ESG Today

JULY 13, 2022

In his new role, Saunders Calvert will be responsible for leading the expansion of the company’s product suite and driving its market differentiation through next-generation sustainability solutions. Saunders Calvert said: “ESG Book is extremely well positioned to enable the mainstreaming of sustainable outcomes into financial markets.

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3BL Media

JULY 5, 2022

Progress on environmental, social and governance initiatives detailed in 2021 Annual Review & ESG Report and Regions’ latest Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report. The 2021 Annual Review & ESG Report , titled “A Strong Foundation,” combines details about the bank’s financial and ESG performance in one document.

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ESG Today

JUNE 23, 2022

ESG Book, formerly Arabesque S-Ray, is a digital platform for ESG data management, disclosure, and analytics. The company was established in 2018 and incubated as a subsidiary of Arabesque Group, a group of financial technology companies offering sustainable investment, advisory, and data services.

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3BL Media

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In 2022, Nasdaq OneReport became the first Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) software provider to receive GRI certification for the revised Universal and Topic Standards, released in Fall 2021, through GRI’s Certified Software and Tools Provider program. growth from 2021. The issuance equals 2.4x

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Across the sustainable investment landscape, resources, patience and credibility are all being stretched. – Asset managers are hiring ESG and sustainability staff, you won’t be surprised to learn, and they’re almost certainly not alone. A selection of this week’s major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. 

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3BL Media

DECEMBER 20, 2023

“The three papers recognized this year study three very different topics, but each represents an exemplary effort to deepen our understanding of sustainable investment,” says Lloyd Kurtz , founder of the Moskowitz Prize and again one of the judges this year.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 13, 2023

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NatureAlpha, Verdantix, Solactive, Minerva Analytics, Euronext, Joulea, and Clarity AI. German index provider Solactive has acquired ESG research, stewardship support and proxy voting agency Minerva Analytics.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 11, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including NN Investment Partners, SDI AOP, ESG Book, ISS ESG, Likvidi, Alcumus. The Eurosystem central banks last year defined their common stance for applying climate-related sustainable investment principles.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including AXA Investment Managers, HSBC Bank Pension Trust, BeyondNetZero, Xpansiv, and GRI. AXA Investment Managers has made three appointments in its corporate governance and stewardship team. Prost and Caillet will also report to Humeau.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 29, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Moody’s ESG Solutions, BlackRock, SDI AOP, MarketAxess, MSCI, Fitch Ratings and Euroclear. The implementation of SDG-aligned investment strategies requires quality data with specific analytical methodologies.

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Chris Hall

MAY 12, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including LSEG, ISS ESG, Mercer, ICE, Euroclear, Scoot Science, Tumelo, GoldenSource and more. Scoot Science , a specialist developer of ocean analytics and related risk and finance tools, has closed a US$4.1

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Chris Hall

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

This was given a further twist by, ironically, a measure intended to bring some order to the ESG investment world, the European Union’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), the main provisions of which came into force in March 2021. Acting in good faith. topped 90% of the fund.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Sustainable Trading, Impact Cubed, BME, ClimateTrade, MSCI, GeoQuant, ELEVATE Insig AI, and Higg.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 21, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including Franklin Templeton, Ninety One, Robeco, Mirova, Adam Street Partners, ThomasLloyd and NGFS. We are confident that Anne’s expertise will take our efforts on sustainable investing to the next level.”

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Chris Hall

MARCH 31, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Impact Cubed, NatureAlpha, Sylvera, Carbon Trust, Themis, Manifest Climate and AirCarbon Exchange. Linking our factual data to tech-enabled tools is a powerful antidote to ESG ratings confusion and concerns about greenwashing.”

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Chris Hall

DECEMBER 16, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including MSCI, Clearstream, Proxymity, Malk Partners, Integrum ESG, CGI, and Arvani. .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 24, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of moves and appointments in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, Hymans Robertson, 2DII, ACA Group, Edison, UKSIF and Util. . Olivia Mooney joins as RI Consultant from the Principles for Responsible Investment and will be the stewardship lead in the team.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 19, 2023

Dana Sasarean, Associate Director of Mining Research at ESG research, ratings and analytics firm Sustainalytics, is concerned about transparency. “Even if we get to the point where we figure out how to do DSM safely and sustainably, how do investors then verify that the mining process is happening in line with these expectations?

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Chris Hall

APRIL 22, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including FTSE Russell, BondLink, Moody’s, Intercontinental Exchange and more. . of ESG issuance for 2021, according to the IHS Markit.

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Chris Hall

JANUARY 27, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector, including the ISSB, AllianzGI, EQT, PGIM and KPMG. . Trustees of the IFRS Foundation have appointed Sue Lloyd as Vice-Chair of the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB). Impact investing is fast-growing out of its niche.

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

Solar PV is currently the fastest growing source of renewable energy globally, with generation having gone up by 26% between 2021 and 2022. Nature has been an increasingly important topic for our clients,” said Lucy Thomas, Head of Sustainable Investing at UBS AM.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The proportion of charities that would consider the use of alternative investments in the future has also declined. Only 35% of charities that do not currently use alternatives would consider including them in their portfolios in the future – a 5% fall compared to 2021. Engagement to the fore.

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Chris Hall

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The ‘Big Three’ asset managers BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street Global Advisors have all passed some voting rights to clients.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 15, 2023

“Biodiversity in rural England is clearly not the same as a Brazilian biome, and [companies in each region] have vastly different potential risks and impacts,” notes Aela Cozic, Sustainable Investment Analyst and Portfolio Manager at UK-based investment manager Fidelity International.

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Chris Hall

APRIL 14, 2022

Oil and gas companies are inconsistent in their commitments to reducing their Scope 3 emissions, according to a separate report by Scope ESG, the sustainability analytics arm of Scope Ratings. Scope ESG said that “sustainable investment as a share of revenues remains below 2.5% a year on a constant revenue basis”. .

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Chris Hall

JUNE 13, 2024

Solar PV is currently the fastest growing source of renewable energy globally, with generation having gone up by 26% between 2021 and 2022. Nature has been an increasingly important topic for our clients,” said Lucy Thomas, Head of Sustainable Investing at UBS AM.

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Chris Hall

OCTOBER 24, 2024

The market for ESG data and analytics has since grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry, fueled by an expanding web of sustainability disclosure regimes, and the exponential growth of ESG integrated and sustainability-labelled funds, ETFs, and other indexed financial products.

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Chris Hall

JULY 13, 2022

higher stock return price compared to boards that were not ethnically diverse, according to research by investment management company Calvert. Further, a “modest increase” of women in the US workforce could add US$511 billion to GDP over the next ten years, benchmark and analytics provider S&P Global noted in a recent study. .

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Chris Hall

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

For a good steer, you need to look no further than International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Final Report (FR09/2021) , and recommendations for future regulation of ESG rating and data product providers. All 10 final IOSCO recommendations for ESG ratings and data providers are listed on page 46 of FR09/2021.

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Chris Hall

MARCH 8, 2023

The latest ‘ Women on Boards Progress Report ’ by US-based data and analytics provider MSCI, which assessed gender diversity across over 2,800 companies listed on the MSCI ACWI Index , noted a near-two-percentage-point increase of women on boards globally, up to 24.5% in 2022 from 22.6%

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Chris Hall

MARCH 18, 2022

ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including GRI, Sustainalytics, ISS ESG, CDP, Diginex, Esgaia and Normative. . ESG and corporate governance research, ratings and analytics firm Sustainalytics ? GRI 12 will come into effect for reporting from January 2024. .

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Thu, 02/18/2021 - 00:45. Chief among them are a rising demand from the public for transparency and purpose in business and a growing awareness among corporations that sustainability is integral to financial health, according to participants at GreenBiz 21. . From the boardroom to Wall Street, ESG is crucial for financial resilience.

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Chris Hall

MAY 4, 2022

To better inform their investment decisions and decarbonisation efforts, investors want visibility of companies’ interim milestones, as well as a comprehensive account of how each goal will be met. . In 2021, the TCFD consulted on its metrics, targets and transition plans, with a view to updating its original 2017 framework and guidance.

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