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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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'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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ISSB launches search for 11 members
11 January 2022The IFRS Foundation Trustees say they have begun a search for 'up to' 11 members of a group that will devise globally applicable minimum sustainability reporting standards.
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CA100+ net-zero benchmark is 'too complicated'
10 January 2022The Net-Zero Company Benchmark developed by Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has potential to become an "essential tool" for investors, according to a climate finance campaigner, but currently suffers from being too complicated and lacking detailed requirements around current proof of alignment.
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S&P acquires climate risk data provider
04 January 2022S&P Global has bought The Climate Service, which analyses physical climate risk for corporates, investors and governments.
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Canada confirms mandatory climate disclosures
22 December 2021Canada has confirmed climate-related disclosures and net-zero plans will be mandatory for financial institutions and pension funds.
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Philips Pensioenfonds ditches Facebook in new SDG index
21 December 2021Philips Pensioenfonds has excluded 8% of assets and at least 200 companies, including Facebook and ExxonMobil in its new iSTOXX PPF Responsible SDG Index.
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UK regulator extends climate and transition reporting rules
20 December 2021FCA has extended coverage of its climate-related disclosure rules for listed companies and added requirements around transition plans for those firms as well as asset managers and life insurers.
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MSCI: ESG ratings are 'not about corporate goodness'
17 December 2021Some people "misconstrue" the "true purpose" of MSCI's environmental, societal and governance (ESG) ratings as being a general measure of corporate...