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The War on ESG Investing is Over. Common Sense Has Prevailed.
It’s all over but the shouting, as the saying goes. The war on ESG investing, financed by Big Business and waged by political opportunists who built a straw man out of “woke capitalism,” is rapidly running out of steam. “Recent polls show limited enthusiasm among the public for the ‘anti-woke’ culture war that GOP politicians have launched against corporations’ handling…
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive is upon us – what non-EU companies should know and do
The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD“) entered into force on 5 January 2023 and the associated European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS“) were adopted by the European Commission on 31 July 2023. Together, the CSRD and ESRS create detailed sustainability reporting requirements that will apply to a significant number of EU and non-EU companies and substantially increase the scope of…
Pull Your Weight
By delivering transparent, data-driven assessments of corporate sustainability performance inspired by the ISSB framework, the ESG Performance Score is a next generation solution to meet increasingly complex market requirements. In this report, we present a practical method for enhancing the sustainability profile of a portfolio by adopting an ESG Performance Score weighted approach, using the S&P 500 Equal Weight Index…
ESG Policy Digest: September 2023
This month’s policy digest highlights notable sustainability-related policy developments in Europe and Asia-Pacific. At a global level, external assurance on sustainability reporting was addressed by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) in a new exposure draft for a proposed global sustainability assurance standard. On 17th August 2023, the EU took steps towards mandating importers of goods under the…
US NAIC Summer 2023 National Meeting Highlights: ESG
At the Summer 2023 National Meeting of the US National Association of Insurance Commissioners (“NAIC”), a number of sessions were focused on environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) initiatives, led by the Special (EX) Committee on Race and Insurance (the “R&I Committee”) and the Climate and Resiliency (EX) Task Force (“C&R Task Force”), both of which report to the NAIC Executive…
Eco-Friendly Land Art
Experiencing art need not be limited to visiting museums, marveling at impressive architecture, gazing at marble sculptures, or viewing street murals. Eco-friendly land art, also known as environmental or earth art, involves creating artistic installations or interventions in natural landscapes using organic materials found on site. This form of art emphasizes a harmonious relationship between the artwork and the environment,…