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Benchmark Study Takes Stewardship Data to Task

Industry experts stress the importance of heightened engagement efforts and smarter allocation of resources. The Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI) has flagged the lack of data for stewardship as a major impediment to the effectiveness of engagement efforts in recently released research. In a research paper commissioned by the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), the institute assessed the level of…

TAI Takes Stewardship Data to Task

Industry experts stress the importance of heightened engagement efforts and smarter allocation of resources. The Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI) has flagged the lack of data for stewardship as a major impediment to the effectiveness of engagement efforts in recently released research. In a research paper commissioned by the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment, the institute assessed the level of resources…

Sunnier Outlook for California Climate Reporting

Further pushback is expected, but experts say the global climate transition makes disclosure rules inevitable.   Initial details of California’s May budget have given the industry reassurance that the state’s landmark climate disclosure laws are set to receive the necessary funding to support their slated 2026 implementation date.   Unveiled in January, the original budget proposal for 2024-25 had left out the…

ESG Today: Week in Review

ESG Today: Week in Review

This week in ESG news: LEGO Group ties bonuses for all employees to climate goals; EU issues final rules for funds using ‘sustainability,’ ‘ESG’ names; Microsoft signs reforestation-based carbon removal megadeal; Deloitte survey finds Gen Zs and millennials increasingly consider sustainability in consumption and employment decisions; ERM & Workiva partner on sustainability reporting solutions; EU requires 90% emissions reduction from…

Normative Launches New Tools to Plan Carbon Reduction Actions, Integrate Supplier Emissions Data

Normative Launches New Tools to Plan Carbon Reduction Actions, Integrate Supplier Emissions Data

Carbon accounting software provider Normative announced that it has launched a new suite of features on its enterprise carbon platform, aimed at enabling businesses to set and plan emissions reduction strategies, and to integrate supplier emissions data and forecasts into supply chain decarbonization plans. According to Normative, the new features aim to address the need for companies to meet new…

Take Five: Green Means Green

A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  European regulators have ratcheted up efforts to eliminate greenwashing from the investment sector. End of an era I – The fight against greenwashing inched ahead with the release of final guidelines for naming ESG- or sustainability-related funds by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). It had…

Investor Stewardship at a Crossroads

Rickard Nilsson, Head of Stewardship Success at Esgaia, considers how asset owners can maximise long-term impact at a time of regulatory uncertainty. Capital markets play a key role in influencing resource mobilisation. At a time when political division is delaying needed policy action, investors find themselves at a crossroads over how to act amid regulatory uncertainty. Capitalism is governed by…

BCG Buys Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from CO2 from Twelve

BCG Buys Sustainable Aviation Fuel Made from CO2 from Twelve

Boston Consulting Group announced a new agreement to purchase sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc) for fuel made using renewable energy and CO2, with carbon transformation-focused cleantech company Twelve. According to the companies, the new agreement will run from 2026 to 2029, and is expected to deliver more than 4,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions reductions. Founded in 2015, California-based Twelve…

Carbon Markets can Move the Needle

Improvements in technology and measurement are showing that forest conservation projects do work – and should be accelerated, says Antoine Rostand, Co-founder of Kayrros. The voluntary carbon market continues to divide opinion. Just recently, the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) provoked a backlash – including from within the organisation itself – when it revised its Corporate Net Zero Standard to…