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: Biden calls for billions in clean energy spending in new infrastructure plan; Netflix launches new climate strategy; HSBC commits to measuring and disclosing emissions impact of financing activities; BlackRock’s new green bond and climate-risk government bond funds; H&M’s sustainable fashion initiative; Biden sets plan for major offshore wind development; BlackRock hires new head of sustainable investing; Major asset managers sign on to net zero investing pledge, and more.
See below for the highlights of the past week, and get all your 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 at 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 Today:
Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements
Netflix Launches Emissions Reduction Plan, Aims for Net Zero in 2022
H&M Launches Initiative Highlighting Sustainable Fashion Processes and Innovation
DHL Launches Carbon Neutral U.S. Domestic Delivery
Chemical Giant BASF Targets Net Zero Emissions by 2050
Government, Regulators and Politics
Reporting and Disclosure
HSBC Joins PCAF, Committing to Disclosing Emissions Impact of Financing Activities
MUFG Launches Portfolio ESG Reporting Solution
IOSCO Launches Technical Expert Group for IFRS Sustainability Standards Initiative
Sustainable Finance
NN IP Launches New Sovereign Green Bond Fund
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Guest Post: The Three Major Challenges of ESG Under SFDR
Arabesque Announces S-Ray ESG Scores and Data Products Now Available on AWS Data Exchange
Funds and Investors
BlackRock Launches Green Bond and Climate Risk-Focused Global Government Bond ETFs
Zurich Insurance to Require Investee Companies to Set Paris-Aligned Climate Targets
BlackRock, Vanguard Among New Net Zero Asset Management Signatories
Energy Transition
Biden Administration Targets 30 GW of Offshore Wind by 2030
S&P Global Platts Launches UK Hydrogen Price Assessments as Market Develops
Exec Appointments
BlackRock Appoints Paul Bodnar as Global Head of Sustainable Investing
PineBridge Appoints Kate Faraday as Head of Corporate Responsibility
AllianzGI Restructures and Grows its ESG Investing Team
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