ESG archive

‘The worker is going to come back center stage’: American Century’s head of sustainable investing

Dec 06, 2022

3 min read

Next year will see the return of the worker as a key focus of ESG initiatives, according to Sarah Bratton Hughes, head of ESG...

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ESG disclosures: The red flags investors look for

Nov 25, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

5 min read

‘When we’re looking at ESG and sustainability reports, I’d say the big red flags are lots of case studies, lots of qualitative...

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Key takeaways from the ESG Integration Forum – Europe

Nov 24, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

5 min read

Leading IR, sustainability and governance professionals gathered in London this week to share insights and expertise on ESG issues...

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Opinion: Regulatory ‘Band Aids’ won’t cure climate change inaction

Nov 22, 2022

By Veena Ramani

4 min read

Put your money where your mouth is. That is the blunt message from global regulators to companies at last week’s COP27 summit in...

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CDP questionnaire to add ISSB’s climate disclosure standard

Nov 14, 2022

By Tim Human

3 min read

CDP, the environmental disclosure platform, has announced it will incorporate the International Sustainability Standards Board’s...

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The week in GRC: New York voters approve $4.2 bn environmental bond and ISSB chair hopeful on aligning its standards and EU rules

Nov 11, 2022

By Ben Maiden

7 min read

– Reuters reported that the US Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that may make it easier to challenge the regulatory...

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Listed companies failing on climate plans, MSCI says

Nov 07, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

2 min read

Just one third of public companies have measures in place to achieve or fall below the 2°C by 2100 target set by the Paris climate...

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Institutional investor support for ESG proposals drops in 2022

Nov 01, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

3 min read

Amid a sharp rise in ESG shareholder proposals at US companies, a new report finds that average support for environmental...

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Climate-related disclosures increasing but more transparency needed, TCFD says

Oct 17, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

3 min read

The number of companies that disclose information compliant with the TCFD framework has increased but their disclosure levels...

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Proxy season 2022: The story behind falling support for ESG proposals

Sep 27, 2022

By Ben Maiden

4 min read

The 2022 proxy season has had a touch of the Rorschach test about it, based on some of the headline figures from voting on the...