ESG Archive

Leading IR, sustainability and governance professionals gathered in London this week to share insights and expertise on ESG issues facing UK and EU companies. The ESG movement is facing challenges with increased scrutiny from regulators and investors, as well as political backlash. But ESG issues remain top of mind for stakeholders and shareholders. The forum was an opportunity to hear diffe...

CDP, the environmental disclosure platform, has announced it will incorporate the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB) climate-related disclosure standard into its annual questionnaire as collaboration between different reporting bodies gathers pace. The change, which will come into effect for the 2024 reporting cycle, is likely to accelerate the adoption of ISSB standards. CDP says more than 18,000 companies have disclosed environmental informati...

Just one third of public companies have measures in place to achieve or fall below the 2°C by 2100 target set by the Paris climate agreement meaning that the planet is on track to be 2.9°C warmer by that date, according to MSCI. A new net-zero tracker report from MSCI, which follows progress made by the world’s listed companies toward tackli...

The number of companies that disclose information compliant with the TCFD framework has increased but their disclosure levels still fail to meet recommendations, according to the 2022 Status Report published by the task force. The new research shows that in 2017-2021, the average number of companies reporting TCFD-a...