Paul Verney
As RI’s net-zero stock take survey enters its final week, sceptics share their thoughts anonymously.
US financial watchdog rejects firms’ arguments that new proposal is micromanaging.
EU financial watchdog shares proposed amendments to ESG fund name guidelines, including transition category, announces postponement of adoption until Q2 2024.
Update follows floating of transition-focused ‘taxonomy-aligned’ benchmarks by EU’s Platform on Sustainable Finance.
Responsible Investor wants to hear from asset owners and asset managers anonymously about their net-zero efforts.
Disney seeks to exclude shareholder resolutions on living wage and AI, win for engagement as Exxon joins methane group.
Poll by Europe’s largest asset manager also finds that 14 percent of pension funds are willing to sacrifice returns to meet ESG goals.
Individuals involved in EFRAG’s development of the recently adopted ESRS tell RI of the many challenges they faced.
RI explores investor responses to the issue and the hopes for keeping the Paris Agreement alive at COP28.
Use of antitrust laws by ESG critics is hypocritical, according to prominent lawyer and lifelong Republican Daniel Crowley.