Macron and Bloomberg launch climate data transparency drive

An initiative has been launched to boost transparency on climate data, and allow companies to be "held…

ESG Data,Stranded Assets

Asia-Pacific leading energy transition investment

Almost half of investment into the global energy transition in 2021 occurred in Asia, according to a…

Asia Pacific,Investment

People Moves 5 November: Mike Bloomberg, PRI and more...

Carbon,COP,People

Michael Bloomberg joins Mark Carney as Co-Chair for GFANZ

COP,People

A definition of unsustainable finance is needed for debt capital market growth

A common definition of what is unsustainable is needed to boost the growth of sustainable debt capital…

Debt

Winners revealed in Environmental Finance's Bond Awards 2021

Debt,ESG,Green Bonds,Investment

Forward-looking metrics need improved methodologies, says TCFD consultation

Results from a Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) consultation have underlined…

ESG Data

News Round Up: SFDR, Solactive, Aegon, Eurazeo, and more

ESG,Insurance,Investment,Markets,Policy

Asset managers face 'significant costs' from EU disclosure rules

Policy

Planet Tracker identifies deforestation risk behind ETFs

Exchange traded funds (ETFs) from asset managers including BlackRock (iShares), Vanguard and State Street…

Natural Capital

Bloomberg launches its own 'fully transparent' ESG scores

Bloomberg has launched proprietary, company-level environmental, social and governance (ESG) scores,…

ESG,Investment,Policy

Strong ESG performance improves bond resilience, says MSCI

Bonds from companies with strong environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance showed more resilience…

Debt,ESG

BlackRock hails sustainable ETFs in wake of Covid-19

Sustainable ETFs chalked up another resilient performance amid the market turmoil in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. BlackRock's regional sustainable ETF head tells Ahren Lester what may have driven this, and what it means for the future of the asset class.

ESG,Equity

Powering up the energy storage market

Interest in the energy storage market is starting to take off, Ahren Lester explains, despite caution over changing business models continuing to hold back widespread investment.

Policy,Renewables

People Moves: IIGCC, Riksbank, Bloomberg

Fishing and sustainability data added to Bloomberg terminals

Bloomberg will host sustainability data from NGO Global Fishing Watch (GFW) on its terminals.

ESG,IMPACT

Carney: EU taxonomy is binary – we need 50 shades of green

The EU's taxonomy on sustainable activities is "a good start", but a "richer" taxonomy that does not…

Policy

ESG factors increasingly important for active managers

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are increasingly influencing the investment decisions…

ESG,Investment

LSEG’s purchase of Refinitiv ‘good for ESG data’ competition

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)’s planned purchase of Refinitiv could have a positive impact on the…

ESG

Almost 60% of hedge fund managers don't consider ESG, BarclayHedge

An overwhelming 59% of hedge fund managers do not consider environmental, social and governance (ESG)…

ESG,Investment