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Crack down on ESG 'ratings shopping', says BIS

Regulators should consider introducing measures to limit sustainability ratings providers' ability to justify "lenient" assessments of companies and financial institutions,...

EU says defence industry not excluded from sustainability taxonomy

The European Commission has advised companies that some activities in the defence industry can be identified as 'sustainable' under the EU's sustainability taxonomy.

8 oil companies make UBS top renewables players list

UK woodland carbon credit exchange launched

Four action areas to help close the gap in nature finance

Financing for the nature crisis will be as critical as the climate crisis and needs urgent attention, argue Soumya Balasubramanya, Elisson Wright and Raffaello Cervigni

The climate crisis demands that investors rethink impact

Investments that simply do "some good" are no longer "good enough", argues Tamar Pashtan

An update on ESG regulation in Japan

The Japanese government published several reports and guidance documents in 2021 and 2022, which provided the first insight into how it intends to address ESG, says Tomoko Fuminaga

MSCI ESG and Climate Trends to Watch for 2023

MSCI ESG Research's latest report looks at how some of the major global developments may shape the investment environment and impact the challenges and opportunities facing companies in the year ahead.

A call to action for regulators

With biodiversity loss in freefall, central banks and financial regulators must address the sectors most harmful to both nature and the climate, argues Maud Abdelli

Q&A: Royal London Global Equity Transitions Fund

Bixuan Xu, manager of the newly launched fund, says holdings are picked based on the materiality and credibility of their transition strategies