Technology & Data
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Japan FSA Calls for Sharper Focus on ‘Transition’ Concept
November 29, 2021FSA’s Satoshi Ikeda says corporate disclosures need to capture genuine progressive efforts towards achieving carbon net zero, not just point-in-time snapshots. Good coordination between the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the IFRS Foundation is a necessity for the adoption...
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ICYMI, The Talking is Over
November 26, 2021Ready? Willing? Able? Asset owners have their work cut out aligning portfolios to COP26’s new realities
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Can Crypto be Green?
November 24, 2021Energy-intensive and unregulated, institutional investors are proving reluctant to back the rapidly growing asset class.
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IOSCO Issues Final Report on Regulating ESG Ratings and Data
November 24, 2021Includes recommendation for regulators to ask ESG ratings and data providers for more transparent methodologies.
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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: Arabesque, GoldenSource Partner on ESG Data
November 19, 2021ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including Arabesque, GoldenSource, LPA, Evercity, Morningstar and Insig AI.
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ISS ESG Calls for Funds to Align with Race to Zero Criteria
November 17, 2021New report published with Herbert Smith Freehills outlines recommended approach to constructing and implementing net zero strategy for funds.
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PCAF to Measure Emissions from Sovereigns, Green Bonds
November 12, 2021Standard for measuring facilitated emissions for capital markets to be published in 2022.
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Europe’s Energy Transition Hampered by Underinvestment
November 12, 2021A patchy framework and project setbacks mean Europe risks failing decarbonisation commitments.
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This Week’s Tech and Tools News: ICE Extends ESG Reference Data, Plans Climate, Carbon Futures
November 12, 2021ESG Investor’s weekly round-up of news on technology and tools in the sustainable investing sector, including ICE, ISS ESG, Qontigo, Global Resilience Index Initiative, Intertrust, C8, Green Blue Invest, Trayport and IncubEx.
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COP26 Video Interview: Everyone’s on Board
November 11, 2021Helen Droz, Vice President for Climate Risk Product Research at MSCI, shares her impressions of COP26 after a week in and around Glasgow’s Green Zone and comments on a growing consensus across investors on how to align their portfolios with...
