ESG Special Reports – Page 4
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Special ReportSpecial Report – ESG
Our report looks at the ESG through the prism of private markets, with coverage of SFDR and an interview with Anner Follèr, head of sustainability at Sweden’s national private equity investor AP6
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Special ReportESG: Dirty asset divestment
There is growing focus on public companies that are under pressure to sell high-carbon assets to unlisted companies or private equity
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Special ReportESG: Prepping the next generation of listed companies on ESG
Investors are helping private companies understand their expectations before they go public
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Special ReportESG: Private equity faces disclosure scrutiny
The CSRD will see a fourfold increase the number of corporates subject to sustainability reporting requirements, placing increased demands on private equity firms
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Special ReportESG: Taking a lead on private market ESG
Anna Follèr believes there is no asset class better suited to tackle ESG and sustainability than private equity.
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - private equity GPs are stepping up to the plate
Private equity firms can be a powerhouse for responsible investment
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - venture capital is embracing ESG - and SFDR is a major driver
Venture capital funds opting in to responsible investing
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Special ReportESG: Interview - ShareAction’s Catherine Howarth on the cost of living crisis
“There’s going to be a good deal more scrutiny on the way the private sector behaves,” says the CEO of ShareAction, a London-based non-profit that coordinates investors and lenders on sustainability issues.
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Special ReportESG: Spotlight falls on ESG executive pay incentives
Executive pay is increasingly tied to sustainability targets and investors want to ensure incentives are properly designed
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Special ReportESG: Debate - Double or single materiality?
Two leading academics discuss the investment benefits of single versus double materiality
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Special ReportESG: Will Scope 3 lead to a tech exodus in public markets?
Could the roll out of Scope 3 reporting bring ESG funds’ love affair with tech to an abrupt end?
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Special ReportESG: Central banks nudge lenders to produce climate data
Lenders face a variety of challenges when measuring the environmental impact of their balance-sheet exposure
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Special ReportESG: Interview - Julian Poulter of The Inevitable Policy Response on ‘disorderly transition’
It is hard to stay positive about the climate transition when listening to Julian Poulter. The head of investor relations at Inevitable Policy Response (IPR), the climate policy forecast run by the Principles for Responsible Investment, has been working on climate change since 2009, when he was CEO of the Asset Owners Disclosure Project. But while many green-finance veterans are giddy about the snowballing interest in net zero, Poulter is feeling less bullish.
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - COP27 is the key moment to address the net-zero trilemma
World leaders gather in Egypt at a decisive time
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - write off ESG at your peril
ESG’s current travails are a mid-life crisis out of which something better and fitter will emerge
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - why a carbon footprint does not measure what you think it does
The concept of ecological footprinting turns 30
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Special ReportESG: Leading viewpoint - rethinking sovereign bonds
Sovereign debt markets are not fit for purpose
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Special ReportAsia investment: GIC enhances sustainability focus
A sustainability office now complements a sustainable investment fund that was launched in 2020
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Special ReportAsia investment: Japan’s GPIF assesses new strategy
World’s largest pension fund aims improve its allocation to ESG indices following a positive five-year track record
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Special ReportHow green are green derivatives?
On 6 April 2022 the European Commission announced that derivatives, including futures, swaps and many other instruments routinely used by ETF providers, cannot be classified as ESG or sustainable or green in investment fund reports.
