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: EU delays sustainability reporting standards for sectors, non-EU companies for 2 years; Microsoft signs largest-ever corporate clean energy deal; Bloomberg launches sustainability screening tool for investors; IBM appoints new Chief Sustainability Officer; IFRS & EFRAG publish guide for companies complying with ISSB and CSRD sustainability reporting; EU launches greenwashing action against 20 airlines; EY acquires Austria-based sustainability consulting firm; Workiva survey finds most companies challenged to collect accurate CSRD reporting data; sustainable bond volumes rebound in early 2024; capital raises for infrastructure sustainability data, fashion sustainability reporting, renewables development, 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

ESG Reporting

Government & Regulators

ESG Services and Tools

Sustainable Finance

Private Equity & Venture Capital

ESG Investing

Exec Moves

ECB Says Banks Falling Short on Climate Risk Disclosure, Need to Remedy Immediately

Whirlpool Issues $300 Million Sustainability Bond to Finance Social and Environmental Projects

UK Accounting Regulator to Ramp Focus on ESG Disclosure Areas Including ESG Data, Materiality