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Assessing companies' climate lobbying
27 July 2020Responses are being sought to a consultation on a framework to assess whether corporate lobbying is aligned with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, write Clare Richards and Rory Sullivan
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Work begins to build climate change lobbying framework
16 June 2020Chronos Sustainability is to create a framework enabling investors to assess whether corporate lobbying is aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Transition Pathway Initiative eyes analysis of corporate debt market
29 April 2020The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) plans to extend its analysis of management quality and carbon performance to corporate issuers of fixed income products.
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How to build back better
23 April 2020Rory Sullivan, who was named Personality of the Year in last year's Sustainable Investment Awards, on the system we need to build after the coronavirus pandemic.
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ESG data files: Part five - the impact of the EU's taxonomy
04 October 2019Will the EU's sustainability taxonomy reduce the reporting burden on companies, or could it be another weight on their shoulders? Michael Hurley reports
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Is Climate Action 100+ pushing hard enough?
19 July 2019The heavyweight investor engagement initiative has won some victories with fossil fuel giants. But should it be demanding more, asks Elena K Johansson.
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People moves: World Bank, BlackRock, IIGCC, Partners Group, Greencoat, PRI, SASB, US SIF, Osmosis and Grantham Institute
14 January 2019The World Bank has launched a search for a new president after Jim Yong Kim announced he would leave his role three years earlier than expected, to become a partner at Global Infrastructure Partners.
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TPI hails watershed moment for investors in oil and gas
21 March 2018A Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) study of disclosures by Shell, Total and Petrobras can "fundamentally change the game" for investors hoping to pressure oil majors into reducing their carbon emissions.
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Animal welfare is not only about risk, but opportunities as well
23 February 2018Investors are increasingly looking at the opportunities provided by identifying the leading companies with regards to farm animal welfare practices, as well as the risks of backing the laggards, a report has found.
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People moves: Columbia Threadneedle, FTSE Russell
10 November 2017