Sustainable Investor
Regulation
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Ethnic Diversity, Climate Disclosures to Top UK Asset Manager Priorities
February 24, 2021Investment Association to also focus on audit quality, executive pay and pensions of FTSE-listed firms in 2021 AGM season.
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The ESG Interview: Gearing up for the Decade of Transition
February 24, 2021Adam Matthews, Co-chair of the Transition Pathway Initiative and Director of Ethics and Engagement for the Church of England Pensions Board, says investors need to dig into the detail to support investee companies.
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Is a Global Taxonomy the ‘Investment Highway’ to a Net-Zero Transition?
February 24, 2021The International Platform on Sustainable Finance's Common Ground Taxonomy could take a principles-based or prescriptive form.
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Nature-Related Disclosures to be Rooted in Familiar Soil
February 24, 2021TNFD introducing new nature-related disclosure regime that complements TCFD will be challenging, experts say.
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ICYMI, A Cold Wind Can Really Warm Up a Debate
February 19, 2021This week saw new developments in the resetting of several relationships: man and nature; investors and investees; the US and, well, everyone else.
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Disclosure Standards Must Cascade Down Supply Chain
February 17, 2021The average supply chain remains opaque to investors; experts call for standardisation.
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The ESG Interview: How Green Is Your Property Portfolio?
February 17, 2021Jana Hock, Senior Research Officer for Climate Change at ShareAction, warns investors may carry the cost as regulators ramp up pressure for change in real estate.
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ICYMI, Progress Isn’t Linear
February 12, 2021Whether building a framework for allocating capital toward sustainable economic growth or organising a bun fight in a bakery, events and objections will always require a response.
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Countdown to Reform of Sustainability Reporting Obligations in Europe
February 11, 2021Filip Gregor, head of Responsible Companies at Frank Bold, considers recent developments in sustainability reporting, highlighting some key points on the NFRD reform proposals due to be published in March.
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Eliminating “Sloppy” ESG Terminology Key to Stamping Out Greenwashing
February 11, 2021Clearer guidance on sustainability disclosure standards needed from regulators to avoid perpetuating greenwashing or risk “going to hell in a handbasket”.
