Work on filling data gaps and capacity building needed to shine a light on water security risk.    Water impacts are key data gaps across multiple financial risk areas including credit risk ratings and climate risk.   This theme cut across a panel discussion focused on water stress at ESG Investor’s Nature Data for Institutional Investors event.  John Willis, Director…

Lessons learned by investors from climate risk management can be applied to nature where “urgency is paramount”.  Investors are prioritising location-specific data as they seek to use the recommendations of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework to “conceptualise” their nature risks, impacts and dependencies.  Speaking at ESG Investor’s Nature Data for Institutional Investors event on 2 November, Miriam…

In early October, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) marked a new chapter in the history of sustainability by fining Dish Network $150,000 for abandoning one of its satellites in an orbit that was well below an acceptable elevation. This action is shining the spotlight on an issue that has been largely ignored until now—the “space junk” that satellite and aviation…

Nature Action 100 and PRI’s Spring to liaise closely to avoid duplication when engaging with investee firms on nature risks. Nature-focused investor engagement initiatives have committed to “build up as well as out” from existing sustainability-led stewardship programmes, in line with regulatory encouragement to increase collaboration. Speaking at ESG Investor’s Nature Data for Institutional Investors event, Tim Steinweg, Head of Stewardship…

In October 2023, there was a noticeable uptick in ESG policy developments worldwide. The world’s first green bond standards were issued as a regulation in the European Union. Meanwhile, efforts to dilute the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) were thwarted as the Members of European Parliament maintained that ESRS would be implemented without modifications, but introduced a delayed timeline for…

Platform for Living Wage Financials’ five-year progress report says work needed on engagement with unions and evidence base of action.   The challenge of moving towards a fair living wage is huge, but some progress is happening, according to Johanna Schmidt, Sustainability Researcher at Triodos, a founding member of the Platform for Living Wage Financials (PLWF), an alliance of investors…