ESG Today: Week in Review
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: SEC unveils disclosure rules for 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 funds; Salesforce, Microsoft announce major investments to scale carbon removal market; Deutsche Bank introduces mandatory 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 ratings for suppliers; HSBC CEO responds to firm’s responsible investment leader downplaying climate risk; France launches first-ever inflation-linked green bond; BoE gauges banks’ readiness for climate risk; Deloitte predicts massive cost of climate inaction; IFRS supports integrated reporting framework; BlackRock to launch ‘gender lens’ investment funds; Japan plans to issue more than $150 billion green transition bonds; BNY Mellon fined for 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 fund claims, 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
Deutsche Bank Introduces Mandatory ESG Ratings for Suppliers
Microsoft, Alphabet, BCG Announce Major Carbon Removal Commitments
Salesforce to Invest $100 Million to Help Scale Carbon Removal Technologies
Ping An Enables Consumers to Track, Reduce Carbon Impact of Spend
Government & Regulators
SEC Targets Greenwashing with New ESG Fund Disclosure Rules
BoE Climate Stress Test: Climate Risk Won’t Sink Banks, but Inaction Will Cost Them Billions
BNY Mellon Unit Charged by SEC for Misstating ESG Integration of Investment Funds
ESG Reporting & Disclosure
Guest Post: Understanding the SEC’s Proposal on Mandatory Disclosures- Part II
IFRS, IASB and ISSB to Encourage Adoption of Integrated Reporting Framework
ESG Services and Tools
Broadridge Launches SFDR-Focused ESG Reporting Solution for Asset Managers
Integrum ESG Launches SFDR Compliance Tool for Portfolio Managers
Trafigura, Palantir Developing Supply Chain Carbon Emissions Tracking Platform
ESG Investing
BlackRock to Launch Funds Supporting Economic Opportunities for Women
HSBC CEO Condemns Responsible Investment Leader’s Comments Downplaying Climate Risk
Putnam Repositions Retirement Suite as ESG-Focused Funds
PGIM Launches New Actively Managed ESG Bond Fund
Schroders to Push for Climate Action at Exxon, Shell, Chevron
Lombard Odier IM Launches Climate Transition-Focused Sustainable Private Credit Strategy
Sustainable Finance
France Issues First-Ever Inflation-Linked Green Bond
Japan Looks to Issue $157 Billion Green Transition Bonds to Support Clean Energy Transition
Austria Earns ‘Greenium’ for Inaugural €4 Billion Green Bond Offering
Citi Launches Solutions to Channel Client Deposits to Sustainable Finance and ESG Investments
Munich Re Issues its First U.S. Market Green Bond
Aviva Investor Passes £1 Billion Sustainable Transition Financing Milestone
Energy Transition
Hyundai Investing Over $5 Billion in Bid to Become a Top-3 U.S. EV Company
Exec Appointments
Aviva Investors Appoints Sam Tripuraneni as Head of Sustainable Outcomes
ICG Hires Elsa Palanza as Global Head of Sustainability and ESG
Candriam Announces Sustainable Investment Team Appointments as ESG AUM Passes €100 Billion
Pantheon Appoints Eimear Palmer as Global Head of ESG
Souleymane Ba Joins Al Gore’s Climate Solutions Fund Just Climate as Partner
Reports, Studies & Surveys
Deloitte Pegs Price Tag of Climate Inaction at $178 Trillion over 50 Years
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