MSCI launches tool to help companies compare ESG data
The tool – Corporate Sustainability Insights – allows firms to measure and test their ESG and climate data against their peers.
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Investors help launch commission on global mining industry
UN PRI and Church of England Pensions Board behind drive to reform industry in wake of allegations of labour abuses and biodiversity loss.
Dirty funds: show your true colours
Dirty investment funds do not have to give any warning about the damage that they are inflicting. Funds that claim to be sustainable, on the other hand, do need to show explicitly what that claim is based on. It is high time to repair this flaw, argue Hadewych Kuiper and Hans Stegeman.
Forestry Investing Roundtable
Our sister publication, Room151, gathered local government investment professionals and asset managers to share views on inflation protection, diversification, and the sustainability advantages of forestry.
What is the state of play with sustainability-linked bonds?
Net Zero Investor explores the ‘growing pains’ affecting the sustainability-linked bonds market amid greenwashing concerns.
The Net Zero Investor Podcast - Sustainability-linked bonds with Ulf Erlandsson
Getting the latest on SLBs with Ulf Erlandsson of the Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute
COP27: A chance to overcome the shortcomings of Glasgow?
Environmental and investor attention turns to Egypt, but the failures of last year’s COP26 still linger.
PLSA leads way on climate advocacy
The UK’s Pensions and Lifetime Savings Association is rated as one of Europe’s top bodies for shaping sustainable finance policy.
‘Relative silence’ from pension funds on sustainable finance policy
‘Disengaged’ European pension funds are leaving discussions on climate policy to their national associations many of which are highly resistant to the EU’s sustainable finance proposals.
Uruguay issues sovereign sustainability-linked bond with coupon ‘step-down’
The two-way pricing structure is triggered by whether the SSLB underperforms or outperforms two Paris-aligned KPIs.