Technology & Data
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More Asset Managers Factoring ESG into Investment Decisions
October 8, 2020Growing number of firms using external ESG data providers to supplement in-house views.
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Climate Disclosure Essential for Change Through Transparency: RLAM
October 2, 2020Asset owners and managers must integrate climate risk within risk management frameworks.
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Data Shortcomings Must be Fixed for Strategies to Become Sustainable – OECD
September 30, 2020Investors flag concerns over company data, call for ESG ratings comparability.
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A New Zero Tolerance Era for ESG Reporting
September 30, 2020As governments, institutions and companies come to terms with understanding and tackling climate change, mandatory reporting of risks could well become the norm.
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MSCI Launches Tool to Help Investors Assess SDG Alignment
September 18, 2020Index, research and data provider MSCI has launched a tool to help investors assess their exposure and alignment to the seventeen United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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NGFS Publishes Two-year Work Programme, New Charter
September 7, 2020A new NGFS workstream being created will identify missing data items needed for effective climate-related and environmental risk analysis.
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Taiwan CSD Launches Consolidated Access to ESG Ratings
August 28, 2020FTSE Russell, ISS ESG, MSCI and Sustainalytics have collaborated with TDCC to launch a new ESG Dashboard that provides consolidated access to ESG ratings.
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MSCI Launches Climate Change Indexes for China Stocks
August 20, 2020The new indexes will allocate higher weightings to stocks with lower carbon emissions. MSCI is in talks on the creation of investment products based on the new indexes.
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Bursa Malaysia Publishes ESG Scores of Publicly Listed Companies
August 16, 2020The availability of ESG ratings will help investors and allow listed companies to benchmark themselves against their peers in terms ESG performance, Bursa Malaysia says.
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CDSB Issues New Guidance to Mainstream Climate Reporting
July 28, 2020The new Climate Guidance will help enhance reporting quality by addressing the lack of decision-useful material climate information for investors.
