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The Hidden ESG Risk in Tech Portfolios

The Hidden ESG Risk in Tech Portfolios

Áine Clarke, Head of KnowTheChain and Investor Strategy at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, explains how investors can clean up supply chains. The information and communication technology (ICT) sector fuels modern economic growth, driving advancements in AI, 5G mobile connectivity, electric vehicles and renewable energy. Its innovation potential and perceived sustainability credentials have drawn ESG investors seeking strong…

EU Parliament Agrees to Delay Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Laws

EU Parliament Agrees to Delay Sustainability Reporting and Due Diligence Laws

Lawmakers in the European Parliament announced today an agreement to approve the European Commission’s ‘stop-the-clock’ directive, delaying the implementation of key sustainability reporting and due diligence regulations, including the CSRD and CSDDD. The agreement was supported by a large majority of MEPs in a 531 – 69 vote, despite a series of amendments submitted by far-left and right parties, which…

EU Companies Nearly Twice as Likely as U.S. to Link Executive Pay to ESG Goals: KPMG Report

EU Companies Nearly Twice as Likely as U.S. to Link Executive Pay to ESG Goals: KPMG Report

More than 80% of large EU-based companies are now integrating sustainability considerations in the compensation packages for senior executives, nearly twice the rate of their U.S. counterparts, according to a new report released by professional services firm KPMG. The report also found that U.S. companies lag their global peers on tying sustainability factors in compensation to topics that are material…

12 managers back platform to support transparent ‘Scope 4’ emissions calculation

A group of 12 asset managers and owners, representing $4trn in assets under management, are among the stakeholders to have launched the Avoided Emissions Platform (AEP), an interactive tool that models the avoided emission factors for 65 climate solutions. Based on a transparent and open-access methodology for calculating avoided emissions, often referred to as ‘Scope 4’, the AEP has benefited…

AllianceBernstein adopts SDR ‘Sustainability Focus’ label for two funds

AllianceBernstein (AB) will adopt the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ‘Sustainability Focus’ label on two equity funds within its OEIC range: the SVS AllianceBernstein Sustainable Global Equity fund and SVS AllianceBernstein Sustainable US Equity fund. The label will be introduced with immediate effect, and investors in the two funds will receive official confirmation regarding the prospectus changing in the near future….

AllianceBernstein adopts SDR ‘Sustainability Focus’ label for two funds

AllianceBernstein (AB) will adopt the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) ‘Sustainability Focus’ label on two equity funds within its OEIC range: the SVS AllianceBernstein Sustainable Global Equity fund and SVS AllianceBernstein Sustainable US Equity fund. The label will be introduced with immediate effect, and investors in the two funds will receive official confirmation regarding the prospectus changing in the near future….

Sustainable investment managers battle with defence stocks ‘issue’ as Allianz drops exclusions

Anticipation is growing that asset managers with established ESG policies will increase their exposure to the defence sector, as Allianz Global Investors became one of the first major European firms to drop such exclusions to fund the continent’s rearmament. Geopolitical events of the past few years “have prompted a broader rethink of the need to invest in the defence architecture…

Sustainable investment managers battle with defence stocks ‘issue’ as Allianz drops exclusions

Anticipation is growing that asset managers with established ESG policies will increase their exposure to the defence sector, as Allianz Global Investors became one of the first major European firms to drop such exclusions to fund the continent’s rearmament. Geopolitical events of the past few years “have prompted a broader rethink of the need to invest in the defence architecture…

Sustainable investment managers battle with defence stocks ‘issue’ as Allianz drops exclusions

Anticipation is growing that asset managers with established ESG policies will increase their exposure to the defence sector, as Allianz Global Investors became one of the first major European firms to drop such exclusions to fund the continent’s rearmament. Geopolitical events of the past few years “have prompted a broader rethink of the need to invest in the defence architecture…

Sustainable investment managers battle with defence stocks ‘issue’ as Allianz drops exclusions

Anticipation is growing that asset managers with established ESG policies will increase their exposure to the defence sector, as Allianz Global Investors became one of the first major European firms to drop such exclusions to fund the continent’s rearmament. Geopolitical events of the past few years “have prompted a broader rethink of the need to invest in the defence architecture…