This week in ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. More news: The SEC looks to update climate disclosure rules; Italy joins the growing sovereign green bond market; IOSCO backs creation of a sustainability standards board; Union Bank enables bank deposits to be directed to ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. More projects; GM appoints new sustainability head; new private company ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. More assessment tools from ISS ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. More; new midcap and smallcap ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. More ETFs from DWS; 3 top Canadian banks join climate finance organizations, and more.
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Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements
RBC Commits to Net Zero Lending, Sets $500 Billion Sustainable Finance Target
TD Joins RMI’s Center for Climate-Aligned Finance
CIBC Joins PCAF, Committing to Measuring and Reporting GHG Impact of Loans and Investments
JetBlue Launches Equity, Inclusion, Diversity and Career Access Initiatives
Santander Aims for Net Zero by 2050, Including Financed Emissions
Government, Regulators and Politics
SEC Announces Review of Climate Disclosures
Italy Joins Growing Sovereign Sustainable Finance Market With New Green Bond Framework
Reporting and Disclosure
OneConnect and SGX Partner to Launch an ESG Reporting Platform
IOSCO Commits to Work with IFRS on Development of a Sustainability Standards Board
Sustainable Finance
H&M’s €500 Million Sustainability Linked Bond Nearly 8x Oversubscribed
Luxembourg Green Exchange Launches Climate-Aligned Issuers Debt Section
MUFG Launches Green Deposits, Enabling Clients to Direct Bank Deposits into ESG Projects
ESGEnvironmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria are a set of standards for a company’s operations that socially conscious investors use to screen potential investments. More Services and Tools
GRI and B Lab Partner to Enable Alignment of ESG Reporting, and Impact Management
ISS ESG Launches ESG Performance and Risk Scorecards for Private Companies
Funds and Investors
DWS Launches ETFs Tracking New S&P DJI MidCap and SmallCap ESG Indices
Barclays and Solactive Launch Index Targeting Low Carbon Economy-Aligned Investments
BNP Paribas Launches Fund Focused on Diversity and Inclusive Growth
Cowen Raises over $900 Million for Inaugural Sustainability Fund
Exec Appointments
GM Appoints Kristen Siemen to Lead Sustainability Strategy
ING Names Anne-Sophie Castelnau as New Global Head of Sustainability
Impact Cubed Hires Former Morningstar Head of Sustainability Libby Bernick as CEO
Reports, Studies & Surveys
AIGCC Survey: Asian Investors Becoming More Sophisticated on Climate Strategies
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