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  • 'Gap set to close' in investor focus on methane of waste firms

    11 January 2022

    Stakeholders 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.

  • ISSB launches search for 11 members

    11 January 2022

    The 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.

  • CA100+ net-zero benchmark is 'too complicated'

    10 January 2022

    The 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.

  • S&P acquires climate risk data provider

    04 January 2022

    S&P Global has bought The Climate Service, which analyses physical climate risk for corporates, investors and governments.

  • Canada confirms mandatory climate disclosures

    22 December 2021

    Canada has confirmed climate-related disclosures and net-zero plans will be mandatory for financial institutions and pension funds.

  • Philips Pensioenfonds ditches Facebook in new SDG index

    21 December 2021

    Philips Pensioenfonds has excluded 8% of assets and at least 200 companies, including Facebook and ExxonMobil in its new iSTOXX PPF Responsible SDG Index.

  • UK regulator extends climate and transition reporting rules

    20 December 2021

    FCA 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.

  • MSCI: ESG ratings are 'not about corporate goodness'

    17 December 2021

    Some people "misconstrue" the "true purpose" of MSCI's environmental, societal and governance (ESG) ratings as being a general measure of corporate...

  • UK pension regulator sets climate reporting penalties

    17 December 2021

    The UK pension regulator has published details on the penalties associated with failing to report properly on climate-related risks,...

  • Singapore mandates TCFD disclosures from 2023

    16 December 2021

    The Singapore Exchange (SGX) will make disclosures based on recommendations of the TCFD