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: State Street to require portfolio companies to provide climate disclosure; investors call to keep gas out of EU Taxonomy; Blackstone invests $3 billion in renewable energy developer Invenergy; Citi launches sustainability-linked supply chain finance program; IBM acquires sustainability data & analytics provider Envizi; BlackRock launches fund investing in net zero transition winners; Maersk pledges to provide net zero supply chains; SBTi outlines action plan for 2022; EY says companies gearing up for ESG-focused M&A; Iberdrola makes big move in UK solar market; HSBC launches 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 for fixed income investors, and more.

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Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements

Maersk Commits to Provide Customers with Net Zero Supply Chains by 2040

Novelis Targets Million-Ton Emissions Reduction with $365 Million Investment in Automotive Recycling Facility

Trane’s Thermo King to Enable Customers to Avoid 650,000 Tonnes of Emissions with Transition to New Refrigerant

Reporting and Disclosure

State Street to Require Companies to Provide TCFD-Aligned Climate Disclosures

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IBM Acquires Sustainability Data & Analytics Solutions Provider Envizi

Guest Post: Three Quick Adjustments to Your ESG Plan That Would Boost Your Rating

SBTi Action Plan for 2022 Includes Scope 3 Target Setting, Sector-Specific Guidance

CRISIL to Assess, Disclose ESG Impact on Credit Ratings

Aspiration Acquires Consumer Spending Climate Footprint Assessment Startup Carbon Insights

Qontigo Integrates ESG Risk & Ratings Tools into Portfolio Construction and Analytics Offerings

Government & Regulators

Sustainable Investor Group Urges Lawmakers to Keep Gas Out of EU Taxonomy

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BlackRock Launches New Funds Targeting Themes Enabling, Benefiting from Net Zero Transition

HSBC Builds Out Sustainable Fixed Income Suite with Global Bond ETF

Activist Investor Engine No. 1 to Provide Real-Time Transparency into Proxy Voting

Wahed Launches Shariah-Compliant ESG Fund

Sustainability Goals, Initiatives and Achievements

Reporting and Disclosure

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Government & Regulators

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Sustainable Finance

Energy Transition

Exec Appointments

Reports, Studies & Surveys

Australia Financial Regulator Says Financial Institutions Still at Early Stages of Integrating Climate Risk

Tesco Commits to Boost Healthy Food Sales Following Activist Shareholder Campaign

IBM Survey: Supply Chain Execs Willing to Trade Profitability for Sustainability