Policy and Regulation
Sustainability-linked derivatives markets primed for growth
January 12, 2022
Derivatives with sustainability targets attached to them are becoming more common, but...
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Enel: zero emissions and fully 'electrified' by 2040
December 15, 2021
The multinational energy group does not believe in offsetting and plans to...
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The future of ESG thematic funds
December 8, 2021
Specialist funds that seek to target a specific environmental, social or governance...
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Sustainable investment is a ‘first-world’ option
December 8, 2021
Despite some progress, the work around defining and improving sustainable investment ignores...
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Compatibility issues to emerge as taxonomies learn the EU’s lessons
December 2, 2021
As governments like the UK seek to learn from the European bloc,...
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The problem with ESG standardisation
November 24, 2021
Global reporting frameworks are useful as long as they do not end...
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Why climate disclosures alone will not move markets
17/11/2021
Transparency on climate risks is important, but it will not divert capital away from fossil fuels without big structural changes to the financial system Mark Carney’s eye-popping promise last week... Read more
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European pension funds commit to climate investments
17/11/2021
As several Nordic and UK pension funds commit to clean energy and green investments by 2030, they must also navigate the increasingly important world of climate reporting At the COP26... Read more
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La Banque Postale's CEO on science and purpose
17/11/2021
After becoming the first European lender approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, La Banque Postale is now looking at formally including ESG considerations in its legal status La Banque... Read more
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The developing art of measuring ESG performance
17/11/2021
From IFRS’s newly launched International Sustainability Standards Board to CalPERS’s data convergence project, where are we in the complex and multifaceted challenge of quantifying companies’ environmental, social and governance performance? ... Read more
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The financial reality of deforestation
09/11/2021
More than 100 world leaders have committed to halt and reverse deforestation at COP26, but signatory and Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro's pledge to only stop "illegal" deforestation by 2030 has been... Read more
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