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  • Kempen 'surprised' adaptation isn't greater priority for regulators

    02 April 2024

    Kempen Capital Management has expressed "surprise" that adaptation hasn't been made a greater priority by regulators.

  • The shifting regulatory landscape of ESG

    07 April 2021

    There are numerous ESG regulations in Europe that firms need to know about, says Karan Kapoor

  • CA100+ ups pressure on corporates to align lobbying with Paris Agreement

    26 October 2020

    Institutional investors with a combined $6.5 trillion in AUM have issued "urgent" demands to 47 of the largest US-based corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emitters to disclose their climate lobbying practices.

  • PRI ejects first five signatories for failing minimum standards

    29 September 2020

    The UN Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) has for the first time booted out five signatories for failing to meet the minimum requirements, with a further 15 signatories at risk of being delisted in 2021.

  • Berkshire Hathaway divests from airline industry

    05 May 2020

    Insurance and investment conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has sold its entire $6.5 billion investment in the US airline industry because of the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

  • Carbon and the climate change challenge - is offsetting a solution?

    27 April 2020

    Carbon offsets can be used as a bridge to a lower-carbon future, says Andrew Parry

  • S&P integrates Trucost data into analysis and research tools

    20 February 2020

    S&P Global Market Intelligence has integrated climate data from Trucost into its portfolio analysis and quantitative research tools.

  • S&P Global completes RobecoSAM ratings unit acquisition

    13 January 2020

    S&P Global has completed its acquisition of the environmental, social and governance ratings unit from RobecoSAM for an undisclosed sum.

  • The ESG data files, part six continued: TCFD and the challenge of looking forward

    27 November 2019

    Data providers are stepping in to fill the disclosure gap. Joe Walsh and Peter Cripps report

  • MSCI makes ESG company ratings publicly available

    27 November 2019

    The MSCI environmental, social and governance (ESG) Ratings of over 2,800 companies in the MSCI ACWI Index have become publicly available.