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How deforestation risk continues to be blind spot for bankers

Mark Hillsdon reports on how the vast majority of financial institutions that have signed up to net-zero goals are continuing to invest in companies with deforestation in their supply chains
  • Reality bites as finance firms row back on their climate pledges

    A year after ambitious net zero commitments were made at...

  • Comment: To plug the green economy data gap we need regulators...

    With disclosure varying from 98% on the FTSE 100 to 12% for...

  • Comment: How companies can lead to make the energy transition...

    Meredith Sumpter explains how members of the Council for...

  • ESG: The investment world’s troubled teen is forced to grow up
  • Calls grow for companies to disclose nature impacts in bid to plug...
  • ESG Watch: Insurers flex muscles by refusing to finance oil and gas...

  • ESG Watch: Banks’ net-zero pledges in the spotlight at Climate Week New York

    Mike Scott, (Sep 29, 2022)

    NGOs raise fears of backtracking as fossil fuel phase-out language softened. Mike Scott reports

  • 'The backlash to climate-smart investing in the U.S. is based on a blatant lie'

    Mindy Lubber, (Aug 30, 2022)

    Comment: Investing in ESG isn't a matter of political ideology. It makes sound business sense, says Ceres boss Mindy Lubber

  • Brands need to put money where their mouths are in fighting nature loss, says CDP’s forests chief

    Oliver Balch, (Aug 30, 2022)

    Despite pledges to end deforestation, 11 million hectares of tree cover are lost each year. CDP's Thomas Maddox tells Oliver Balch why he thinks developments on reporting on forest risk could help reverse the loss

  • In the race against time to cut emissions, companies’ supply chains are key

    Terry Slavin, (May 24, 2022)

    Delegates to Reuters Events' Responsible Business U.S.A. event got into the weeds of the challenges of tackling Scope 3 climate impacts. Terry Slavin reports

  • ‘We all have to get ahead of the curve on sustainability,’ says Ceres boss Mindy Lubber 

    Mike Scott, (May 24, 2022)

    The SEC’s new climate disclosure rule was top of mind for delegates to Reuters Events’ recent Responsible Business U.S.A conference in New York

  • Comment: How the UK can deliver on its promise of becoming a ‘net-zero financial centre’

    James Alexander, (May 24, 2022)

    James Alexander of UKSIF says the UK should replicate the success of offshore wind with the entire green economy

  • WSP on how Infrastructure programs can support the levelling up of the US

    Charlotte Jennings, (May 19, 2022)

  • ESG Watch: ‘Writing is on the wall’ for U.S. firms with SEC’s tough new climate reporting rules

    Mike Scott, (Apr 27, 2022)

    Mike Scott reports on how the requirement to report Scope 3 emissions will have far-reaching implications, even in the face of law suits from the likes of West Virginia

  • How European and global sustainability standards for corporate reporting can and will converge

    Richard Howitt, (Apr 13, 2022)

    By Richard Howitt, Senior Advisor at Frank Bold and former CEO of the International Integrated Reporting Council

  • ESG Watch: War in Ukraine sheds harsh new light on sustainable finance

    Mike Scott, (Mar 31, 2022)

    Key issues such as access to energy, human rights and the rule of law are being challenged as never before, writes Mike Scott

  • Activist investors vow to keep climate in their sights, despite war in Ukraine

    Mike Scott, (Mar 17, 2022)

    Mike Scott reports on the new breed of shareholder activists, like Engine No. 1, who are focused on accelerating the energy transition from inside companies

  • What will SEC’s climate disclosure rules mean for U.S. companies?

    Mike Scott, (Mar 1, 2022)

    Mike Scott assesses the implications for listed firms as the U.S. regulator prepares to follow Europe, New Zealand and Hong Kong in making made climate-related disclosure mandatory

  • 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

  • ESG Watch: Disclosure pressures to grow as investors push for a just transition

    Mike Scott, (Jan 27, 2022)

    Mike Scott scopes out the year ahead for sustainable investment in his monthly columns

  • 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

  • Amazon, Twitter and Netflix make first climate disclosures as CDP raises bar for A list

    Mike Scott, (Dec 10, 2021)

    Companies with approved Science Based Targets get greater weighting in this year’s ranking as the climate disclosure NGO seeks to crack down on ‘false net zero’ commitments, reports Mike Scott

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