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  • Industry heads call for ESG data register across EU

    10 June 2020

  • Norges Bank calls for 'financially material' ESG disclosure by companies

    08 June 2020

    Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM) has called for the EU's Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD) to require companies to disclose environmental, social and governance (ESG) data that is 'financially material' to their operations.

  • ESG data providers taking impact data seriously - ISS ESG

    02 June 2020

    Specialist sustainability data providers including ISS ESG are aware of the "enormous demand" for products that focus on assessing positive and negative impact of investments, according to the company.

  • $500m real estate green loan agreed in Singapore

    19 May 2020

    Singaporean property manager GuocoLand has agreed a SGD730 million ($515 million) green loan for the construction of a residential and commercial development.

  • Nomura pursuing improvements in Japanese impact reporting

    18 May 2020

    Nomura is planning to engage more with Japanese listed companies to ask them to disclose sustainability information, according to the manager of its Global Sustainable Equity fund.

  • S&P Global ESG Scores launched

    18 May 2020

    S&P Global has increased its presence in the increasingly competitive ESG data market, with the launch of its proprietary 'S&P Global ESG Scores'.

  • Exclusive: BlackRock partners with Rhodium to model climate risk

    07 May 2020

    BlackRock is to partner with research firm Rhodium Group to provide data on the physical impacts of climate change.

  • ISS ESG creates impact rating system

    05 May 2020

    ISS ESG has devised a system by which it will rate companies' management of their positive and negative contributions to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • ShareAction: Banks 'tinkering around the edges' in response to climate change

    28 April 2020

    Danske Bank and Intesa Sanpaolo have been named as the 'laggards' of the biggest European banks when it comes tackling climate change.

  • 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).