Category: Data & Disclosures | Netzeroinvestor

Institutional investor body expresses ‘serious concerns’ over UK’s ESG labelling scheme

The Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change has criticised ESG proposals from the Financial Conduct Authority for the mutually exclusive nature of the categories.

By Christopher Marchant

Only 7% of large banks energy financing going towards renewables, report claims

Data sourced for NGO report calls out GFANZ members for failing to reach the required renewables to fossil energy investment ratio needed to achieve net-zero goals.

‘Ambitious’ Aviva emphasises net-zero accountability with SBTi validation

The insurance giant has set tough emission-reduction goals, though it admits to challenges in terms of ESG data and a lack of consistent standards.

ESG

Berg: ESG labels suffering from ‘very high’ measurement divergence

Policy

COP15 final biodiversity deal puts pressure on private finance disclosure

Policy

Can SFDR live up to promises of greater transparency?

Thwing Eastman: ‘reports of ESG’s death greatly exaggerated’

Environmental, social and governance issues still relevant to investors despite recent ‘anti-ESG’ backlash, MSCI’s editorial director asserts.

By Aysha Gilmore

Will a code of conduct bring clarity to ESG data?

PRI takes issue with energy firms supporting fossil fuel trade bodies

Megan Starr: ‘moment of reckoning’ needed on ESG data

UN PRI mounts defence of embattled ESG

ESG data still lacking – but investors adapting through in-house frameworks

Steering the future of ESG data coherence

Regulation

ISSB confirms mandatory disclosures across Scopes 1, 2 and 3

Transition

Aviation sector adopts 2050 net-zero goal

Engagement

Carbon Tracker: companies ‘still flying blind’ on net-zero

SBTi launches guidance on land-related emissions removals

But some experts question if it goes far enough for the largest carbon-emitting sector after energy

Transition

Asset managers’ net-zero targets a ‘distraction or misleading’

Transition

What happens when a city abandons its net-zero target?

ESG

Keller: over 90% of ESG indices ‘not aligned to EU taxonomy’

Pensions

‘Dramatic increase’ in stress testing predicted

Portfolio Management

S&P unveils net-zero index range