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Heating Up: the SEC Rules on Climate Disclosure

*Placing the latest climate disclosure policy initiatives in context.

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RESEARCH February 11, 2022
What’s your fund’s ESG strategy?*
*The SEC wants to know.
RESEARCH February 11, 2022
One Draft at a Time*
*Can the ISSB Establish a Global Baseline in Sustainability Reporting?
RESEARCH February 11, 2022
Fifty shades of green*
*SFDR through the lens of ESG Book. Portfolio Level Solutions
RESEARCH February 11, 2022
Heating Up: the SEC Rules on Climate Disclosure*
*Placing the latest climate disclosure policy initiatives in context.

Sustainable Finance Regulatory Update: August 2022

U.S. President Biden's approval of a landmark bill providing funding for climate and energy innovation over the next decade

ESG Quick Takes 7: US Climate and Energy Policy is behind

In this episode, we talk about the inflation reduction act which was approved in August 2022.

ESG Quick Takes 6: Investing on a Net-Zero Emissions Budget is Impossible

In this episode, we put the ambition of decarbonising the world in context of the recent US Supreme Court’s decision to curb the power of the EPA.

Sustainable Finance Regulatory Update: July 2022

This month’s regulatory roundup indicates continued concerns around sustainability issues extending beyond the ‘E’ in ESG.

ESG Quick Takes 5: All the Problems with ESG Investing

For episode 5 of our ESG Quick Takes podcast, we explore ESG from a capital market perspective.

Machine Learning Models Don’t Work

*Without Good Design.

Sustainable Finance Regulatory Update: June 2022

In this month’s regulatory roundup, the EU comes one step closer to finalizing mandatory corporate sustainability disclosure rules and setting quotas for women on corporate boards.

ESG Quick Takes 4: Decarbonizing heavy industry

For our first Quick Takes, we look into how we talk about climate change, and how that changed over time.

Beyond The Acronym

*A Guide on Navigating Global Sustainability Standards and Frameworks.

Life in Plastic

*Not Fantastic.
The Rise of Chemical Pollution.

More Than A Buzzword

*Assessing the financial transparency effects of corporate gender diversity.
2022 Update

ESG Soup

*Simplifying Sustainability indicator Mapping.

Spotlight on the EU Taxonomy

Why 2022 is a critical year for the roll-out of the EU Taxonomy

ESG Quick Takes 3: Can crypto be sustainable?

Exploring clean energy solutions for crypto miners and exchanges.

TCFD Alignment Barometer: Measuring Climate Disclosure

How do we measure against the TCFD?

Why the language of climate change is evolving

The power of words in the net-zero transition.

Should ESG data be a free public good?

The case for open access for all.

The Proof is in the Textual Pudding

Finding financial signals in language data

Why ESG Data is Changing

Sustainability scores are no longer sufficient. The future of ESG data is customisation.

Throwing the net-zero baby out with the bathwater?

Why it’s time we engaged in a more grown-up conversation about the practicalities of a successful climate transition.

At The Crossroads

We are fast running out of time to avoid climate catastrophe. Why is more not being done?

Temperature Score

Less than a quarter of the world’s biggest companies are on course to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2050