A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces.  The road to a just transition proved more than a little bumpy this week. Not the end of the road – Chinese-owned automobile manufacturer Volvo said it would not be able to honour its 2021 pledge to phase-out fossil-fuelled cars beyond 2030. It said around 10% of…

As climate-related risks worsen, including droughts and torrential rainfall, WTW’s Matt Huxham says investors can help improve the resiliency of the UK water industry. To say it has been a difficult few years for the UK water sector is an understatement, with public anger over the quality of water and wastewater management services forcing the regulator to take a heavy…

Integrated data supply chains can turn the beef industry into a sustainability leader, says Rob Waterworth, Chief Science and Innovation Officer at FLINTpro. At the heart of the agricultural sector lies a pressing challenge: how can we feed a growing global population while addressing climate change and ensuring environmental stewardship? This challenge has tested policymakers, investors, farmers and consumers for…

Supervisors and service providers must bolster trust in sustainable investment products, insists Anyve Arakelijan, Policy Advisor at EFAMA. Sustainable investing is still a relatively nascent industry, often lacking clear and comparable ESG criteria and the data required to assess these. Growing demand and availability of sustainable investments, combined with a wave of often inconsistent regulations, have added significant complexity for…

Maria Eugenia Filmanovic, Co-founder of Abatable, explains how the VCMI’s new Scope 3 Claim could support firms struggling to reduce their supply chain emissions.   The Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI) was established in 2021 in response to concerns that companies making carbon neutrality claims based on their use of carbon credits to offset their emissions were greenwashing. VCMI’s…

Statement urges global leaders to create a unifying set of “evidence-based steps” to tackle antimicrobial resistance. Eighty global investors representing US$13 trillion in combined assets have renewed calls for global alignment in the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR), highlighting rapidly growing threats to human and animal health and the economy. The initiative comes ahead of the UN General Assembly’s second…