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  • Start-ups 'make up 39% of ESG data market'

    30 September 2021

    'Start-up' companies aged up to five years make up 39% of the ESG data market, a report has found.

  • New York Fed climate stress test demonstrates 'substantial' risk for banks

    28 September 2021

    Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York have published a transition risk-focused climate stress test metric for banks, which demonstrated climate risk was "economically substantial" for some lenders during the 2020 energy crisis.

  • Platts calculates carbon intensity of oil barrels

    27 September 2021

    Carbon intensity figures for oil produced by 14 major crude fields around the world will be released monthly by energy information provider S&P Global Platts.

  • Impact Cubed launches SDG-focused data platform

    27 September 2021

    Impact Cubed has launched a data platform it says enables investors to compare investment propositions based on their contribution to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • US SEC pens sample letter for companies with insufficient climate disclosures

    24 September 2021

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has published an 'illustrative letter' it could send to companies...

  • High ESG ratings deliver 'persistent' outperformance in Europe - but not the US

    23 September 2021

    Companies with high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings in the EU demonstrated "persistent outperformance"...

  • Fitch to use RepRisk data for its forthcoming ESG ratings

    23 September 2021

    US financial company Fitch Group is partnering with Swiss data firm RepRisk on its newly launched ESG ratings arm for fixed income.

  • WBA finds "desperate" and "unacceptable" results in food & agriculture industry

    21 September 2021

    The World Benchmarking Alliance has released its Food and Agriculture benchmark

  • CME launches 'first' sustainable derivatives clearing service

    21 September 2021

    Financial derivatives exchange operator CME is launching what is believed to be the first sustainable derivatives clearing service...

  • Half of investors have sustainability 'apprehensions', survey shows

    20 September 2021

    51% of investors have "some lingering apprehensions" about sustainability investing...