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Water's role in climate-resilient investing

Water efficiency is strongly associated with future upward earnings revisions for companies in chronically water-stressed locations, writes Jane Smyth

Finding alpha: looking at alternative ESG data related to human capital

Human capital represents a potentially novel source of alpha — an intangible asset not fully priced-in by the market, argues Bowie Ko

Trust in forward-looking data 'needs to be earned'

As corporates are encouraged to provide more forward-looking data by investors and regulators, trust in how such data is produced will have to be earned, attendees at an Environmental Finance conference heard.

Consultants chosen to develop avoided emissions standard

A group of asset managers has selected two consultants to develop a database that will 'standardise and give transparency' to the calculation of avoided greenhouse gas emissions.

People moves 9 June including Sustainable Fitch, S&P Global, Robeco & more

UK regulator says SDR will avoid conflicts with SFDR reporting

The UK regulator developing the country's Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (SDR) said it is wary of creating a "parallel regime" to the EU's sustainability disclosure rules, ...

€1.1trn investor coalition calls on TotalEnergies to cut Scope 3 emissions

A coalition of 17 investors, which represent around €1.1 trillion ($1.2 trillion) in assets under management, has urged TotalEnergies to align its Scope 3 emissions reductions targets with the Paris Agreement.

Man Group: Water industry will defy broader market instability

The water industry will defy macroeconomic headwinds to grow globally due to government spending trends, despite posting negative returns last year, a fund manager at Man Group has predicted.

ESG in Fixed Income EMEA 2023 - early bird ends this Friday

The early bird rate for Environmental Finance's annual ESG in Fixed Income EMEA conference will end this Friday, so register now to save 20%

Sustainable water fund launched by Man