Latest articles from ESG & sustainability

Christopher Gribbin

Financial crime links to ESG compliance

January 26, 2022

The introduction of compliance-related offences within financial crime enforcement, where liability may be triggered by actions far down a supply chain, will likely be applied to ESG concerns too.

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Achieving Africa’s just transition

January 20, 2022

The financial sector has a critical role to play in supporting positive environmental, social and economic outcomes across the continent.

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NatWest bond supports green mortgage lending

January 14, 2022

The UK bank’s second green bond, and fourth issuance under its green, social and sustainability framework, incentivises purchases of energy efficient properties. 

Alberto De Paoli

Enel: zero emissions and fully ‘electrified’ by 2040

January 7, 2022

The sustainable finance pioneer has big plans to cut carbon emissions — both its own and its customers’.

Alessandra Pasini

Energy group Snam moves ahead with green transition

January 4, 2022

Renewable energy infrastructure and clear asset definitions are essential in a green and just economy.

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Make 2022 the year of climate accounting

January 4, 2022

Despite investor pressure, there is still much work to do around corporate disclosures of climate-related risks.

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Finance and regulators need to focus on financial health

December 14, 2021

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands talks to Silvia Pavoni about financial health and the need to research its implications for financial stability.

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Private equity escapes climate scrutiny

December 14, 2021

Some 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

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Sustainable investment is a ‘first-world’ option

December 14, 2021

Despite some progress, the work around defining and improving sustainable investment ignores developing markets’ reality

Patrice Caine

The engineering approach to ESG

December 10, 2021

Thales’s CEO comments on sustainable fuels, green algorithms and smart data.

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