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The Guardian: Four of the world’s biggest banks have left the Equator Principles, a set of minimum industry standards and safeguards for financial institutions to address environmental and social risks in countries where they finance fossil fuel and mining projects.
Funds Europe: 41% of financial market participants based in Europe see managing constantly evolving ESG data as a top challenge for their firms, according to a Bloomberg survey.
ESG Clarity: Capital Group has launched three global, multi-thematic sustainable funds designed to meet demand from European and Asian investors.
MSN: Since joining Asahi Group in 2020 as sustainability chief, Preeti Srivastav has helped the Japanese brewer make several environmental and social pledges but has not got it to disclose all its progress.
Funds Europe: Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices has added the S&P Biodiversity Indices to its sustainability-focused performance benchmarking tools range for asset managers and financial institutions.
BNN Bloomberg: BNP Paribas Asset Management says ESG clients have been piling into money market funds, drawn by the allure of stable returns in cash-like instruments.
ESG Today: A key piece of EU legislation setting mandatory obligations for companies to address their negative impacts on human rights and the environment was dealt a significant blow, failing to achieve final approval by the European Council, following objections from countries including Germany and Italy, despite a provisional agreement on the regulation reached earlier by the Council with the EU Parliament.
Funds Europe: An overwhelming majority of investors consider that climate risk will have a highly significant impact on their infrastructure investment but say that they do not know how to measure this risk and therefore manage it, according to research.
BNN Bloomberg: When global warming is politicized, professional investors are unable to do their jobs properly. That’s the key message from the world’s biggest investor coalition on climate change after several of its largest members left the group this month.
ESG Today: Deutsche Bank announced the release of a new Sustainable Finance Framework, outlining the methodologies and procedures, including the environmental and social criteria and categories, used by the bank to classify transactions and financial products as “sustainable.”
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