.png?width=200&height=78&name=CH%20Diligence%20(thicker%20line-white).png "CH Diligence (thicker line-white)")
BNN Bloomberg: As banks increasingly seek to transfer their credit risk to less regulated investors, buyers on the other side of those deals are starting to request an additional feature: sustainability.
ESG Today: Switzerland’s Federal Council announced today that it will hold off on regulating greenwashing in the financial sector, allowing instead for the industry to monitor itself, following progress made by the sector’s associations in developing and implementing self-regulatory provisions.
BNN Bloomberg: The Australian government is planning to introduce ESG labeling requirements, as it seeks to fight greenwashing and steer more capital into credible sustainable activities.
Institutional Investor: Republican lawmakers continued their legislative efforts to stymie investments in their states that use environmental, social and governance factors to choose companies — with little success.
U.S. News: European Union regulators proposed sweeping changes to the bloc's rules on labelling sustainable investments, to give investors simpler and clearer information and to stop "greenwashing" risks.
Funds Europe: Only 40% of high emitting companies disclose and quantify the impacts of their decarbonisation actions, a study has found.
ESG Today: Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) and UAE-backed climate investment platform ALTÉRRA announced the launch of the Catalytic Transition Fund, aimed at directing capital into clean energy and transition assets in underserved emerging economies.
ETF Stream: BlackRock has unveiled a five-strong climate transition ETF range. The ETFs aim to ‘provide access to companies leading in the transition to a low carbon economy.’
BNN Bloomberg: UBS Group AG just held its first-ever conference dedicated to the ESG theme of biodiversity, signaling its ambitions to grow in a business area that Credit Suisse had targeted for expansion before its collapse.
Portfolio Advisor: Despite looming regulatory deadlines to report on ESG, just 29% of companies feel ready to have their ESG data independently verified, up only a fraction from nine months ago, according to research from KPMG.
Castle Hall helps investors build comprehensive due diligence programs across hedge fund, private equity and long only portfolios More →
Montreal
1080 Côte du Beaver Hall, Suite 904
Montreal, QC
Canada, H2Z 1S8
+1-450-465-8880
Halifax
168 Hobsons Lake Drive Suite 301
Beechville, NS
Canada, B3S 0G4
Tel: +1 902 429 8880
Manila
10th Floor, Two Ecom Center
Mall of Asia Complex
Harbor Dr, Pasay, 1300 Metro Manila
Philippines
Sydney
Level 15 Grosvenor Place
225 George Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
Tel: +61 (2) 8823 3370
Abu Dhabi
Floor No. 15 Al Sarab Tower,
Adgm Square,
Al Maryah Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Tel: +971 (2) 694 8510
Copyright © 2021 Entreprise Castle Hall Alternatives, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Terms of Service and Privacy Policy