Archive

  • News round-up: Handelsbanken launches core PAB funds, Glass Lewis backs ExxonMobil board dissent ... and more

    21 May 2021
  • Handelsbanken shifts €12.5bn in assets to Paris-aligned benchmark funds

    21 May 2021
  • People Moves 14 May 2021: SMBC, NTAM, SEB, Credit Suisse, L&G, ISS ESG and more

    14 May 2021
  • 'Transition' firms preferring sustainability-linked over transition bonds

    12 April 2021

    Sustainability-linked bonds are proving more popular for carbon-intensive issuers than transition bonds, and experts are worried the 'transition' label is adding unnecessary confusion in the market. Ahren Lester and Christopher Marchant report

  • News Round Up: Amundi; ISS ESG; GAM; Osmosis, Aviva, Astia, and more

    08 February 2021
  • Equity index launched focusing on plastic waste action leaders

    08 February 2021
  • Why are data providers flocking to impact? Part one: ISS ESG

    08 February 2021

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

  • EU climate benchmarks complete regulatory journey

    03 December 2020

    Two closely watched EU climate benchmarks intended to address the risk of 'greenwashing' are set to come into force before the end of 2020 after officially entering the official journal of the bloc.

  • Deutsche Börse buys majority stake in ISS

    18 November 2020

    German financial exchange operator Deutsche Börse has acquired a majority stake in Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), valuing the corporate governance and environmental, social and governance (ESG) data provider at over $2.2 billion.

  • Large numbers of Europe-listed companies 'less than 1% aligned' with EU taxonomy

    01 October 2020

    About 77% of a sample of 75 Europe-listed companies have an 'alignment level' with the EU's taxonomy of sustainable activities that is equal to or lower than 1%, according to a study by ISS ESG and German thinktank adelphi.