People moves 20 May: Aviva, Fidelity, M&G, Schroders and more...

Asia Pacific,People

ISS ESG launches regulatory alignment tool

ESG Data

CFOs 'surprisingly committed' to hiking sustainable bond issuance, says PwC

Private sector chief financial officers (CFOs) are "surprisingly committed" to increasing their issuance…

Debt,ESG,ESG Data,Green Bonds,Investment,Policy

Bond market 'sceptical that EU social taxonomy will see light of day'

There is widespread scepticism among bond issuers and investors that the EU social taxonomy will ever…

ESG,ESG Data,Green Bonds,Investment,Policy

T. Rowe Price joins Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative

Carbon,Investment

50% of European bonds could be sustainable by 2026

Half of all bonds issued in Europe could be labelled green, social or sustainability (GSS) bonds by 2026,…

Debt,Green Bonds,Investment,Policy

UK plans green bond tap in May

A senior UK debt management official has confirmed that the country plans to tap its first green bond…

Debt,Green Bonds

NY pension funds to vote against Amazon directors

ESG,Investment

EU GBS 'may be a step backward' for green bond impact reporting

The EU Green Bond Standard (EU GBS) has been criticised as "definitely not a step forward, and maybe…

Green Bonds,IMPACT

Address climate adaptation finance, says IPCC co-author

Financial institutions must urgently move away from funding fossil fuels and channel more capital to…

Investment,Policy

Mandatory climate disclosure for Canadian banks, insurers from 2024

Canada has confirmed plans to phase-in mandatory Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures…

ESG,ESG Data,Green Bonds,Policy

€1.5trn Dutch investor group sets 2024 oil firm transition expectations

A group of seven Dutch asset managers with a combined €1.5 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in assets has published…

Carbon,Equity,Investment,Policy,Stranded Assets

Iceberg Data Lab completes 'sectoral mapping' for natural capital impact

Iceberg Data Lab has finished work to map different sectors of the economy according to the pressures…

ESG Data,Natural Capital

US banks tell Basel they 'strongly oppose' climate stress test

A group of financial institutions chaired by Goldman Sachs has spoken out against any climate stress…

Policy

Japan's FSA plans principles to address 'nightmare' of investor ESG data requests

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) plans to launch a set of principles for ESG ratings and data…

Asia Pacific,ESG Data,Policy

Japan's FSA forms ESG ratings and data committee

Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) has formed a subcommittee to discuss ESG ratings and data providers.

ESG Data,Policy

Asian market growth for ICE sustainability indices

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking environment-related and other thematic Intercontinental Exchange…

Asia Pacific,ESG

Tokio Marine joins Net-Zero Insurance Alliance

Physical risks from warming a "prudential issue" for Asia's regulators, says Japan's FSA

Insurance

Sustainability disclosure requirements won't be enough

Regulations and disclosure requirements are too easy to skirt. We need concrete plans of action which reflect the irreversible nature of the ongoing climate crisis, argue David Ko and Richard Busellato

ESG,ESG Data,Policy,Stranded Assets

US financial regulators urged to address climate risk

US financial regulators have been urged to make 2022 a year of action on climate change.

Policy,Stranded Assets