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  • WCI Carbon Market Update, 20 July 2020

    20 July 2020

    A new court ruling is bullish for the WCI market, but fundamental price drivers remain weak, says Nicolas Girod*.

  • Amazon is 'most exposed company to Covid-19 controversies'

    20 July 2020

    Technology supergiant Amazon has been involved with the most environmental, social and governance (ESG) controversies related to Covid-19 incidents, a report by ESG data provider Sustainalytics has showed.

  • PRI reports jump in climate-related reporting among signatories

    20 July 2020

    The Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) said that reporting against the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) among its signatories has jumped after it was made mandatory, but more progress is still needed.

  • NAIC sets up taskforce on climate and resiliency

    20 July 2020

    California and Washington praised for efforts in driving climate policy

  • UN's Principles for Responsible Banking tightens signatory scrutiny

    17 July 2020

    Signatories of the UN Principles for Responsible Banking (PRB) have voted to establish a governance body to ensure effective implementation of the commitments, which could ultimately lead to laggards being thrown out.

  • People Moves 17 July; SEB; Rathbone Greenbank; Gresham House; LuxSE; SASB; Climate Bonds Initiative; RMPI Railpen; Pensions For Purpose; Best Practice Principles

    17 July 2020

  • 'Impact rescue facility' targets $1bn for SMEs hard-hit by Covid-19

    17 July 2020

    A 'liquidity lifeboat' debt vehicle has been launched to help small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets respond to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

  • EU's TEG publishes five principles for sustainable recovery

    17 July 2020

    The EU Technical expert group on sustainable finance (TEG) has proposed five high-level principles for sustainable recovery and resilience that should guide the bloc's stimulus packages in response to the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis.

  • WFE highlights lack of consensus on ESG standards across exchanges

    16 July 2020

    Stock exchanges have flagged the array of different environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting standards as a hindrance to their sustainability efforts.

  • American insurers still lagging on ESG investing, Goldman finds

    16 July 2020

    Nearly 40% say ESG not considered in investment process