More than two thirds of corporate boards lack a strong understanding of the ESG risks affecting their companies, including only a quarter that report having a strong grasp of carbon emissions and even fewer on their companies’ climate risk or strategy, according to the new U.S.-focused Annual Corporate Directors Survey released by global professional services firm PwC. For the study,…

Tabula Investment Management has launched an ETF to invest in Paris-aligned euro-denominated ultra short investment grade corporate bonds. The Tabula EUR Ultrashort IG Bond Paris-Aligned Climate UCITS ETF from the European ETF provider meets the criteria of an Article 9 fund under the Sustainable Finance Disclosures Regulation (SFDR). It also provides “significantly lower” portfolio greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and a…

Google announced the introduction of a series of product features and expansions aimed at helping address transportation and energy emissions, including the introduction of its Project Green Light, which uses AI to help cities reduce traffic emissions in 12 cities globally. Green Light is a solution designed to reduce emissions that occur at traffic lights, which can be 29 times…

Advisory, broking and solutions company WTW announced today that it will refocus its climate practice on helping clients quantify, mitigate and transfer climate related risks. As part of the move, WTW said that it will bring its climate and Risk & Analytics capabilities more closely together under common leadership, and announced the appointment of Peter Carter as leader for the…

In this new series for ESG Clarity Asia, we’ll be exploring the opportunities and challenges for sustainable fund selectors in each country in Asia and highlighting the regulation and policy that could affect them. Changes sustainable fund selectors should know about Corporate governance has been a particular hot button issue in Japan for some time, and there is a lot of…

Investment data and research provider MSCI announced today an agreement to acquire Trove Research, a specialist data, analysis and advisory firm focused on corporate climate action, carbon markets and the energy transition. The move marks MSCI’s entry into the rapidly evolving carbon market ecosystem, which includes banks, exchanges and developers. In addition to supporting MSCI’s goal to offer expanded climate…