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  • Is quantitative finance a good match for ESG?

    30 October 2020

    Quantitative approaches provide speed, scalability, and cost savings, which can help process the deluge of ESG data, says Habib Moudachirou

  • Water webinar: With risk recognition rising, it's time to rethink resilience and adaptation

    01 September 2020

    Water risk is beginning to receive greater attention, but it is time to press companies to disclose as well as consider the future opportunities. Ahren Lester reports.

  • A principled approach to impact

    16 April 2020

    The Operating Principles for Impact are set to bring increased transparency to impact investing, the IFC's Neil Gregory tells Michael Hurley, on the first anniversary of their launch.

  • The ESG data files, part nine: Biodiversity - the new frontier

    07 April 2020

    Various initiatives from the financial sector could make this a breakthrough year for biodiversity data, ahead of a hoped-for global agreement on conservation for the next decade. Graham Cooper reports

  • ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure, continued

    10 March 2020

    As well as considering the ESG credentials of an infrastructure project, investors should also consider resilience. Christopher Marchant reports

  • ESG Data Files, part eight: Infrastructure

    03 March 2020

    With its broad scope from airports to hospitals, wind farms to oil pipelines, assessing ESG data in the infrastructure sphere comes with a wide array of challenges. Christopher Marchant spoke to experts in the sector about the ongoing push for in standardisation and disclosure.

  • The ESG data files, part seven, continued: Real estate - Social and governance data

    03 January 2020

    The market for data on the social impacts of investments in real estate is growing rapidly, writes Christopher Marchant

  • ESG data files - part seven, continued: Real estate and resilience

    02 January 2020

    Investors are striving to get a handle on physical climate risks, but the data is still under construction, writes Christopher Marchant

  • ESG Data Files, part seven: Building data for real estate

    18 December 2019

    A raft of standards and certification schemes can help real estate investors understand transition risks in their portfolio, writes Christopher Marchant

  • The ESG data files, part six continued: TCFD and the challenge of looking forward

    27 November 2019

    Data providers are stepping in to fill the disclosure gap. Joe Walsh and Peter Cripps report