'Green' money market fund growth faces 'significant' challenges

The emergence of an entirely 'green' money market fund (MMF) is currently unfeasible due to "significant…

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds

Bank of Japan climate change loan facility 'credit positive' for banks

The climate change loan facility to be extended to lenders by the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is "credit positive"…

Debt,ESG Data,Green Bonds,Investment,Policy

BlackRock votes against 255 directors for climate concerns

BlackRock Investment Stewardship voted against, or abstained from voting for, the re-election of 255…

ESG,Investment

Zurich switches $1bn to new ESG index

ESG Data,Investment

UK regulator outlines ESG fund principles amid 'poor quality' applications

ESG Data,Investment,Policy

Bank of Russia recommends companies disclose ESG data

The Russian central bank has "encouraged" domestic public companies disclose environmental, social and…

ESG,Policy

Implied temperature rise disclosure could be gamed, CDP says

Corporations could manipulate their disclosure of the implied temperature rise associated with investments…

ESG Data

BOJ to fund climate projects in return for disclosures

The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has said it will help fund financial institutions' projects addressing climate…

ESG Data,Green Bonds,Policy

Technological advances lower barriers to entry for spatial finance, study finds

Financial institutions are increasingly using 'spatial finance' data to assess climate risk after technological…

ESG Data

Stock exchanges significantly improved on ESG, says industry body

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) has found a marked rise in sustainability engagement among stock…

ESG

SBTi tightens corporate climate target requirement from 2022

The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) said that companies looking to validate their climate goals…

Carbon,ESG,ESG Data,Policy,Stranded Assets

TCFD forward-looking proposals detrimental for asset owners, says TPI

The Transition Pathway Initiative (TPI) says its asset owner members are concerned at "significant gaps…

ESG Data

Hong Kong appoints sustainable finance group to bolster disclosures

Hong Kong's securities regulator and central bank have helped create a group of experts to develop sustainability…

Carbon,ESG Data,Policy

Lack of ESG data a barrier to investors, finds Index Industry Association

The Index Industry Association (IIA) has found that a lack of standardised sustainability data is one…

ESG Data

EU expert group publishes proposed social, transition Taxonomy extensions

The Platform on Sustainable Finance (PSF) has published proposals for extending the EU Taxonomy for sustainable…

ESG,ESG Data,Investment,Policy

Second phase of SFDR delayed until July 2022

The EU has delayed implementation of the second phase of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation…

ESG Data,Policy

GRI joins EFRAG to begin work on CSRD reporting standards

A group of experts has begun work to develop EU-wide sustainability reporting standards and joined with…

ESG Data,Policy

ECB to introduce climate disclosure requirements

The European Central Bank (ECB) will introduce environmental sustainability disclosure requirements for…

ESG Data,Policy

SEC's Gensler says investors should see data to back ESG fund claims

US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chair Gary Gensler says he has asked the regulator to investigate…

ESG Data,Policy

Pictet: 'Integrate water risk into mainstream tools'

Water risk has yet to be integrated into mainstream equity investment tools, according to Marc-Olivier…

ESG Data,IMPACT,Investment,Natural Capital