Thought leadership

As more media firms become data providers, with big government contracts, a reckoning on human rights is coming, say Emma Pullman and Paul Finch.

Separately, Pakistan's potential Nature Performance Bond attracts interest

How investors can nurture the systems we all rely on for our day-to-day lives and long-term economic growth

At the moment, changes in materiality and the risk/return profile of the capital markets are taken as entirely exogenous by MPT

UNEP FI and the PRI have created a programme to help investors truly contribute to the SDGs and the Paris Agreement.

The oil major was ordered to ramp up its emission reduction targets by Dutch court

Companies are increasingly supporting the TCFD as a leading disclosure framework but reporting is merely the outcome of internal efforts to measure and manage climate-related risk. How should climate scenario analysis be implemented by companies and how can they act on the results? In this session, we will explore net-zero targets and what constitutes a strong target according to three dimensions: relevance, ambition, and confidence level. Speakers: Lindsay Patrick, Head of Strategic Initiatives and ESG, RBC Capital Markets David Lunsford, Head of Climate Policy and Strategy at MSCI ESG Research Pete Sheffield, Chief Sustainability Officer, Enbridge Moderator: Helen Wood-Gush, Senior ESG Consultant, Responsible Investor

A new report translates the difficult questions we have on sustainability into suggested investment changes

We need to work out the way ahead to be creating actual socially beneficial investments

Investors must rethink their requests to companies and stop over emphasising the role of disclosure, argues Thomas O'Neill