Archive

  • SFDR - still a work-in-progress

    13 February 2024

    What would investors like to see from Version 2.0 of the EU's much-maligned Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation? Michael Hurley reports

  • ESG at the crossroads

    12 February 2024

    Private markets firms are pioneering use of artificial intelligence (AI) to sharpen their ESG analysis, Chandini Jain writes

  • ESG controversy scores are impacting bond pricing

    05 February 2024

    Climate risk is still not efficiently being priced in bond markets, but the impact of exclusions and controversy scores give a glimpse to the future. Ahren Lester reports

  • Regulating ESG ratings: Mission impossible?

    02 February 2024

    As regulators around the world seek to define good practice for ESG raters, they are discovering the complexities of doing so, writes Michael Hurley

  • NBIM: 'The key improvement we would like to see is transparency'

    26 January 2024

    How should the ESG ratings market be regulated? Norges Bank Investment Management's Elisa Cencig fields questions from Environmental Finance.

  • TNFD's success depends on connected and contextual data

    18 January 2024

    Technological innovations will be key to ensuring 'early adopter' TNFD reporting companies provide useful nature-related information, James Phare argues

  • Sustainability assured?

    15 January 2024

    Are organisations ready for regulators' demands for independent assurance of sustainability disclosures, and are investors ready to reward companies providing assurance, Michael Hurley asks

  • ESG disclosures: more clarification needed to turn grey areas into green

    01 January 2024

    Tightening sustainability regulations means asset managers should act now to future-proof their disclosure processes, Ruth Knox writes

  • The evolving ESG reporting landscape

    29 December 2023

    The main disclosure requirements in the US, the EU and the UK are outlined by Matthew Rossi and Henrietta Worthington

  • COP28: The role of quality data in climate reporting

    11 December 2023

    It is becoming essential for asset managers to report transparently on their approach and outcomes relating to climate risks, writes Martina Macpherson