Regulation

One in 10 companies has failed to comply with requirements to produce a modern slavery statement.

To mark Earth Day, IPCC author and green bond specialist Christa Clapp discusses financial institutions’ progress on addressing the climate crisis and why policymakers need to go further.

Researchers highlight changes to environmental and social scores.

New report also recommends that when progress is made on one element of ESG, regulation should require companies to show that this does not result in negative impact elsewhere.

Multiple human rights complaints, a national human rights assessment and an ongoing lawsuit against the Thai company were set aside when it was awarded the S&P Silver Class Sustainability Award.

Shareholder resolutions urge better reporting on government-mandated content removal requests but regulatory resubmission thresholds have forced withdrawals.

AFM puts out paper exploring Dutch retail market for sustainable funds.

The latest developments in sustainable finance: IGCC study raises economic challenges of Aussie gas projects under 1.5C, Bucharest Stock Exchange publishes its first ESG reporting guidelines.

Fellow US investors welcome policymaker's efforts to curb the proliferation of the unserialised and untraceable weapons.

Influential sustainable investment bodies call on EU legislators to ramp up incoming corporate disclosure rules, particularly for companies making 2050 net-zero commitments.