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US government agencies have been told to start aligning with the new climate agenda. Paul Hodgson looks at the Biden appointments most likely to transform the landscape for climate and climate finance

Trump’s SEC let Big Oil off-the-hook. New chair, Gary Gensler, must allow shareholders a vote on climate again.

A 30-page shareholder letter to the new President’s Transition Team says the regulator should stop excluding what were once acceptable shareholder resolutions

CEO extols corporate purpose in annual letter as investment behemoth tries to duck resolution on Business Roundtable commitments

The latest developments in sustainable finance

President Biden’s moves during his first few days in office hint at good things for ESG investing, but there are still challenges, says Simon Smiles

Chris Walker asks: "should we stop politicians killing our Golden Geese?”

What connects Trump’s demagoguery to ESG concerns is that both flow from our contemporary neglect of ‘public’.

The paper is among a growing body of research investigating the pricing of climate risks

US banking group attempts to avoid proposal calling for “racial equity audit” via SEC ‘no action’ process