TCFD for social issues being developed by business group
An equivalent disclosure framework for social issues based on the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) is being developed to help companies and investors, Environmental Finance can reveal.
OECD publishes '10 key elements' of credible transition plans
Impact Management Project replaced by new Platform
Water risk and investment opportunities briefing afternoon round-up
Environmental Finance's 'Water Risk and Investment Opportunities' event included a half-day of presentations, a panel, and a live discussion group
Aviva: OECD climate platform could reduce greenwashing
Aviva Investors has renewed calls for an Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) climate finance platform it said could reduce greenwashing by encouraging investment in emerging markets.
OECD develops standards to beat 'impact washing'
A set of Impact Standards for Financing Sustainable Development has been published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and UN Development Programme (UNDP).
Can impact be the guiding star for corporates?
The Value Balancing Alliance's methodologies for assessing companies' net impact will define the future of corporate decision making, Christian Heller tells Michael Hurley
Frank Elderson: Covid-19 recovery should 'aim for 1.5°C economy'
Frank Elderson, executive director of supervision at the central bank of the Netherlands (DNB), has called for any recovery plan from the Covid-19 pandemic to be aligned with 1.5°C of global warming by 2050.
IOPS says ESG integration 'is in line with fiduciary duty'
A group of 87 pension fund regulators and supervisors has been advised to clarify that the explicit integration of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors into pension fund investment and risk management is in line with fund managers' fiduciary duties.
People Moves: Newton, AMF, LuxSE, Church Commissioners
Newton Investment Management has hired Andrew Parry as head of sustainable investment, as part of the expansion of its responsible investment team.