Archive

  • The great ESG data free-for-all

    10 July 2023

    The business model of commercial data providers faces disruption in coming years amid the launch of free data platforms, writes Michael Hurley

  • Boom time for nature data

    07 July 2023

    Demand for biodiversity and nature data is booming, ahead of an eagerly-awaited reporting framework planned for September. Peter Cripps and Thomas Cox explore some of the developments

  • The 13 trends shaping ESG data

    06 July 2023

    The ESG data industry is undergoing radical transformation, in terms of the scale and breadth of its coverage - and the scrutiny it attracts. Peter Cripps reports

  • Deforestation is at the heart of the climate-nature puzzle

    03 July 2023

    Investor nature and climate efforts must both focus on - and learn from - action on deforestation, argues Olga Hancock

  • 'It will help us have more honest conversations'

    27 June 2023

    Investors welcome the IFRS sustainability standards and say, by boosting comparability, they will aid engagement. Michael Hurley reports

  • Investing for resilience

    23 June 2023

    A stronger commitment to transforming our capital markets has the potential to bring prosperity and stability to billions of people, argue Jerome Haegeli and Bryan Pascoe

  • Why the CSDDD marks a paradigm shift in regulation

    20 June 2023

    By requiring the measurement of on-the-ground risks and adverse impacts, the EU regulation will shift focus from pledges to action, argues Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon

  • Opinion: The EU's climate benchmarks need to get with the times

    07 June 2023

    The financial industry's thinking on assessing transition has moved on since the EU introduced its climate benchmarks, argues Michael Hurley

  • A 'mistake' for regulators to homogenise ESG ratings

    05 June 2023

    Regulators risk stifling market innovation by standardising ESG ratings, and instead should focus on improving transparency, ESG Book's Leon Saunders Calvert tells Genevieve Redgrave

  • Schroders explains its carbon-offset climate fund

    01 June 2023

    Carbon credits can help get companies over the last mile in their decarbonisation journey, Andy Howard tells Peter Cripps