Despite investor pressure, there is still much work to do around corporate disclosures of climate-related risks.
Latest articles from ESG & sustainability
Finance and regulators need to focus on financial health
December 14, 2021Queen Máxima of the Netherlands talks to Silvia Pavoni about financial health and the need to research its implications for financial stability.
Private equity escapes climate scrutiny
December 14, 2021Some managers have made partial disclosures of Scope 3 emissions, which cover indirect emissions in the value chain, but most omitted any mention of their investments
Sustainable investment is a ‘first-world’ option
December 14, 2021Despite some progress, the work around defining and improving sustainable investment ignores developing markets’ reality
The engineering approach to ESG
December 10, 2021Thales’s CEO comments on sustainable fuels, green algorithms and smart data.
Sustainability top of mind for Intesa Sanpaolo
November 30, 2021Carlo Messina, CEO of Intesa Sanpaolo, Italy’s biggest bank by assets following the merger with UBI Banca, talks to The Banker about Italy’s economic rally, the bank’s job in supporting the recovery and the role ESG will play in its new strategic plan.
The cost of empty ESG promises
November 24, 2021Greenwashing leads to climate litigation – and finance is on the firing line
La Banque Postale's CEO on science and purpose
November 24, 2021After becoming the first European lender approved by the Science Based Targets initiative, La Banque Postale is now looking at formally including ESG considerations in its legal status
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When it comes to the climate, we all must try harder – journalists included
November 23, 2021Discussions around climate change and wider sustainability factors still need focus and a sense of urgency.
Expect growing ESG activism
November 19, 2021Beware of the many shapes of environmental activism that will likely reshape your strategy.