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  • Milestone $1trn sustainable bond issuance crossed in 2021

    26 January 2022

    The long-anticipated $1 trillion issuance milestone was finally reached in 2021, laying the groundwork for another record-breaking year in 2022. Ahren Lester writes

  • India readies regulation of ESG ratings providers

    25 January 2022

    India's securities markets regulator has set out plans to regulate sustainability ratings and research providers, in a consultation paper on the topic.

  • NZAOA aims to halve emissions by 2030

    25 January 2022

    Members of the Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance (NZAOA), representing $10 trillion of assets, have pledged to target reducing their absolute or intensity portfolio emissions by at least half by 2030.

  • 3 years after Brumadinho, "next dam collapse is only a matter of time"

    25 January 2022

    On the third anniversary of the Brumadinho mining disaster, which killed 270 people, investors have named and shamed almost 200 companies that have not committed to new dam safety standards.

  • TNFD partners with leading science and industry bodies

    25 January 2022

    The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has announced today that it has partnered with a group of leading science and industry bodies.

  • EU banks handed toughened ESG disclosure rules

    25 January 2022

    New disclosure rules will require EU banks for the first time to report the amount of 'environmentally sustainable' assets they hold as a share of their overall portfolio.

  • Q&A with Dow Jones on their ESG tool

    25 January 2022

    Joe Cappitelli explains why he feels the news-based tool is a unique addition to the ESG data space

  • Aviva to target companies on biodiversity and human rights

    24 January 2022

    Aviva Investors will begin to judge companies on biodiversity and human rights as much as climate, its chief executive announced today,..

  • USS 'tilts' £5bn of assets towards climate

    24 January 2022

    The Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) has announced today that it will invest some £5 billion ($6.7 billion) of its assets in funds...

  • BMO to engage with chemicals companies

    24 January 2022

    The European arm of BMO Global Asset Management will make the chemicals industry a key area of focus for sustainability-related engagements in the coming year.