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MSCI partners with GIST on impact data
12 January 2022Financial services giant MSCI has partnered with impact data specialist GIST to provide its clients with access to information on companies' positive and negative environmental and social impact.
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Sustainability disclosure requirements won't be enough
12 January 2022Regulations and disclosure requirements are too easy to skirt. We need concrete plans of action which reflect the irreversible nature of the ongoing climate crisis, argue David Ko and Richard Busellato
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WBA requests feedback on nature benchmark
12 January 2022Investors and businesses have been invited to provide feedback on a methodology for assessing "the 1,000 most influential companies" worldwide on their contributions to nature and biodiversity-related UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Investors urged to cut environmental crime from value chains
12 January 2022Financial institutions have been told they can gain a "first-mover advantage" if they work to eradicate environmental crimes from their financing value chain, thereby avoiding likely reputation damage and potential litigation.
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Impact report quality deters green bond fund investors
12 January 2022Poor data and inadequate impact reporting are deterring many investors from making further investments in green bond funds, according to a recent Environmental Finance study.
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Record-breaking 2021 sustainable ETF flows jump 62%
11 January 2022More than $135 billion flowed into global sustainable exchange traded products (ETPs) in 2021, setting a fresh all-time high after record-breaking 2020 inflows.
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Investors dispute FCA labelling of sustainable products
11 January 2022Cardano and UKSIF have raised concerns about the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)'s proposed definitions of sustainable products.
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Climate and social crises are top global threats for 2022
11 January 2022Climate action failure, extreme weather and biodiversity loss are the top three global threats by severity, according to the World Economic Forum's (WEF) Global Risks Report 2022.
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'Gap set to close' in investor focus on methane of waste firms
11 January 2022Stakeholders in waste management firms give them only a small amount of attention despite their significant contribution to methane emissions, US data provider FactSet has said.
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DNB reveals extent of Dutch financial institutions' carbon emissions
11 January 2022Dutch financial institutions are estimated to have financed carbon emissions of at least 82 megatonnes (Mt) in 2019, according to analysis by the country's central bank.