With ESMA’s guidelines on fund names using ESG or sustainability-related terms becoming enforceable, ARK Invest Europe has launched a guide to empower fund selectors with practical strategies to navigate the rapidly evolving sustainable investment landscape in 2025. The guide – How to Navigate Sustainable Investing in 2025: Useful Tips for Fund Selectors – is designed to offer fund selectors clear, actionable insights to…

Financial institutions are increasingly recognising the importance of the specific geographic location of company assets. From climate change and natural catastrophes to supply chain disruptions and geopolitical conflicts, many risk drivers are inherently spatial. Traditional risk data – often aggregated at the firm or sector level – can obscure local vulnerabilities. Regulators and frameworks worldwide, such as the Taskforce on…

Investments in the food sector face substantial economic and financial risks due to potential asset stranding, according to research from the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, published in the Nature Food journal. The transition to healthier and more sustainable food systems could leave significant financial assets stranded, creating barriers to urgently needed changes. Specifically, the meatpacking sector alone faces a potential…

Non-profit financial think tank Planet Tracker has urged companies to use bonus structures to incentivise executives to hit sustainability goals. In a new report The Sustainability Pay Gap: An Analysis of Executive Compensation in the Chemicals, Consumer Goods and Transport Sectors, Planet Tracker said investors are exposed to risk if sustainability targets are missed. The report provides investors with key…