ESG / Sustainability

UK to Launch Post-Brexit Carbon Trading Scheme in May

02/03/2021

The UK’s emissions trading scheme is “unlikely” to diverge too much from the EU’s regime, says Hæge Fjellheim, Head of Carbon Research at Refinitiv.

ESG / Sustainability

Former SEC Chairman Embraces Climate-Related Disclosure

01/03/2021

Jay Clayton had previously defended voluntary ESG disclosures as opposed to mandatory, insisting that flexible requirements would be effective.

ESG / Sustainability

Is a Global Taxonomy the ‘Investment Highway’ to a Net-Zero Transition?

27/02/2021

ESG Investor talked to sustainable finance experts and stakeholders on the forms a global taxonomy should take to scale climate finance internationally.

Big Picture

More Than Half of Asian Investor Group Mull Net Zero by 2050

24/02/2021

Survey results from the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change suggest that growing appetite is being blocked by lack of investable opportunities.

Market Infrastructure

Is it Time to Regulate ESG Scores and Ratings?

03/02/2021

End-users are seeking more transparency around cost and methodology to improve comparability across third-party vendors.

ESG / Sustainability

IFRS Foundation Announces Next Steps for Sustainability Standards

03/02/2021

The Sustainability Standards Board – widely supported across the investment industry – will be established in time for COP26 in November.

ESG / Sustainability

GRI Updates Disclosure Standards to Align with SDGs

24/01/2021

New guidance for corporates from the Global Reporting Initiative will help asset owners track their contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

ESG / Sustainability

2021’s ESG Regulatory and Legislative Changes

14/01/2021

Ahead of COP26 in November, a plethora of regulatory and legislative changes as well as industry-level initiatives will drastically impact the ESG investing space.

ESG / Sustainability

Group of Five Urges Adoption of Sustainability Reporting Prototype

13/01/2021

The harmonised global sustainability reporting framework offers comprehensive “running start” in standardised disclosure.