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ESG data files - part 3: Ratings reports under the microscope
01 August 2019A look at how three of the biggest ESG raters rate three companies - Johnson & Johnson, Standard Chartered and BYD - reveals significant differences in the conclusions they reach. Graham Cooper reports
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Bonds round-up: EnBW, Hanwha Energy, Mitsui OSK Lines, Goldman Sachs ... and others
31 July 2019EnBW, Hanwha Energy, Mitsui OSK Lines, Goldman Sachs ... and others
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We want to use EU taxonomy but need company disclosure, says CPR
31 July 2019The CIO of a major European asset manager has signalled its intent to use the EU’s environmental taxonomy to assess the sustainability of its investment portfolio – but says the onus falls first on companies to disclose relevant information.
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Morgan Stanley launches impact portfolio assessment tool
31 July 2019Morgan Stanley has created a tool it claims is the first to evaluate environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing based on the individual impact preferences of its clients.
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Beef giant issues controversial Sustainable Transition Bond Framework
31 July 2019The world's second largest beef producer, Marfrig Global Foods, has issued a controversial Sustainable Transition Bond Framework for the purchase of cattle.
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Transformation capital - a new investment logic for catalysing systems change
30 July 2019In its 2018 special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) called for the "rapid and unprecedented" transformation of the "socio-technical" systems that constitute modern human civilisation: energy, agriculture, infrastructure, industry, and cities.
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UniCredit launches two ETFs based on ESG and factor indexes
30 July 2019Italian bank UniCredit has launched two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) based on indexes that combine a factor strategy with environmental, social and governmental (ESG) screens.
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ESG data files - part 3, continued: ESG rating providers
29 July 2019The second instalment of this analysis of ESG rating agencies finds that investors are increasingly drilling down into the data that underlies the ratings. Peter Cripps reports.
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LSEG’s purchase of Refinitiv ‘good for ESG data’ competition
29 July 2019London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)’s planned purchase of Refinitiv could have a positive impact on the quality of environmental, social and governance (ESG) data, in part because it will lead to increased competition with Bloomberg, it has been suggested.
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WCI Carbon Market Update, 29 July 2019
29 July 2019Prices for California Carbon Allowances slipped slightly last week, but Nicholas Girod* says the potential downside is limited.