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  • Shorting stocks can be climate engagement tool, Jefferies says

    05 October 2022

    Investors that buy and sell stocks in the hope that they lose value "could serve as an indirect engagement tool in pushing companies to reduce their carbon footprint", according to Jefferies.

  • OECD publishes '10 key elements' of credible transition plans

    05 October 2022
  • IOSCO welcomes work on global sustainability assurance standards

    15 September 2022

    The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has welcomed work to develop globally applicable standards for the assurance of sustainability-related information.

  • G7 companies heading for 2.7°C of warming, says CDP

    06 September 2022

    Companies based in the G7 are collectively aligned with a scenario that would see 2.7°C of global warming, according to analysis of their emissions reduction targets by CDP.

  • ESG litigation risks are gaining momentum

    31 August 2022

    Investors are among those that could stake their claim against corporate greenwashing, write Leigh Callaway and Tim Reinhard

  • Rise of ESG external assurance belies data inconsistency

    03 August 2022
  • New Zealand consults on climate disclosure rules

    02 August 2022
  • Share buybacks must not come at the cost of transition, say MN and PGGM

    02 August 2022

    Oil and gas giants should use record profits to buy back shares only if they do not come at the expense of investing in a "feasible" strategy to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C, according to MN and PGGM.

  • Delayed European database for disclosures gets Council sign-off

    30 June 2022

    A two-year delay to a proposal for a free, publicly available European Single Access Point (ESAP) for financial and sustainability-related information has been agreed by EU member states.

  • Last chance to enter Sustainable Company Awards

    23 June 2022

    There is still time to submit an entry for Environmental Finance's inaugural Sustainable Company Awards