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3,000+ companies begin plastic impacts disclosure, amid Treaty negotiations

190 investors sign up to collaborative engagement on nature

190 institutional investors have signed up to collaborate to pressure 100 companies to address their negative impacts on nature, on the launch of Nature Action 100 (NA100) at Environmental Finance's Natural Capital Americas conference.

ESG data files - part 3: Ratings reports under the microscope

A look at how three of the biggest ESG raters rate three companies - Johnson & Johnson, Standard Chartered and BYD - reveals significant differences in the conclusions they reach. Graham Cooper reports

Boston Common withdraws climate resolutions with Verizon and Home Depot

Boston Common Asset Management has withdrawn its climate-related shareholder resolutions with Verizon Communications and The Home Depot after reaching agreements with the companies.

Funds of the year: Dimensional's US Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio

An underexposure to energy stocks was helpful to performance in 2018, explains Jed Fogdall. Peter Cripps reports

CDP unveils Johnson & Johnson, Gap and Kao in green leaders list

Johnson & Johnson, Gap and KAO have reached the top 2% of firms covered by CDP's annual environmental ranking.

Terry Smith bullish on anniversary of sustainable equities fund

Fundsmith's foray into sustainable investing has yielded early success and is poised for further growth, founder Terry Smith tells Graham Cooper

World Bank issues sustainability-linked notes for UBS clients

The World Bank has partnered with UBS to offer a bond linked to a sustainability index to help raise funds for its sustainable development work.

Investors and businesses call on Trump to back Paris Agreement

Allianz, CalPERS and CalSTRS are among 1,000 investors and businesses to sign a statement calling for Donald Trump's administration to honour the Paris climate agreement.

S&P and Goldman Sachs create responsible investment indices

Standard & Poor's (S&P) has teamed up with Goldman Sachs to create two responsible investment indices – the latest in a series of launches in the space this week.