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  • Morningstar takes full control of Sustainalytics

    21 April 2020

    Financial services firm Morningstar has agreed to buy the 60% of Sustainalytics that it does not already own, in a deal that values the ESG research and ratings provider at €170 million ($184 million).

  • Sustainalytics buys engagement firm GES

    09 January 2019

    Sustainalytics has snapped up award-winning engagement, screening and fiduciary voting services firm GES International.

  • Sustainalytics helps Morningstar assess carbon risk in 30,000 funds

    01 May 2018

    Investment research firm Morningstar has launched its Portfolio Carbon Risk Score, based on Sustainalytics’ Carbon Risk Ratings, to provide an asset-weighted carbon-risk score of the holdings in a portfolio.

  • Sustainalytics boosts emerging markets expertise with Solaron deal

    19 March 2018

    Sustainalytics has bolstered its emerging markets expertise with the acquisition of Solaron Sustainability Services, as the arms race in the environmental, social and governance (ESG) data space continues to escalate.

  • Top 10 ESG pinch points outlined by Sustainalytics

    19 February 2018

    The 10 biggest environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks for investors have been flagged by Sustainalytics, which warned that some are expected "to reach a tipping point in 2018".

  • Big in Japan?

    04 September 2017

    Support from the biggest pension fund in the world is helping ESG take off in Japan, write Peter Cripps and Joe Walsh

  • Morningstar takes minority stake in Sustainalytics

    25 July 2017

    Investment research firm Morningstar has strengthened its links with Sustainalytics by taking a 40% ownership stake in the company. Financial details were not disclosed.

  • Japan to issue a 'deluge' of green bonds in 2017

    08 May 2017

    Japanese green bond issuance is set to take off in 2017, having grabbed the attention of local capital markets, according to one second opinion provider recently established in the country.

  • Introducing the Principles for Positive Impact Finance

    19 April 2017

    The Principles have been designed to help meet the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals. But how will they be implemented? Peter Cripps reports

  • EF BRIEFS: Statoil, Solar21, Carbon trading, Sustainalytics and Glass Lewis

    19 February 2016

    Statoil has launched 'one of the world's largest corporate venture funds dedicated to renewable energy' as it looks adapt in-line with the transition to a low-carbon economy.