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“Explosion of Ambition” Leads SBTi to Set 1.5°-Aligned Targets as Minimum
July 15, 2021Target-setting initiative to no longer accept ‘well below 2°C’ temperature targets from corporates, in response to “increasing urgency for climate action”.
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The ESG Interview: From Laggards to Leaders
July 14, 2021Insure Our Future’s Peter Bosshard says insurers should be in the vanguard of the finance sector’s climate action efforts.
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Toward a Paris for Plastics
July 14, 2021Investors encouraged to support policy advocacy as well as engage with investee companies to reduce plastic use and transition to circular economy.
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Should Bosses be Paid to be Green?
July 14, 2021Investors ask corporates to tie ESG-related targets to remuneration schemes, but complex pay packet structures makes impact hard to measure.
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Science-led Climate Targets Offer Impact “Roadmap”
July 13, 2021GIIN report says asset owners can migrate use of quantitative climate-based targets to improve social impact.
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Resource Issues may Stymie UK Trustees’ Climate Reporting Efforts
July 13, 2021Smaller pension schemes may take “box-ticking” approach, as TPR guidance outlines regulator’s expectations.
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Investors Call Out Issuers on Gaming the Greenium
July 9, 2021Premiums for sustainable debt instruments only justified by robust and credible structures and targets, ELFA survey finds.
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ICYMI, The G20 is Getting That Sinking Feeling
July 9, 2021Venice provides a fitting backdrop as policymakers aim to build momentum on the road to Glasgow.
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This Week’s People Moves: HSBC AM Launches Sustainability Office and Bolsters Team
July 9, 2021ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of new hires in the sustainable investing sector including HSBC AM, AllianzGI, Jupiter Asset Management, Van Lanschot Kempen, EIRIS Foundation.
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Tech Investments Expose Investors to Social Risks
July 8, 2021Tax, data privacy, workforce and other S factors highlighted by S&P’s 451 Research, as investments flow to low carbon-emitting tech firms.
