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Amazon is 'most exposed company to Covid-19 controversies'

Technology supergiant Amazon has been involved with the most environmental, social and governance (ESG) controversies related to Covid-19 incidents, a report by ESG data provider Sustainalytics has showed.

Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures 'to be launched in Q1 2021'

Exploratory work for a Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is set to begin in September, ahead of a full task force being launched early next year, a webinar on biodiversity hosted by Environmental Finance heard.

Australian, Canadian asset owners join SDG data platform

AustralianSuper and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation have thrown their support behind a "globally consistent measurement framework" to assess their portfolio investments' contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

WBA publishes ranking of electric utilities

The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has published a climate ranking of the 50 most influential electric utilities, finding only four have defined a clear target to provide green energy aligned to the Paris Agreement.

GRESB launches climate risk platform

The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) is to launch a platform assessing real estate and infrastructure's exposure to physical climate risk.

ESG data market 'to more than double, to $5bn'

The environmental, social and governance (ESG) data and services market could more than double to over $5 billion by 2025, it has been forecast, as institutional investor interest grows in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Industry heads call for ESG data register across EU

Norges Bank calls for 'financially material' ESG disclosure by companies

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has called for the EU's Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) to require companies to disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG) data that is 'financially material' to their operations.

ESG data providers taking impact data seriously - ISS ESG

Specialist sustainability data providers including ISS ESG are aware of the "enormous demand" for products that focus on assessing positive and negative impact of investments, according to the company.

$500m real estate green loan agreed in Singapore

Singaporean property manager GuocoLand has agreed a SGD730 million ($515 million) green loan for the construction of a residential and commercial development.