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What do market participants actually think is going to happen to their assets due to climate change?

Energy-hungry data centers are the backbone of AI. And as big tech companies look to meet rising dem

VW announced it would shut at least three of its German plants, axe tens of thousands of jobs and sl

Well not yet. But on October 11, a UN expert group reached a compromise on key elements of a global

Heat waves are getting longer and more intense. And although mitigating climate change will remain a

Today is the last part of a three part series we've done for ESG now: we examine whether invest

It’s climate week in The Big Apple! And the perfect time to take a look at different investment appr

Flooding is one the costliest of all natural hazards and climate change is raising the stakes. In th

The 2024 Proxy Season

2024/9/13

The 2024 proxy season has come and gone. In recent years, environmental and social proposals were ab

Antimicrobial resistance is getting worse. Set to impact healthcare, agriculture and insurance, it’s

Net-Zero Tracker 2024

2024/8/16

We periodically put out this report called the Net-Zero Tracker, and it examines the progress by the

Does Social Matter?

2024/7/26

The social pillar has often been maligned as the ignored sibling of the ESG acronym. In its essence,

It’s early days for sustainability-linked bonds, where issuers see their interest rates rise after m

Does Governance Matter?

2024/7/15

Good governance is foundational to effective capital markets, promoting accountability, transparency

Data from over 4,000 issuers, spanning nearly a decade revealed that companies with better MSCI ESG

Our demand for electricity is growing for the first time in decades. Nuclear energy is being proffer

What is impact materiality, you ask? And how is it different from financial materiality? A fine and

When it comes to climate altering carbon emissions, investors, like asset managers and banks, used t

They may not be new, but climate funds have recently hit their stride. From managing transition risk

Maybe a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,  but that’s not going to fly for sustainability