Two background conversations suggest more common ground than one might expect between those involved in filing ESG shareholder resolutions and the asset managers assessing them.
Policymakers need to face some hard truths about mobilising private finance to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, says Robert Eccles.
The ISSB’s current plans to include social factors will miss the mark, say Shift’s president Caroline Rees and the World Benchmarking Alliance’s Namit Agarwal, proposing an alternative way forward.
Momentum is building for sustainable finance in Japan, with topics such as transition finance and human rights rapidly rising up the agenda, says Arisa Kishigami.
Support for Follow This at US oil majors falls below that at European peers – can this be justified or is the anti-ESG backlash working?
Professor Andreas Hoepner and Jacqueline Jackson of London LGPS CIV urge companies to commit to putting women in positions of power.
Alecta CEO Magnus Billing says the finance sector must move beyond target-setting to address sustainability challenges.
RI goes through the looking glass to examine some of the concerns raised by US conservatives.
Bottom-up carbon accounting won't produce the change we need, argues Simon Glynn of Zero Ideas.
Finding meaningful ways to convey the impact of investment portfolios on the environment can be challenging, but it is essential.