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  • Green bond comment September: Are stringent standards a good thing?

    04 September 2019

    Heads were turned when it was recently revealed that just 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria – and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (GBS).

  • The ESG data files - part four: fixed income data

    21 August 2019

    While the availability of sustainability-related data for fixed income investments is catching up with that for equities, much progress remains to be made, Michael Hurley is told

  • Just 17% of bonds in MSCI green bond index would satisfy EU GBS criteria

    21 August 2019

    Only 17% of the market value of bonds contained in the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Green Bond Index would meet the proposed EU Taxonomy criteria, and thus be eligible to be verified in line with the EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS), according to MSCI.

  • ESG data files - part 3, continued: ESG rating providers

    29 July 2019

    The second instalment of this analysis of ESG rating agencies finds that investors are increasingly drilling down into the data that underlies the ratings. Peter Cripps reports.

  • ESG data files - part 3: ESG rating providers

    25 July 2019

    As ESG ratings become embedded in mainstream investment decision making, they are attracting criticism. Is it justified, asks Peter Cripps.

  • Environmental Finance launches ESG data guide

    22 July 2019

    Environmental Finance has launched its Guide to ESG data providers, detailing more than 100 products from the main ESG data companies from across the world.

  • BlackRock launches low-carbon ESG funds for UK pension schemes

    18 July 2019

    The world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has launched two new environmental, social and governance (ESG) themed authorised contractual scheme (ACS) funds that aims to reduce the carbon exposure of their portfolios by 50%, compared with their parent index. The funds were launched as a response to growing demand from UK pension schemes, BlackRock said.

  • People Moves: Goldman Sachs, GRI, Metzler

    12 July 2019

  • Leading ESG funds not focusing investment in top-rated companies

    10 July 2019

    The funds with the best ratings on environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors do not tend to focus their investments in companies with the highest ESG ratings, MSCI research has found.

  • ESG data files: part two - non-reported data

    05 July 2019

    What are the uses of, and potential, for non-reported or alternative data sources, asks Peter Cripps