News & Commentaries
From tyranny to salvation: the credibility of common metrics for ESG reporting.
“Professor Brendan O’Dwyer and Professor Chris Humphrey from the Accounting and Finance division at Alliance Manchester Business School critique the growing calls for standardised ESG metrics in company reporting.” [COMMENTARY] Standardization of ESG metrics is important so that companies can be better compared on them. This article is a useful read for everyone in the…
What To Make Of The SEC’s Warnings And Recommendations For ESG Investing.
“May has been a busy month for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and disclosure at the US asset management industry’s top regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) between Chairman Jay Clayton’s warning yesterday on ESG ratings and a recommendation earlier this month for ESG disclosures. This is due in part to the growth…
China Crisis Puts Spotlight on Human Rights Risk for ESG Investors.
“‘The E and the G (risk) might not be changing so much, but the S may be changing with the Hong Kong demonstrations, and the way China has suppressed them, and the silencing of people during the Covid-19 crisis,’ says Felix Boudreault, co-founder of Sustainable Market Strategies, which provides ESG investing advice.” [COMMENTARY] It’s important…
What To Make Of The SEC’s Warnings And Recommendations For ESG Investing.
“May has been a busy month for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and disclosure at the US asset management industry’s top regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) between Chairman Jay Clayton’s warning yesterday on ESG ratings and a recommendation earlier this month for ESG disclosures. This is due in part to the growth…
China Crisis Puts Spotlight on Human Rights Risk for ESG Investors.
“‘The E and the G (risk) might not be changing so much, but the S may be changing with the Hong Kong demonstrations, and the way China has suppressed them, and the silencing of people during the Covid-19 crisis,’ says Felix Boudreault, co-founder of Sustainable Market Strategies, which provides ESG investing advice.” [COMMENTARY] It’s important…
Just How Good An Investment Is Renewable Energy? New Study Reveals All.
Renewable energy investments are delivering massively better returns than fossil fuels in the U.S., the U.K. and Europe, but despite this the total volume of investment is still nowhere near that required to mitigate climate change. Those are some of the findings of new research released today by Imperial College London and the International Energy…
