Commentary
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Index Majors Face Sustainability-Driven Disruption
June 25, 2021New index providers will enable ESG investors to invest in line with their principles but, says John Willis, Director of Research, Planet Tracker, the new generation of indices must maintain high standards of objectivity and transparency.
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Four Key Steps Towards Meeting the Challenge of Sustainability
June 25, 2021Putting sustainability at the core of one’s business model requires leadership and the ability to implement change, says strategic adviser, author and speaker Neil Gaught.
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ICYMI, There’s a COP26 Delivery Gap
June 25, 2021We all know the devil’s in the detail … don’t we?
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ESG Scores: Learning to Love Divergence
June 18, 2021Double materiality and data gaps go a long way to explain the range of results across providers, says Diane Menville, Head of ESG, Scope Group.
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Securities Lending in a Sustainable Investment Spectrum
June 18, 2021Roy Zimmerhansl, Practice Lead at Pierpoint Financial Consulting, explains why the securities lending industry needs to embrace adaption and customization in support of investors’ sustainability-led priorities.
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ICYMI, We’re Still in the Discovery Phase
June 18, 2021It was a bad week for diplomacy, but deliverance lies in the data.
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ICYMI, the Climate Crisis is Heading West
June 11, 2021G7 leaders are not short of advice, nor lessons from local history.
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COP26: Assessing the State of the Parties
June 4, 2021Nick Parsons, Head of ESG and Research at ThomasLloyd Group, reviews governments’ record on limiting C02 emissions since COP21 in 2015 and the prospects for progress at COP26 this November.
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A Flexible, Sustainable Framework for Securities Lending
June 4, 2021Paul Solway, Director and Communications Officer at the Pan Asia Securities Lending Association (PASLA), explains the pragmatic approach behind the Global Framework for ESG and Securities Lending.
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G: The Intersection Between E and S
May 28, 2021Ariel White-Tsimikalis, Partner, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, explains how governance reforms are placing ESG at the top of the agenda for UK boards and investors.
