is part of the Green Horizon Summit: The Pivotal Role of Finance and was...
INSIGHT by SASB
| The Investor Advisory Group (IAG) of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) today issued an updated statement calling on companies to use...
INTERVIEW with Victor van Hoorn, the Executive Director of Eurosif, the European Sustainable Investment Forum. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Do you expect...
INSIGHT by Dustin Neuneyer, Head of Germany & Austria, PRI Principles of Responsible Investment
Sustainable development, sustainable finance and responsible investment are at the heart also...
INSIGHT by Urgewald
Today, Urgewald and 30 partner NGOs released a new update of the “Global Coal Exit List” (GCEL), the world’s most comprehensive database...
INSIGHT by Gabriela Cugat, Economist, and Futoshi Narita, Senior Economist | Research Department of the International Monetary Fund. This insight was first published by the World Economic...
INSIGHT by Justin Guay, the Director for Global Climate Strategy at the Sunrise Project | Australia
| Over 142 globally significant financial institutions have enacted a coal...
INSIGHT by Peter Giger, Group Chief Risk Officer, Zurich Insurance Group. This article was first published by the World Economic Forum.
〉COVID-19 disrupted healthcare delivery, which...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative
A new forum will leverage the power of corporate reporting to drive action towards accomplishing the Sustainable Development Goals...
INSIGHT by Ceres
The founding partner organizations of a major global initiative aimed at worldwide investor action on climate change are calling on the United...
INTERVIEW with Yoni Shiran, the lead author and Program Director of Breaking the Plastic Wave | SYSTEMIQ. For further expert opinions please use the...
INSIGHT by Andrew White, Sustainable Investment Consultant
| The outcome of the US election will have ramifications for the ESG landscape across the globe, not...
INTERVIEW with Charlie Donovan, Executive Director of the Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College Business School and Academic Director of the MSc...
INSIGHT by Ashok Parameswaran, Founder and President, Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
| Emerging Markets present unique challenges to ESG investors. The environment, social and governance lens...
INSIGHT by European Commission
| The Joint Research Centre of the Commission presented the 20th edition of its Annual Report on Forest Fires in Europe, the Middle East...
Der Klimawandel wartet nicht - höchste Zeit, aktiv zu werden.pdf
Der Klimawandel wartet nicht – höchste Zeit, aktiv zu werden
Aviva Investors, Rick Stathers und Steve...
The importance of being active on climate change.pdf
The importance of being active on climate change
Aviva Investors, Rick Stathers and Steve Venton
GHG emissions: Where...
INTERVIEW with Charlotte Portier, GRI, Manager – Sustainable Development. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| What actions do you find relevant to...
INTERVIEW with Shelagh Whitley, Director of ESG and SDGs with the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). For further expert opinions please use the question-level...
INSIGHT by Milica Fomicov, Research Associate, Imperial College Business School’s Centre for Climate Finance & Investment
No company wants to be the dirtiest on the...
INVITATION by GRI & Enel
GRI and Enel announce three regional engagement events
| How is COVID-19 impacting on efforts by companies and stakeholders to support...
INSIGHT by Vigeo Eiris
Vigeo Eiris has launched its TCFD Climate Strategy Assessment. The new assessment is designed to measure the extent to which climate...
INSIGHT by Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
| This Brief is part of a series looking into sustainability issues in the corporate sector relevant for emerging markets investors.
Major...
INTERVIEW with Michael Green, Chief Executive Officer, Social Progress Imperative. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Do you expect the pandemic...
INSIGHT by Aylin Elci, Public Engagement, World Economic Forum
〉Unemployment is main concern among executives, closely followed by infectious diseases, while fiscal crisis is third...
INSIGHT by Bianca Nalbandian, a Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law. This article was first published on blogdroiteuropeen.
| Even before...
brief INSIGHT by Aberdeen Standard Investments
| Many investors use a strategic asset allocation (SAA) process to shape their portfolios over the long term. We believe...
brief INSIGHT by Aberdeen Standard Investments
| The effects of climate change are impossible to ignore. Reports of record temperatures hit the news on a...
INSIGHT by International Energy Agency
Amid deep disruption and uncertainty caused by the pandemic, a surge in well-designed energy policies is needed to put the...
INSIGHT SERIES by Roland Kölsch, Quality Assurance Company for Sustainable investments (QNG), Germany
| New, exciting topics, which become increasingly complex in the course of a development,...
INSIGHT by Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association (PLSA)
〉New report highlights consolidation, climate change, the use of technology and saver engagement as the most important...
INSIGHT by Kerstin Lopatta, a full professor at the School of Business, Economics and Social Science at the University of Hamburg.
| The EU-Taxonomy, a light...
INSIGHT by AVIVA Investors | This was originally featured as part of the PRI’s SDG outcomes work.
| Why we use the SDGs
As long-term investors in real...
INSIGHT by Hedda Pahlson-Moller, CEO of TIIME
| In the momentum around the evolution of sustainable finance and its alphabet soup of acronyms, Hans Rosling’s (R.I.P.)...
INSIGHT by Callan
| Callan, a leading institutional investment consulting firm, announced the results of its eighth annual ESG Survey, noting a consistent commitment to...
INSIGHT by The Risk Management Association (RMA)
| A new survey of leading institutional investors released today by The Risk Management Association (RMA) revealed that 95%...
INSIGHT by Joachim von Halasz, Founder and Chairman, Tuesday Club
| The investRFP.com platform has been chosen by PLSA and TISAtech to launch a joint ESG...
INSIGHT by Ceres
In a pandemic-battered economy, where the climate, water and human rights crises threaten the prospects of success for corporations, Ceres today unveils a...
INSIGHT by Janine Guillot | CEO, The SASB Foundation | Sustainability Accounting Standards Board | sasb.org
| With wildfires burning in California and record temperatures seen this...
INTERVIEW with Anna Krotova, Senior Manager – Standards, GRI. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| What actions do you find relevant...
INSIGHT by Ceres
| The sustainability nonprofit Ceres and the Business in Society Institute at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, are proud...
INSIGHT by Lauren Wilkinson, Senior Policy Researcher, Pensions Policy Institute (PPI)
| Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) risk-factors are becoming an increasingly important part of...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
Vocal demands from investors, consumers and policymakers to tackle the damaging levels of emissions from livestock have become impossible for meat companies...
INSIGHT by GRESB
The World Green Building Council launches new report outlining the climate and business benefits of tackling embodied carbon in Asia Pacific and...
INTERVIEW with Michiel De Smet, Finance Programme Lead with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Ellen MacArthur...
brief INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
A suite of high-quality and globally applicable training courses for sustainability reporting specialists are available, following the...
INSIGHT by Christa Clapp, Head of Climate Finance at CICERO and Jana Sillmann, Research Director for Climate Impacts at CICERO
Physical impacts of climate change are observed...
INSIGHT by Nikolaj Pedersen, senior researcher in PRI’s sustainable markets department
| Many jurisdictions currently work on ESG-related standards aiming at leadership in the field. What...
INVITATION by The Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation is partnering with The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra - Rebooting the economy with circular solutions. Taking...
INSIGHT by Amanda Russo, World Economic Forum
〉Dealing with the plastic pollution crisis requires an overhaul of supply chains and a fast-track of sustainable plastics...
INSIGHT by Fabian Scholda, researcher at the Competence Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship at WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
| Anyone working...
INSIGHT by The European Commission
The European Commission has today published a new, ambitious Action Plan to boost the European Union's Capital Markets Union (CMU)...
INSIGHT by Rainforest Action Network (RAN)
| As the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) marks its one-year anniversary, a review of signatory banks’ financing...
INSIGHT by Robert E. Moritz | Global Chairman, PwC
This article is part of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit and was first published on the World...
INSIGHT by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
GRI responds to white paper from World Economic Forum
| GRI has cautiously welcomed a report from the World...
INSIGHT by World Economic Forum
| Yesterday, alongside the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Summit 2020, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) officially launched the...
INSIGHT by Amanda Russo, World Economic Forum
〉Global call at the Sustainable Development Impact Summit for business to adopt universal metrics will allow companies to...
INSIGHT by Tatiana Luján, Plastics lawyer at ClientEarth
As the global transportation sector decarbonises, oil and gas stakeholders have been pinning their hopes for survival on...
The European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published a survey seeking public feedback on presentational aspects of product templates, pursuant to Article 8(3), Article...
INSIGHT by Andrea Willige, World Economic Forum. This article is part of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit.
〉New statistics from the IEA show that our...
INSIGHT by The European Banking Authority
The European Banking Authority (EBA) shortly published an online survey to receive input from credit institutions on their practices...
INSIGHT by CDP
〉Of 136 fashion & textile companies requested by investors and customers to disclose water impacts through CDP, less than half (62) provided...
INTERVIEW with Tim Mohin, GRI Chief Executive. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Many jurisdictions currently work on ESG-related standards aiming...
INSIGHT by Beatrice Di Caro, World Economic Forum
This article is part of the Sustainable Development Impact Summit
| The COVID-19 crisis wreaked havoc on societies...
INSIGHT by Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
Initial members are the International business of Federated Hermes, Triodos Bank UK, NatWest Group, Lloyds Banking Group,...
brief INSIGHT by Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA)
Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases research on the credit implications of Japan’s aging (graying) population. In...
INSIGHT by Refinitiv
〉Refinitiv D&I Index measures relative performance against multiple factors that define diverse and inclusive workplaces.
〉Industries leading this year’s index: 18 banking, investment...
INSIGHT by Peter Paul van de Wijs (Global Reporting Initiative) and Cornis van der Lugt (University of Stellenbosch Business School)
| Environmental, social and governance...
INSIGHT by Alessandra Donati a Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law | The Insight was first published on blogdroiteuropéen.
One...
INSIGHT by the European Commission
The European Commission presented yesterday its plan to reduce EU greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared...
INSIGHT by Rainforest Action Network
‘Paris Principles’ document lays out steps needed to transform finance commitments into action
The world’s biggest banks, insurers and money managers...
INSIGHT by Frank Jotzo, Director, Australian National University, and Paul Burke, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University. This article is part of the Sustainable Development...
INSIGHT by Friends of the Earth (US)
Rainforests face unprecedented fires, yet BlackRock, State Street and Vanguard have consistently voted in favor of deforestation.
| As...
INTERVIEW with Gemma James, Head of Environmental Issues at Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Already back...
brief INSIGHT by Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
| Carbon Transition in Emerging Markets
The Alliance is launching a new program focused on the impact of the...
INSIGHT by The Social Progress Imperative
| We shortly released the 2020 Social Progress Index results, which provide a comprehensive picture of the lived experience of more...
INSIGHT by CDP, CDSB, GRI, IIRC, and SASB
Five global organisations, whose frameworks, standards and platforms guide the majority of sustainability and integrated reporting, announce...
INSIGHT by Janine Guillot | CEO, The SASB Foundation | Sustainability Accounting Standards Board | sasb.org
It has never been more clear that success in business depends...
INSIGHT by Ellen MacArthur Foundation
Representing over USD 18 trillion in assets under management, over 30 CEOs and senior executives from leading asset managers and banks are...
INTERVIEW with Helge Wulsdorf, Head of Sustainable Investments at the Bank for Church and Caritas eG (BKC). For further expert opinions please use the question-level...
INSIGHT by NGFS
There is a growing consensus among members of the Central Banks and Supervisors’ Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) that climate-related...
Greetings from the Emerging Markets Investors Alliance!
| We have just published a report on Community Consent in the emerging markets extractive industries. This is...
INSIGHT by Ceres
Report finds climate change poses a major financial risk to U.S. economy, calls on financial regulators to incorporate climate-related risk into supervision
|...
INSIGHT by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee of the Market Risk Advisory Committee (MRAC) today released...
Virtual panel | London, Europe
Wed 16 Sep 2020
16:00-17:15 (London)
11:00-12:15 (New York)
| The Covid-19 crisis requires a global coordinated response. William White, former chairman of the...
INSIGHT by Reclaim Finance
Reclaim Finance, in partnership with 26 other NGOs1, is releasing the first online tool to identify, assess, and compare the policies adopted by...
INTERVIEW with Gary Baker, Managing Director for EMEA at the CFA Institute
| CFA Institute shortly published a consultation paper on ESG Disclosure Standards for Investment Products....
INSIGHT by Bank of America
Adds Diversity Analysis Into Review and Selection of Asset Managers on Its Investment Platform
| Bank of America announced that the...
INSIGHT Jocelyn Blériot, Executive Lead, International Institutions & Governments, Ellen MacArthur Foundation
The Covid-19 crisis has disastrous human and economic consequences, revealing our system’s exposure...
INSIGHT by Timothy Rahill, Jeroen van den Broek, ING THINK Economic and Financial Analysis
Despite little differential between green and grey at current spread levels, over...
The Best Practices 2020 report showcases examples from our portfolio of green bond second opinions and our company assessments. These examples highlight best practice...
INSIGHT SERIES by Roland Kölsch, Quality Assurance Company for Sustainable investments (QNG), Germany
| New, exciting topics, which become increasingly complex in the course of a development,...
INSIGHT by Julia Anna Bingler (ETH Zurich) and Chiara Colesanti Senni (CEP) | Updated on September 24, 2020
It is time for joint assessment principles, standardised...
INSIGHT by UNEP FI
Australian building and construction industry pension fund Cbus has announced its membership of the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance.
The fund is...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
Research from $20 trillion investor network warns of COVID-19’s lasting impact on the meat industry
〉44 (73%) of the world’s 60 largest meat, fish...
INSIGHT by UN PRI
The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) – together representing asset owners, investment...
| The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is launching a research series to identify practical ways to improve ESG engagement among trustees and contract-based scheme...
INTERVIEW with François Bergère, Long-Term Infrastructure Investors Association (LTIIA), Executive Director. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Do you expect the pandemic to...
INSIGHT by United Nations Environment Programme
| Policymakers can improve the chances of achieving climate goals and limiting global warming to 1.5oC by making more...
INSIGHT by David Klenert, Economist, European Commission | Franziska Funke, Writer, Vox EU | World Economic Forum
〉COVID-19 and climate change share a similarity in that...
Conceptual Framework & Rules of Procedure: Public Comment Launch
September 10, 7:00am - 8:00am PST
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has proposed revisions to two...
The consultation on revisions to the Universal Standards, the reporting that is at the foundation of all sustainability reporting through GRI, is open for...
INVITATION for Public Comment by SASB
| The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) released proposed revisions to two documents - the SASB Conceptual Framework and the...
INTERVIEW with Rob Kaplan, Founder and CEO of Circulate Capital. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Why should plastic waste be seen as...
Consultation ANNOUNCEMENT by UK's Department for Work & Pensions
Taking action on climate risk: improving governance and reporting by occupational pension schemes
| This consultation seeks views...
Webinar INVITATION
Climate Week NYC 2020 Webinar: The Future’s Not in Plastic, Benjamin
24 September | 14:00 BST | 09:00 EDT
Carbon Tracker is hosting this webinar...
INSIGHT SERIES by Roland Kölsch, Quality Assurance Company for Sustainable investments (QNG), Germany
| New, exciting topics, which become increasingly complex in the course of a development,...
INSIGHT by Nadège Tillier, Benjamin Schroeder, ING THINK Economic and Financial Analysis
| We estimate sustainability bond issuance to have reached the equivalent of €135bn in...
INTERVIEW with Tobias Dan Nielsen | Policy Expert at IVL (Swedish Environmental Research Institute). For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| What should...
INSIGHT by The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Efforts across the South Asia region to raise ambition for sustainable development have been boosted following the agreement of a...
INSIGHT by Kaya Bulbul, World Economic Forum
〉Our ocean faces an unprecedented set of interconnected challenges.
〉The winners of the Ocean Solutions Sprint, a competition to...
INVITATION | Webinar
Date: Thursday, 10 September 2020
Time: 14:00 - 15:00 BST
Join the PRI and industry guests for a webinar on September 10th 2020, which will explore...
| brief INSIGHT by World Economic Forum
Plastic pollution has become a pressing challenge with damaging effects on human health and environmental well-being. Many governments...
brief INTERVIEW with Vasileios Rizos, Research Fellow and Head of Sustainable Resources and Circular Economy at CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies). For further expert...
INSIGHT by PAX, Amnesty International, Save the Children and Oxfam Novib
| The evaluation by the Independent Monitoring Committee of the Dutch Banking Sector Agreement...
INSIGHT SERIES by Roland Kölsch, Quality Assurance Company for Sustainable investments (QNG), Germany
| New, exciting topics, which become increasingly complex in the course of...
INVITATION | World Water Week
| Water management is critical for adapting to and mitigating climate change. This event discusses water interactions, implementation and financing...
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Time: 16:00 - 17:00 BST
| During this webinar, we will discuss the link between deforestation and viruses such as Covid-19. We will also...
brief INSIGHT
| The UK-based Diversity Project, an investment and savings industry initiative to help create a more inclusive culture, has worked with asset owners, asset managers and consultants to develop a best...
INSIGHT by CFA Institute
Standard seeks to provide transparency and comparability of the ESG-related features of investment products
| CFA Institute, the global association of investment...
INSIGHT by Four Twenty Seven (427mt.com)
Western Australia could endure three more months of wildfire potential annually by 2030- 2040, while far northern latitudes, like...
Thursday August 20 at 17:00 CET / 11:00am EST / 8:00am PST
Climate Change is already making wildfires more severe and Four Twenty Seven's new analysis...
INTERVIEW with Volker Weber, the chairman of the board for the “Forum Nachhaltige Geldanlagen e.V” (Forum for sustainable investment). For further expert opinions please use...
INTERVIEW with Janine Guillot, CEO, SASB. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Many jurisdictions currently work on ESG-related standards aiming at leadership in...
August 24 and 25, 2020 at the Swiss Re Centre for Global Dialogue
Zurich, Switzerland
The New Energy Investor Summit is an annual meeting for senior...
brief INSIGHT by Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA)
| The Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) and international law firm Simmons & Simmons have worked with some...
INSIGHT by Barclays
| Barclays announced new additions to its Investment Bank teams leading work on environmental, social and governance-related finance work with clients, with...
brief INSIGHT by The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME)
AFME recently published the first ever set of ESG guidelines for the European high...
brief INSIGHT by Ceres
The Trump administration’s rollback of reasonable and effective oversight of methane emissions “is unconscionable – akin to saying to auto makers...
Solar Fuels Research & Invest
Defining and developing the global solar fuel value chain
09:00 - 17:00 / 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
09:00 - 17:00 / 01 OCTOBER...
INTERVIEW with David Epstein
| You recently released the report Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe: Making the Case for Investors and the Private Sector to Work Towards Reducing the...
INSIGHT by Amazon Watch
| Banks in Switzerland, France and the Netherlands facilitate trade from Amazon Sacred Headwaters region in Ecuador, where oil extraction contributes to...
INSIGHT by deVere Group
Sustainable and responsible investments (ESG) are now regarded as ‘safe havens’ by the majority of investors, reveals one of the world’s...
INSIGHT by PlasticsEurope, The Global Plastics Alliance
| The Global Plastics Alliance (GPA) released its 5th Progress Report announcing approximately 395 marine litter prevention projects have been planned, underway, or...
Information provided to Professional Investors (In Switzerland to Qualified Investors) only
| How to have a positive ESG impact
At Aberdeen Standard Investments, we are responsible...
brief INSIGHT by Aberdeen Standard Investments
Information provided to Professional Investors (In Switzerland to Qualified Investors) only
| By their very nature, private equity firms find themselves...
INSIGHT by Stockholm Environmental Institute
| To make climate scenarios work for decision-makers an international team of researchers developed a comprehensive interactive online platform. It...
INSIGHT by Ceres
| Major pension funds and other fiduciaries representing millions of beneficiaries oppose a new proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Labor...
INSIGHT by Janine Guillot | CEO, The SASB Foundation | Sustainability Accounting Standards Board | sasb.org
| A new report from the US Government Accountability Office...
INSIGHT by US SIF Foundation
| The US SIF Foundation released The Rise of ESG in Passive Investments, a report that explores the growth of passive ESG...
| Business Leadership Forum offers opportunity to build knowledge and expertise
How is your organization meeting growing expectations to measure and report on waste prevention,...
INSIGHT by the he Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)
16 financial institutions led development as part of the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
| The Partnership for Carbon...
14:00 - 15:00 / 10 SEPTEMBER 2020 (CEST)
| Faced with unprecedented challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments in Europe and beyond will need...
INSIGHT by IIGCC
〉‘Net Zero Investment Framework’ developed with over 70 leading global investors & issued for consultation.
〉Aims to maximise investor contribution to decarbonisation of...
INTERVIEW with Guy Opperman, UK, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Pensions and Financial Inclusion. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Do you...
brief INSIGHT by LTIIA
In just a few years, ESG investing, also known as sustainable or responsible investing, has moved from a slightly idealistic niche...
Wednesday, Aug. 12 / 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (EDT)
| Since the first sustainability-linked bond was issued by Italian energy company ENEL in September 2019,...
brief INSIGHT by Aberdeen Standard Investments
| The world faces three significant challenges: climate change; rising social inequality; and the unprecedented rate at which we...
INVITATION | Webinar
1 September 2020
10:00 EDT | 07:00 PDT | 16:00 CEST
| During this webinar, the PRI will reveal findings from a report on Investor...
INSIGHT by the The Natural Capital Finance Alliance (NCFA)
| The world’s first comprehensive tool linking environmental change with its consequences for the economy has...
| The PLSA has today published guidance to help DB and DC trustees navigate the new requirements to publicly disclose their investment and responsible...
brief INSIGHT by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group
| Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group’s latest market insight into the technologies that will support hydrogen in its bid...
INVITATION | Symposium
| The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and international science partners are hosting a virtual global symposium from 4 to 6 August to...
INVITATION | Webinar
How do climate change and racial justice intersect? There is still time to register to join Four Twenty Seven and Moody's Sustainability in Focus...
brief INSIGHT by Nadine Cavusgoulu, COO and Managing Director, and Andrew Howell, Director
| The Alliance has published a research brief on Deforestation Risk in the...
INSIGHT by Natalie Ambrosio Preudhomme
| Introduction
Black communities and other people of color are disproportionately exposed to the impacts of climate change and also tend to have...
INTERVIEW with Kerstin Lopatta, a full professor at the School of Business, Economics and Social Science at the University of Hamburg. For further expert opinions please...
DEBT, SUSTAINABILITY AND GOVERNANCE FORUM
Future Sovereign Defaults: Systemic Solutions and ESG Considerations
Thursday, July 30 11 am EDT/ 4 pm BST
| A Panel Discussion with:
〉Lee Buchheit
University of...
INSIGHT by FAIRR
| Food giants muscle in on booming alternative protein market, reveals $13 trillion investor coalition engaging with 25 food manufacturers and retailers
〉FAIRR’s engagement on sustainable proteins...
INSIGHT by World Economic Forum
| The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Toolkit explores the practical opportunities and risks that rapidly emerging technologies represent for diversity, equity and...
INSIGHT by Urgewald
Germany’s largest private sector bank has published fossil fuel policies to reduce its financial dealings with coal, oil and gas companies.
〉Bank intends to reduce financing...
brief INSIGHT by Emerging Markets Investors Alliance
| As of July 14, the IMF had approved $244 million in debt relief and $77 billion in emergency financing to...
INSIGHT by Helge Wulsdorf, Head of Sustainable Investments at the Bank for Church and Caritas eG (BKC)
| Investments with a clear ethical compass of...
INTERVIEW with George Latham, ASIP, Managing Partner. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Among other recognitions, WHEB Asset Management was announced as the winner...
INTERVIEW with Mirza Baig, Global Head of Governance, joined Aviva Investors
| With annual general meetings now taking place virtually, shareholders, employees and suppliers...
INTERVIEW with Megumi Terayama, Managing Director, ESG expert at the Nikko Research Center. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| The EU and UK,...
INTERVIEW with Raj Thamotheram, Preventable Surprises, Founder
| You have been an advocate of stewardship for 20 years. It now - finally - seems to be...
Special thanks to Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice-President for An Economy that Works for People, European Commission, for joining the expert perspective exchange on investESG.eu....
| Emerging market pioneers & leadership over the 2010-2020-decade featured in the 5th Annual Green Bond Pioneer Awards (GBPA) announced by the Climate Bonds...
04 Aug 2020, 2:00 pm - 2:45 pm EDT
Hosted by CFA Institute, CFA Institute Research Foundation
| Corporate exposure to environmental, social, and governance (ESG)...
INSIGHT by FAIRR Initiative
$20 trillion network highlights investment risk if greenhouse gas taxes extended to animal agriculture; and factors tax into first-of-its-kind financial modelling
|...
INSIGHT by Amanda Russo and Max Hall | The World Economic Forum
| The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented job losses and economic uncertainty....
INSIGHT by Krystyna Springer, ShareAction
| Since the coronavirus crisis began unfolding across the world, the message from leading biodiversity experts about the root cause...
| Aberdeen Standard Investments is dedicated to helping investors around the world reach their desired investment goals and broaden their financial horizons.
Today, we manage a total of...
| Key facts
〉 Single strategy investment boutique
〉 Mid-cap global equities exclusively investing in companies whose products or services have a positive impact and are...
| What are your ESG-related policies and commitments that apply to the respective strategy?
Our responsible investment policy is detailed here: https://www.whebgroup.com/media/2019/03/20190318-RI-Policy.pdf
Our stewardship and engagement...
| Company Overview
Aviva Investors is a global asset manager who chooses the power of integration. It has $415bn assets under management across fixed income,...
INSIGHT by Climate TRACE | Carbon Tracker
| Nine organizations from around the world and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore announced a cutting-edge initiative that...
| IN BRIEF
Responsible Investors Live will gather European asset owners to discuss and develop their understanding of suitable and sustainable ESG policies. Alongside other...
INSIGHT by Martha Oberndorfer
| Impact of COVID on voting at shareholder meetings underlines the importance of electronic voting and proxy voting services
Shareholders‘ Meetings without the...
INSIGHT by the World Meteorological Organization
| The annual mean global temperature is likely to be at least 1° Celsius above pre-industrial levels (1850-1900) in...
| ShareAction is a UK-based campaigning organisation pushing the global investment system to take responsibility for its impacts on people and planet, and use...
INSIGHT by Fabian Scholda, researcher at the Competence Center for Nonprofit Organizations and Social Entrepreneurship at WU
| ‘Impact investments’ in social projects and especially...
brief Q&A with Michael Staudinger, Executive Director at ZAMG
| Taking into account the current pace of the low-carbon transition, what kind of climate-related threats and...
INSIGHT by Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas
| The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to transform our behaviors, attitudes, and policies in many areas. For...
INTERVIEW with Vikram Gandhi, senior lecturer at Harvard Business School. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Do you expect significant impact investing...
| About
The Emerging Markets Investors Alliance (“The Alliance”) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that enables institutional emerging market investors to support good governance, promote...
| Tuesday Club, the interdisciplinary ESG think tank, is mapping the future
By Joachim von Halasz, Founder of Tuesday Club, London.
Tuesday Club is unbiased, non-partisan...
The UK-based FAIRR Initiative holds that intensive animal production poses material risks to the global financial system and hinders sustainable development.
| Our mission is...
Standard Life Investments Global Equity Impact Fund
| Investment objective
〉The Fund aims to generate growth over the long term by investing in equities which aim...
INTERVIEW with Albert Reiter, Chief Executive Officer at investRFP.com and investESG.eu
| Twenty years after launching your first platform e-fundresearch.com, which today is one of the...
INTERVIEW with Armin J. Kammel. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| The EU and UK, as well as many others, work on ESG-related...
INTERVIEW with Matti Leppälä, Secretary General/CEO, PensionsEurope. For further expert opinions please use the question-level hyperlink.
| Do you expect the pandemic to have a tailwind...
The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Toolkit explores the practical opportunities and risks that rapidly emerging technologies represent for diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. The...
Download here: https://www.cfainstitute.org/en/research/foundation/2020/esg-and-responsible-institutional-investing
This survey examines the vibrant academic literature on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing. While there is no consensus on the exact list...
Read this report from CFA Institute and PRI to understand how professional investors are integrating ESG factors into their analyses and investment processes.
Although Islamic finance and sustainable, responsible, and impact (SRI) investing appear unrelated, they share key similarities. Emerging trends may enable financial services providers to develop products that satisfy criteria of both approaches.
Review ESG case studies and evaluate the impact of ESG factors on investing with CFA Institute. These case studies review ESG analysis relating to fixed income, bonds, funds & more.
Learn about ESG integration in the Americas, including the US and Canada, with CFA Institute. ESG analysis is becoming more important to consider when investing.
Download here: https://www.cfainstitute.org/-/media/documents/book/rf-publication/2017/rf-v2017-n5-1.ashx
Overview
A fast growing share of investors have recently widened their scope of analysis to criteria regarded as extra-financial. They are driven by...
earn about ESG issues in investing with CFA Institute. Investment professionals should use this ESG manual to remember environmental, governance & social considerations.
