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  • Ceres launches investor-led initiative tackling food emissions

    29 July 2021

    Sustainability non-profit Ceres has launched an investor initiative that demands 50 high-emitting food and agriculture companies reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to accelerate progress to a net zero global economy.

  • SEC to consider mandatory ESG disclosures by end of 2021

    29 July 2021

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will consider a proposal this year to make ESG disclosures mandatory...

  • SGX steps up Singapore's sustainability drive

    28 July 2021

    Plans to require TCFD reporting and the launch of a nature-based carbon market are set to boost sustainable investing in Singapore, Herry Cho tells Michael Hurley

  • IOSCO report suggests ways to mitigate 'risks' from ESG ratings [UPDATED]

    26 July 2021

    Regulators may wish to focus more attention on the use of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, data products and providers, a draft report by the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has suggested.

  • BlackRock launches its first ESG equity hedge fund

    23 July 2021

    BlackRock has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG)-focused long-short equities

  • Bank of Japan climate change loan facility 'credit positive' for banks

    22 July 2021

    The climate change loan facility to be extended to lenders by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is "credit positive" for Japanese banks...

  • Zurich switches $1bn to new ESG index

    20 July 2021
  • UK regulator outlines ESG fund principles amid 'poor quality' applications

    20 July 2021
  • Implied temperature rise disclosure could be gamed, CDP says

    20 July 2021

    Corporations could manipulate their disclosure of the implied temperature rise associated with investments to make the data look better than the reality, the CDP has warned

  • BOJ to fund climate projects in return for disclosures

    16 July 2021

    The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has said it will help fund financial institutions' projects addressing climate change ...