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October 26, 2022
BNY Mellon estimates $22tn stranded assets because of transition
BNY Mellon Investment Management says that the global economy is behind schedule in reaching net zero by 2050 but that, as things stand, it is...
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October 19, 2022
EU regulation is driving urban transitions
Cities across Europe are being given strong incentives to speed up their sustainability and environmental credentials, largely thanks to EU policies and strategies. The European...
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October 12, 2022
Will regulators tackle ‘social washing’?
Now that greenwashing issues are under heavier scrutiny, will ‘social washing’ be the next regulatory risk for companies eager to promote their social values? An...
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October 11, 2022
Renewable energy's ESG rating issue
Fossil fuel companies may receive better ESG ratings than clean energy firms because of inconsistent rating practices, shows research published on Monday by the Institute for Energy...
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October 6, 2022
The ESG risks of facial recognition
Although at the margin of what we would ordinarily cover at Sustainable Views, a report on how facial recognition technology (FRT) threatens human rights is...
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October 5, 2022
Mapping green stress tests from the EU to China, Brazil and beyond
S&P Global has published an interesting report looking at regulatory green stress tests – those requested by authorities like the European Central Bank on financial...
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September 27, 2022
Large businesses call for greater climate regulation
Eight in 10 leaders of large businesses around the world believe regulation is needed to deliver net zero ambitions and to decarbonise the global economy, reveals a YouGov poll commissioned...
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September 27, 2022
Measuring investment impact on decent work
The University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) has published two reports on decent work. One looks at disclosures to help investors better assess the number and quality of jobs...
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September 26, 2022
Queen Máxima's UN work on financial health
Financial health is a term intuitively easy to understand but, to be considered by policymakers, it needs agreed benchmarks and definitions. In 2021, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands began this...
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September 20, 2022
Ethereum's Merge and cryptos' green issue
Even if you don't follow closely (or don't care at all) about cryptocurrencies, you may have heard about Ethereum's 'Merge' last week. Essentially, The Merge (capital 't' and capital 'm'),...
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September 20, 2022
Climate policy and lending: are banks racing to the bottom?
We came across an interesting study of cross-border loans. Academics at Universitat Zurich found a correlation between domestic climate policies and banks' lending activity to clients abroad. When the former...
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