The country plans to release new guidance focused on technology-related risks, but pundits are saying it should be expanded to all sectors.  The US government’s plans to introduce human rights due diligence (HRDD) guidance to manage technology firms’ exposures to such risks has been welcomed as a good start. However, experts are calling for it to align with similar texts…

On 19 March 2024, GRESB – an investor-led organisation that provides standardised and validated data to assess the sustainability-related performance of real estate assets and portfolios – announced the upcoming launch of “REAL Solutions“. REAL Solutions is a new suite of tools designed to provide real asset managers and investors with more granular ESG data, which they are demanding in…

Social impact investors recommend national and local community growth funds to tap £50 billion of private investments across the next decade. New fund structures that bring together public money and private capital are increasingly being seen as the best way to leverage institutional investor appetite for social impact. Big Society Capital (BSC) and 35 other organisations recently called for the…

Social impact investors recommend national and local community growth funds to tap £50 billion of private investments across the next decade. New fund structures that bring together public money and private capital are increasingly being seen as the best way to leverage institutional investor appetite for social impact. Big Society Capital (BSC) and 35 other organisations recently called for the…

Investors urged to engage on the issue, with regulation and taxation required for sustainable solutions likely required to address risk. Planet Tracker has warned consumers and policymakers that they are being misled on recycling in the plastics industry, with the majority of it currently not being recycled, despite misleading claims. Worth more than US$500 billion, the plastics industry has promoted…

The UK Government launched a Consultation on the introduction of a UK CBAM on 21 March 2024.  The Consultation closes on 13 June 2024.  This follows the announcement, in December 2023, that the UK would implement a UK CBAM similar to the EU CBAM which came into effect on 1 October 2023. In this update, we summarise the key design…