Discover what ESG reporting is and why it is essential for driving transparency, sustainability, and long-term business success, meeting both stakeholder and regulatory expectations. What is ESG Reporting and Why is it Important? ESG reporting—which stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance reporting—is a critical process for businesses that want to showcase their commitment to sustainability, ethical practices, and sound governance….
What is ESG Reporting?
Discover the essentials of ESG reporting, its strategic benefits, and how ESG Pro Limited can help your business achieve sustainability and transparency goals. What is ESG Reporting? Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reporting is more than just a regulatory requirement; it’s a critical practice that allows companies to communicate their commitment to sustainability and ethical practices. As the world shifts…
CA100+ Reaching Goals Despite Anti-ESG Efforts
Notwithstanding well-publicised exits, the investor initiative is still making progress on objectives and attracting signatories. Climate Action 100+ (CA100+) has continued to make meaningful progress towards its objectives, amid the departures of some large US asset managers from the investor-led engagement initiative in the wake of an anti-ESG backlash, according to investor network Ceres. “The most important thing about this…
Europeans Can Fill Stewardship Gap Left by US Managers
BlackRock and its US peers may be pulling back from ESG voting and engagement, but European managers still have clout. European asset managers should not lose heart at their US counterparts’ retreat from ESG-related engagement, according to Michael D. Goldhaber, a Senior Research Scholar at the NYU Stern Center for Business & Human Rights. Instead, they should deepen collaboration with…
Take Five: A Magic Formula for Climate Policy
A selection of the major stories impacting ESG investors, in five easy pieces. This week academics offered a helping hand to policymakers, who continued to prove how much they need it. In their hands – Scientists this week gave policymakers the clearest roadmap yet for reducing carbon emissions, having just told them they had all-but-certainly failed to limit climate change…
A Fine Line
Laith Cahill, Senior Net Zero Stewardship Specialist at the IIGCC, says the UK’s streamlined Stewardship Code must preserve its ambition. The UK’s Financial Reporting Council (FRC) announced a set of interim changes to its Stewardship Code last month and highlighted key themes for further revisions ahead of a full public consultation. When the FRC announced its public consultation on revisions to the Stewardship…
Is There an ESG Case for Deep-sea Mining?
Independent deep-sea mining expert Bobbi-Jo Dobush runs through the E, S and G-related risks posed by the nascent industry. Deep-sea mining (DSM) is a speculative commercial industry with ambitions to extract mineral deposits from the ocean floor. The primary targets are four key minerals: manganese, copper, cobalt, and nickel. Aside from scientific exploration, DSM is theoretical, but proponents are aggressively…
The Cost of Rio Tinto Profits
Investors must pay attention to the mining sector’s negative social and environmental impacts, argues Julio Castor Achmadi, Communities Associate at Accountability Counsel. As efforts to address climate change move forward at breakneck speed, there’s no denying it’s a profitable time to be in the critical minerals business. Yet ironically, critical mineral mines have continuously brought destruction to both people and…
Sustainability Data Redefined
Ex-PRI innovation lead Mikael Homanen explains how the Upright Project’s methodology for analysing company data can help quantify net impact through analysis of positive and negative factors. Mikael Homanen, Head of Scientific Research, Innovation and Partnerships at impact data company the Upright Project, started his career in academia, working on ESG finance at the business schools of several prestigious universities,…
AI Revolution Transforms Clean Investment
Soaring power demand from data centres offers diverse opportunities for energy transition funds, says Pictet Asset Management. The rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) is driving a wave of investment in low-carbon technology, as investors rush to meet rocketing energy demand from data centres. That’s according to Jennifer Boscardin-Ching, a Client Portfolio Manager with Pictet Asset Management, who has seen…