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ESG Watch: Including gas in Europe’s green investment rules muddies waters for investors

Mike Scott, (Mar 1, 2022)

Amid mixed policy signals, investors are developing their own protocols and initiatives to translate net-zero commitments into action, reports Mike Scott

Reset the rules: how our pensions can become a game changer

Catherine Howarth, (Dec 16, 2021)

Comment: ShareAction’s Catherine Howarth says it is not in the best interest of pensioners for their savings to be financing polluting industries, which is why it is proposing changes to UK pensions legislation

ESG Watch: Airlines and chemicals sector feel weight of collective investor pressure

Mike Scott, (Oct 5, 2021)

In his monthly analysis of the latest sustainable investment news, Mike Scott reports on Climate TRACE, which aims to radically improve monitoring of emissions, and growing calls for more surveillance of ESG industry

ESG Watch: IPCC’s ‘code red for humanity’ lays out challenge for investors

Mike Scott, (Sep 7, 2021)

In this month’s round-up, Mike Scott reports on a new coalition to speed up Asia’s exit from coal, Ceres’s Ambition 2030 initiative, and increasing scrutiny of ESG, including probes into DWS in the US and Germany

ESG Watch: Insurers and airlines begin to feel the heat over climate risk

Mike Scott, (Jun 29, 2021)

Mike Scott rounds up the latest ESG news, from the G7 meeting, to the launch of the Task Force for Nature-related Financial Disclosure

Biodiversity risk ‘a blind spot for the finance industry’

Mark Hillsdon, (May 30, 2021)

Mark Hillsdon reports on the growing impetus to put a value on nature loss so it can be addressed with the same urgency as climate risk

Shaping up for the net-zero race this month in The Ethical Corporation

Terry Slavin, (Dec 10, 2020)

At the recent Climate Ambition Summit governments made new commitments to cut CO2 emissions by 2030. In our December issue we report on what the private sector is doing to make its climate action both ambitious and credible. And we launch a new publication, the Sustainable Business Review

‘Investors don't understand how much climate action is needed from companies'

Wolfgang Kuhn, (Dec 9, 2020)

COMMENT: The finance profession is ill-equipped to push for the transition of critical sectors, says ShareAction’s Wolfgang Kuhn

'To truly 'build back better', companies should be more transparent about their workforce practices

James Coldwell, (Jun 15, 2020)

The Workforce Disclosure Initiative offers firms a way to demonstrate how they intend to look after employees and suppliers in the months and years to come, says ShareAction's James Coldwell

CSR Cheat Sheet: 8% drop in emissions ‘silver lining’ amid brutal human toll of Covid-19

Oliver Balch, (May 4, 2020)

In his monthly roundup of sustainability news, Oliver Balch reports on the latest data on emissions, green investor activism, and a global call to save hard-hit SMEs

From ‘E’ to ‘S’ and ‘G’ as responsible investors take stock post-pandemic

Mike Scott, (May 2, 2020)

Issues like fair tax and executive pay will be a bigger focus going forward as funds look beyond environmental factors in assessing performance, writes Mike Scott

'If there is to be a just low-carbon transition companies can't ignore their workers'

Aine Clarke, (Aug 6, 2019)

ShareAction’s Aine Clarke explains how the investor-led Workforce Disclosure Initiative is seeking to protect vulnerable workers and promote SDG8 on decent jobs for all

‘Divestment isn’t a badge of honour; it’s a failure of engagement’

Martin Wright, (Feb 26, 2019)

Martin Wright explains why the Climate Action 100+ group of investors are prioritising carrot over stick as they seek to push the world’s biggest greenhouse gas emitters to address climate risk

Companies are protecting shareholders on climate risk. What about their employees?

Paul Britton, (Feb 13, 2019)

ShareAction’s Paul Britton points to new research showing the disconnect between what FTSE 100 companies are doing on climate change and the carbon exposure of employee pension funds

CSR Cheat Sheet: ESG investors turn up heat on BlackRock

Oliver Balch, (Feb 6, 2019)

FAIRR calls for fast-food companies to cut climate risk; extreme weather concerns take centre stage at Davos; Canary Wharf, Marks & Spencer, and Nestlé latest companies to join war on plastic in Oliver Balch’s latest sustainability news roundup

The disruptors: How Catherine Howarth is helping to make investment a force for good

Oliver Balch, (Jan 8, 2019)

The ShareAction CEO tells Oliver Balch how the successful shareholder campaign against Shell shows the power of investors to make the world safer for people and planet

‘2018 will go down as the year many UK banks turned their backs on coal’

Catherine Howarth, (Dec 18, 2018)

Catherine Howarth of ShareAction says a synchronised shift away from fossil fuels will be crucial to achieving the Paris climate goals

Investors ask 500 companies to come clean on treatment of workers

Katie Burton, (Aug 7, 2018)

Katie Burton talks to ShareAction’s Clare Richards about the Workforce Disclosure Initiative, supported by over 100 investors, which is pushing for meaningful data on how workers are treated in global supply chains

Why UK banks are falling behind French in response to climate change

Sonia Hierzig, (Dec 11, 2017)

A new ranking by responsible investment NGO ShareAction shows that French banks outperform their European peers on climate-related issues. ShareAction’s Sonia Hierzig argues that the UK should follow France in making disclosures on climate-related risks and opportunities mandatory