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News Round Up: PRB, First Sentier, ISS ESG

Why are data providers flocking to impact? Part two: V.E

How does V.E help investors measure and report their impact, Michael Hurley asks

Why are data providers flocking to impact? Part one: ISS ESG

How does ISS ESG help investors measure and report their impact, Michael Hurley asks

EU's sustainable financial disclosure regulation 'watered down'

The European Supervisory Authorities have been accused of watering down a key plank of the EU's sustainable finance action plan.

BlackRock partners with RepRisk for private company ESG data

Natural capital focus sees Norway, Netherlands punished in sustainability ranking

Norway and the Netherlands were among the countries that dropped sharply in the 2020 sovereign sustainability analysis undertaken by Candriam, after the asset manager weighted its scoring model more on how countries manage natural capital.

IFRS intends to announce 'sustainability standards board' at COP26

The trustees of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Foundation intend to publish in September a road map for the creation of a 'sustainability standards board', with a view to formally announcing the initiative at COP26 in November.

ESMA calls on EU to address consolidation in ESG data industry

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has called on the EU Commission to tackle issues created by consolidation in the ESG ratings sector in its upcoming Renewed Sustainable Finance Strategy (RSFS).

TCFD advised to abandon implied temperature rise metric

The Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) secretariat should not include in its list of recommended disclosures estimates of the 'climate warming potential' of assets, according to the Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI).

News round-up: NextEnergy plans investment trust IPO; Gresham House Energy Storage fund; Macquarie; and more...