“As regulatory oversight of ESG tightens in the EU and U.K., with additional disclosure and more substantive requirements in this…Continue readingESG Battlegrounds: How the States Are Shaping the Regulatory Landscape in the U.S.

? “We explore the feasibility and performance of more targeted investment strategies based on specific ESG categories, by deconstructing ESG…Continue readingDeconstructing ESG Scores: How to Invest with your own Criteria

“As Bob Eccles, sustainability researcher and founder and president of investment company Advisory Capital Partners puts it: ‘ESG is about the…Continue readingIn pursuit of positive impact: Growing scrutiny around ESG highlights impact investing as a force for change.

“The European Union said on Wednesday it had reached a deal on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for…Continue readingEU agrees world’s first bond issuance rules to combat greenwashing.

“In this guest commentary, Alejandra Padin-Dujon proposes a new kind of carbon tax, building upon recent EU legislation, that would…Continue readingThe case for a Scope 3 carbon tax for financial institutions.

“The importance of environmental, social and governance performance in business has become the subject of growing skepticism and pushback. But…Continue readingContradicting Skeptics, New Research Links ESG Performance to the Bottom Line.

“Financial advisers are not optimistic about the future of including environmental, social and governance attributes to investing, in part due…Continue readingSurvey: Financial Advisers Not Optimistic About Future of ESG Investing.

“In October, Kentucky’s attorney generalorderedsome of the nation’s biggest banks and investment firms to turn over piles of documents that…Continue readingThe E.S.G. Fight Has Come to This: Bankers Suing Lawyers.

“Last week at the inaugural IFRS Sustainability Symposium in Montreal, the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) wrapped up deliberations on…Continue readingFirst global sustainability standards approach the finish line.

“The Clean200 lists the 200 major corporate players from 35 countries around the world that are at the forefront of…Continue readingThese 200 companies are leading the clean economy in 2023.

“In a new publication in the journal Tourism Economics, Lee and his collaborators reviewed the research literature on how CSR…Continue readingPenn State Research Shows Results Mixed on Whether Corporate Social Efforts Help Improve Company Finances.

“Our results from studying actively managed mutual funds support the hypothesis that ESG information is financially material, but complex. Specialized…Continue readingThe Complex Materiality of ESG Ratings: Evidence from Actively Managed ESG Funds.

“The impending wave of disclosure rules foreshadows a new era of transparency that will transform the market by enabling investors…Continue readingTidal wave of ESG disclosure rules will trigger flight to quality.

“Adam Matthews, chief responsible investment officer at the Church of England Pensions Board, said the risks posed to the renewables…Continue readingESG investing’s dark side threatens to undermine clean-tech strategies amid ravenous demand for metals: ‘We should be under no illusion.’

“ESG is poised to become a major element of nonfinancial reporting at the very moment that it is becoming highly…Continue readingESG in 2023: Politics and Polemics.

“Asset management group Nuveen — part of TIAA —polled 573 US investorsand found that more than three quarters (76%) felt…Continue readingUS Investors Want ESG Approaches, Survey Finds.

“The European Union hasfinalizedthe Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (‘CSRD’) that will introduce more detailed sustainability reporting requirements for EU companies,…Continue readingEU Finalizes ESG Reporting Rules with International Impacts.

“In a recent opinion piece in theFinancial Times, Toby Nangle argues that asset managers, in particular those who pride themselves…Continue readingOn virtue, wars, and ESG values.

“Giant bricks are not what most people think of when they hear the words ‘energy storage’, but they are a…Continue reading4 ways to store renewable energy that don’t involve batteries.

“Reporting ESG information is now omnipresent among companies worldwide, reaching all-time highs in 2021 with96% of the S&P 500and81% of…Continue readingIntegrated ESG Reporting: Three Reasons Why Integrated Thinking, Risk Management, and Reporting Adds Value to ESG.