ESGMost institutional investors have company-wide ESG policies, survey finds Sep 28, 2021Tim HumanA growing number of institutional investors now have a company-wide policy on ESG investment, with the largest firms leading the way,...Read more
ESGMore than half of S&P Global 1200 using SASB framework Sep 23, 2021Ben AshwellMore than 600 companies from the S&P 1200 index now use the SASB standards in their external communications to investors,...Read more
ESG‘Don’t think about ESG simply as a reporting exercise,’ says former SSGA asset stewardship head Aug 19, 2021Garnet RoachMatt DiGuiseppe joined Diligent earlier this year to lead its ESG Center of Excellence, having previously been head of Americas asset...Read more
Regulatory & complianceUS issuers still split on ESG standards, study finds Aug 11, 2021Maria Ward-BrennanHalf of US public companies say third-party ESG standards are difficult understand, address immaterial information and lack...Read more
ESGGovernance Matters: Learn about the Value Reporting Foundation and proxy season takeaways Aug 02, 2021Jeff Cossette‘One of our top priorities is to drive simplification in the landscape,’ says Janine Guillot, CEO of the Value Reporting Foundation –...Read more
Regulatory & complianceSASB and IIRC launch new reporting organization Jun 09, 2021Ben MaidenSASB and the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) today launched their new merged organization – the Value Reporting...Read more
ESGStart integrating ESG by rethinking the 10K May 13, 2021Alex GoldWhen it comes to integrated reporting, the US lags its peers. A recent Global ESG Monitor (GEM) report found that six out of 30 Dow...Read more
ESGSixty-eight of 77 industries significantly affected by climate risk, SASB says Apr 27, 2021Mike SchnitzelSASB released an updated Climate Risk Technical Bulletin last week to help companies better understand how they can disclose climate...Read more
Shareholders & activismMost top 50 asset managers have created internal ESG ratings Mar 08, 2021Garnet RoachThe world’s biggest asset managers are ‘increasingly looking to develop their own proprietary ESG ratings and tools to lessen their...Read more
ESGESG reporting in Canada doubled between 2016 and 2019, study finds Feb 23, 2021Ben AshwellThe adoption of ESG reporting has increased significantly since 2016, with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) being the most-used...Read more