Fiona McNally
The latest developments in sustainable finance: Church Commissioners votes against 91 companies on human rights grounds; MEPs adopt anti-greenwashing law.
Part 4 of RI's Scope 3 Series: As companies face rising regulatory assurance requirements on emissions reporting, auditors highlight the challenges of assessing Scope 3 disclosures.
The latest developments in sustainable finance: Turkey introduces mandatory climate-related disclosures; KSSB to publish global sustainability disclosure rules draft in March.
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The latest ESG movers and shakers: Stark steps down from Climate Change Committee to head Carbon Trust; Joy resigns as CIO of Church Commissioners for England.
IFD publishes climate transition governance recommendations; BNP Paribas AM updates global sustainability strategy.
The latest developments in sustainable finance: ECB could consider lower interest rate for green lending, says Schnabel; EU managers showed high support for key ESG resolutions in 2023.
Several investors have called for biodiversity standards to ‘go further’ than the TNFD, while others think the current market framework is robust enough.
Investors have asked for alignment with existing labelling schemes in the EU, UK and US.
The latest developments in sustainable finance: Morningstar predicts SDR Sustainability Focus label ‘will dominate’ in UK; Robeco announces ocean life and hazardous chemicals as new engagement topics.
The latest ESG movers and shakers: Skidmore resigns over UK’s oil and gas licence plans; KKR promotes three of its sustainable investing team to directors.