Swedish central bank corporate bond purchases to require TCFD disclosures

The Swedish central bank will only buy corporate bonds for its asset purchase programme from issuers…

Debt,ESG Data,Investment,Policy

Switzerland launches 'climate scores' for financial products

ESG,ESG Data,Investment,Policy

Sustainalytics acquires property climate risk data provider

ESG Data

MSCI launches portfolio emissions tracker

MSCI has launched a tool to help financial institutions measure carbon emissions across their lending…

ESG Data

PRI releases private equity and credit ESG information-sharing 'map'

Debt,ESG Data,Equity,Investment

'Two-speed' CSRD implementation could follow delays, says law firm

Final approval for the EU's landmark Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) could result…

ESG,ESG Data,Investment,Policy

Delayed European database for disclosures gets Council sign-off

A two-year delay to a proposal for a free, publicly available European Single Access Point (ESAP) for…

Corporate,ESG Data,Policy

$31trn investors back CDP non-disclosure campaign

ESG,ESG Data,Equity

Winners of Environmental Finance's Sustainable Investment Awards 2022 revealed

The winners of Environmental Finance's annual Sustainable Investment Awards for 2022 have been…

Asia Pacific,ESG,ESG Data

TNFD turns eye to scenarios as it reveals metrics

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) has published what it called the high-level…

ESG Data,Natural Capital

TNFD responds to demands to 'tell us the metrics'

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures is under "a lot of pressure [from market participants]…

ESG Data,Natural Capital

Cisco, Microsoft face tax transparency resolutions

ESG Data,Investment,Policy

ESMA flags shortcomings of ESG ratings

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has flagged issues including complexity and a lack…

ESG Data,Policy

Biodiversity loss 'may lead to sovereign debt crisis'

Predicted ecosystem collapse could cause sovereign credit downgrades and bankruptcy, and these risks…

Asia Pacific,ESG Data,Investment,Natural Capital

Last mile data 'critical' to improving bond impact reporting

Issuers of labelled bonds have an opportunity to improve data collection by spending more time and resources…

Debt,ESG Data,Green Bonds,IMPACT

ESG Book raises $35m to grow data platform

ESG Data

Investors 'should look past' easy environmental assessments

Investors should more often look past 'easy' assessments of environmental issues to tackle more material…

Asia Pacific,ESG Data

Regulator: 'Let's focus more on emissions data, rather than taxonomies'

Focusing on emissions data is a more straightforward way to assess transition strategies, rather than…

Asia Pacific,ESG Data,Policy

Why differences in ESG ratings are a good thing

Divergence between ESG ratings is healthy, as it shows that investors should not treat sustainability as a tick-box exercise, argues Arjan Ruijs

ESG Data

Basel Committee climate-related pay principle could drive 'consistency'

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) has recommended banks link executive pay to climate…

ESG,ESG Data,Policy