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The group has launched workstreams on reporting, stewardship and regulation

As North America prepares for the energy transition, investors must confront this growing risk in the oil and gas sector

The latest developments in sustainable finance

Corporate bond 'greeniums' have "entirely disappeared" amid huge increase in sustainable bond supply

A weekly overview of ESG developments for fixed income

Talk of reducing the carbon intensity or even the “temperature” of an equity portfolio and it’s assumed this will really be part of the fight against climate change. You would expect a direct impact on the issuers of the stocks contained in the portfolio. But there is an inconsistency between investment decisions at the specific stock level and many climate or Paris-aligned investment strategies. This portfolio greenwashing can be both measured and avoided, and experts from Scientific Beta will show you how. Speakers: -Noël Amenc, PhD, is Associate Professor of Finance, EDHEC Business School (Singapore) and the founding Chief Executive Officer of Scientific Beta. -Erik Christiansen is an ESG and Low Carbon Investment Specialist with Scientific Beta. He was previously Head of Investment Strategy with the French pension scheme ERAFP. -Felix Goltz, PhD, is Research Director at Scientific Beta. Moderator: -Daniel Brooskbank, Head of Strategic Content, Responsible Investor.

Comment comes as issuer Starbucks faces questions over human rights due diligence

There is a growing realization that combining index investing and sustainability engagement is not only possible but can reinforce and mobilize significant global assets under management to enable collaborative engagement. Passive investment has the potential to influence and achieve changes in corporate practices and strategies leading to real world impact through linking engagement to transparent capital re-allocation. This paper explores the evolution of ESG engagement and passive investing, especially the role of index providers in marrying passive investing and scalable engagement.

Despite changes to make the proposal less product specific, some say the likely outcome is for advisers to direct clients with sustainability preferences to products defined as sustainable under SFDR rules

Investors are “motivated by a financial rather than a non pecuniary motive” say researchers