ESG backlash

US investment giant bemoans ‘continued’ decline of quality of proposals in voting spotlight.

Investors are facing an increasing burden in terms of time and resources to meet their commitments to sustainability initiatives – but are the costs of leaving even higher?

Karl Racine, now a partner at Hogan Lovells, warns of chilling effect from antitrust investigations despite 'far overstated' nature.

Nathan Fabian talks to RI about the importance of investor collaboration and the need to be clearer about how different investors can navigate the road to net zero.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: IFoA says actuaries need to step up to improve climate scenario models; Border to Coast launches Just Transition engagement programme.

UK regulator working on investor sustainability preferences policy; BlackRock's Fink says he has dropped the use of the term ESG.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: 15% support for climate lobbying proposal at Toyota; ASIC tells firms to prepare to adopt ISSB standards.

The latest developments in ESG-related funds: Morningstar flags 27 ‘anti-ESG’ funds; impak Analytics launches five ESG-impact indices and ETFs.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: US big six directors linked to polluting firms; AIIB issues climate adaptation bond.

See which financial companies have ended up on lists of alleged boycotters across the states that have published so far.