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Interview: Maersk on limited and reasonable assurance

Following her appearance at The Future of ESG Data conference, Lene Bjørn Serpa, Maersk's head of corporate sustainability and ESG, discusses the role of assurance in strengthening internal controls. Interview by Vincent Huck

Sustainability standards will transform investor relations

Having a set of sustainability standards will facilitate corporates' relations with their investors and focus discussion on qualitative aspects rather than data issues...

Shorting stocks can be climate engagement tool, Jefferies says

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

IOSCO welcomes work on global sustainability assurance standards

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

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

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

New Zealand consults on climate disclosure rules

Share buybacks must not come at the cost of transition, say MN and PGGM

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.