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German court to rule on ISS ESG ratings report injunction

ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure, continued

As well as considering the ESG credentials of an infrastructure project, investors should also consider resilience. Christopher Marchant reports

Sustainalytics targets high-risk companies with 'material risk engagement'

ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure

With its broad scope from airports to hospitals, wind farms to oil pipelines, assessing ESG data in the infrastructure sphere comes with a wide array of challenges. Christopher Marchant spoke to experts in the sector about the ongoing push for in standardisation and disclosure.

ESG data webinar: Unfiltered data and AI under the MSCI microscope

Speakers from MSCI and the EU's Technical Expert Group on Sustainable Finance (TEG) will discuss how investors can make the most of unfiltered data, on a webinar hosted by Environmental Finance.

Sustainalytics opens up risk ratings data to investors

Sustainalytics has expanded its offering of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data to provide investors with some of the information it uses in its ESG Risk Ratings methodology.

Biodiversity, shipping among Sustainalytics' impact trends for 2020

Sustainalytics has identified biodiversity and 'cleaner shipping' among 10 investment themes for 2020 it says look best placed to contribute positively to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and potentially create impact in addition to financial returns.

Stock market analysis shows 'flatlining' company disclosure rates

The number of companies disclosing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data has failed to increase, according to a report by Aviva and Canadian research company Corporate Knights.

World Bank working on sovereign ESG engagement guide

The World Bank's treasury plans to publish a guide that will include information on how investors can engage more effectively with issuers of sovereign debt.

Technology holds key to impact reporting, UK Impact Investing Institute says

The UK Impact Investing Institute has invited technology companies and data providers to drive the convergence of approaches to measuring and reporting impact, in its first report since it launched.