Investors seek enhanced capital allocation disclosure after CA100+’s latest benchmark highlights a decrease in short-term target-setting.  High-emitting companies have been urged to set ambitious short-term decarbonisation targets which support their long-term net zero goals, following a dip in the number doing so.  The latest round of company assessments against investor-led engagement initiative Climate Action 100+’s (CA100+) Net Zero Company Benchmark noted…

The private sector is lagging public entities on transparency, with investors urged to push for greater access.   Despite an increase in regulations mandating corporate disclosures of sustainability-related risks, investors have a far from complete picture of the depth of their portfolio holdings’ negative impacts on the ocean.  According to Kimberly Mathisen, CEO of non-profit HUB Ocean, private sector companies in…

On 15 October, the UK’s independent public spending watchdog (the National Audit Office or NAO) published its overview of the Government’s approach to the three areas of environmental improvement, net zero and climate change adaptation. The report provides a high-level critique of Government programmes to date on these three interrelated areas emphasising the scale of the policy challenges and setting…

Fabio Poli, Business Development Manager at RiverRock European Capital Partners, explains how innovative use of data and technology is supporting ESG integration.  In recent years, the integration of ESG factors has become a central theme for investors and asset managers globally. However, the practical application of these practices, particularly in the context of the EU’s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR),…

Antoine Halff, Co-founder of Kayrros, says data-driven enforcement should be used to eliminate massive methane dumps. It’s worth remembering that change takes time. That is the unexciting reality of progress: it is often more a question of hard work, organisation and patience than exuberance. And this is as true for climate action, despite our urgent need to find solutions, as…

A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  The first week of COP16 underlined the scale of the changes required to align finance flows with the Global Biodiversity Framework. In nature’s debt – COP16 opened on Monday amid widespread determination among its 23,000 delegates to accelerate action in support of the goals of the Global…