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  • Nasdaq launches ESG impact tracking tool

    14 May 2020

    Nasdaq has launched a tool to help clients track the environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact of their portfolios and individual investments.

  • S&P Dow Jones launches Paris-aligned index family

    21 April 2020

    S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has launched a family of climate-focused European indexes which are consistent with the specifications of the EU technical expert group on sustainable finance (TEG) report.

  • S&P integrates Trucost data into analysis and research tools

    20 February 2020

    S&P Global Market Intelligence has integrated climate data from Trucost into its portfolio analysis and quantitative research tools.

  • "Pitfalls" in ESG ratings requires investor caution

    31 January 2020

    Investors should be cautious when using the growing number of environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings and data providers amid several inherent pitfalls, although valuable insights can still be drawn from them.

  • Trucost launches climate change physical risk analytics tool

    03 December 2019

    Trucost has launched an analytical tool to help companies assess their exposure to physical climate risk, as firms come under increasing pressure to assess and report the extent to which they are exposed to natural catastrophes.

  • 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

  • MJ Hudson buys ESG consultancy Spring

    17 July 2019

    Asset management adviser MJ Hudson has become the latest company to buy into the environmental, social and governance (ESG) advisory space, having acquired specialist ESG consultancy and reporting firm Spring Associates Responsible Investment Service.

  • The ESG data files - introduction

    26 June 2019

    ESG data has gone 'mainstream'. But how good is it, and in what ways does it need to improve? Environmental Finance is today launching a series of features to answer these questions. Peter Cripps reports

  • People Moves: BMO Global Asset Management, ClimateWorks Foundation, Japan's Financial Services Agency, Rockefeller Capital Management, Global Parametrics, Refinitiv, Aviva Investors, FIM Asset Management and S-Bank Wealth Management

    15 March 2019

  • Align with low-carbon transition to avoid 'negative credit consequences', S&P's Trucost warns big emitters

    11 February 2019

    Companies in high-emitting sectors can take action to align themselves with the low-carbon transition to avoid 'negative credit consequences', S&P's Trucost said.