BoA, UBS in, but HSBC out of sustainability index

Sustainability Data America 2025 conference round-up

Despite the ESG backlash, the hunt for material ESG data continues. Peter Cripps reports

SDG data remains 'tricky', conference hears

Collecting data on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) remains a difficult task for investors, according to an Environmental Finance conference.

ESG needs to go on 'weightloss journey', says investor

Backlash against ESG is not necessarily a bad thing, an investor has told an Environmental Finance conference, as it called for a more 'slimmed down' approach.

Anti-ESG politics should largely be 'blocked out', conference hears

It is not the duty of investors to keep up with political trends, an asset manager told an Environmental Finance conference.

Republican plan to gut IRA threatens private investment in US, Ceres warns