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SCOR, an insurer committed to the climate?

SCOR has so far been slow to respond to the climate emergency, argues Lucie Pinson

FCA exec: Greenwashing is 'huge reputational risk'

The financial industry must acknowledge 'greenwashing' and consider how to prevent it, an executive at the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said, warning it is a "huge reputational risk".

Energy companies 'likely' to be hit by rising ESG activism

Energy companies are set to be hit with competing environmental and pro-fossil fuel activism in the next 18 months, according to a study.

Fossil fuel windfall must be reinvested in renewables - MSCI

FNZ invests in impact data company GIST

FNZ, a wealth management platform, has invested an undisclosed amount in GIST, an impact data company.

High-yield, leveraged debt provides 'more direct' ESG engagement

"More direct" access to management in high-yield bond and leveraged loan markets sometimes provides "much better" engagement opportunities on environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics, according to a group of credit investors.

China's Ant seals sustainability-linked loan

Investor Agenda publications aim to 'generate more momentum'

The burden of box ticking

Sustainability reporting often fails to capture complicated discussions in emerging markets, FSSA's Alistair Thompson tells Genevieve Redgrave

Royal London to abstain from Shell's transition plan

Royal London Asset Management said it will abstain from Shell's climate transition plan at its AGM on Tuesday, over concerns it is unaligned with the Paris Agreement.