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RIMM Tool Provides ESG Missing Link, Says Outspoken Expert Beslik

Sasja Beslik is an unusual figure within the ESG ecosystem. The newly appointed senior adviser to RIMM, a sustainability data and tech provider, is passionate about getting ESG right within the investment industry. But he is critical – to the point of damning – of the way it’s currently being managed. “The entire purpose with...


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Webinar Review: Net-Zero Goals Face Data Challenge but Offer Hope

Decarbonising the atmosphere is the most ambitious target that’s been set to limit rising global temperatures to within the levels set by the Paris climate agreement. But putting in train the processes that can achieve that target is proving difficult. The financial system will be key to finding the resources to bring that change. But...

Are We Paralysing CSOs Through ESG Metric Overload?

AI ethics analyst Tess Buckley examines how new technology can be applied to streamline ESG regulatory compliance. The overwhelming number of ESG disclosures unnecessarily burdens Chief Sustainability Officers (CSOs), potentially hindering their pursuit of meaningful change. We believe this causes paralysis of ESG changes that stems from a need for more regulation and standardisation in...

ESG Ratings Regulation Proposal Questioned Over Green Deal Alignment

An EU proposal to regulate ESG rating agencies has been criticised for failing to align with the bloc’s broader green finance laws. While the European Commission’s (EC) proposed regulation has been widely welcomed, critics including the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) say several shortcomings would render it ineffective. An ESG ratings experts...

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Upcoming Webinar: How to develop a reporting framework for ESG disclosure regulation

Date: 10 October 2023 Time: 10:00am ET / 3:00pm London / 4:00pm CET Duration: 50 minutes ESG reporting is a challenge and additional burden for many financial institutions as regulations continue to evolve, ESG data management is complex, and global standards remain elusive. Helpful solutions include reporting frameworks that support the collection, understanding, and management…

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ESG Data & Tech Summit London

The ESG Data & Tech Summit will explore challenges around assembling and evaluating ESG data for reporting and the impact of regulatory measures and industry collaboration on transparency and standardisation efforts. Expert speakers will address how the evolving market infrastructure is developing and the role of new technologies and alternative data in improving insight and filling data gaps.

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ESG Handbook 2023

The ESG Handbook 2023 edition is the essential guide to everything you need to know about ESG and how to manage requirements if you work in financial data and technology. Download your free copy to understand: What ESG Covers: The scope and definition of ESG Regulations: The evolution of global regulations, especially in the UK…

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Solving the Enterprise Data Challenge for Institutional Investors

Institutional investors are evolving under pressure from a range of emergent externalities that are prompting many to assume new roles and processes, some of which have traditionally been the preserve of asset managers. Enabled by data-led technology, they are making more direct investments and managing their portfolios in-house. At the same time, they are streamlining...

How to Build an Efficient Enterprise ESG Data Strategy in Banking with Cloud and Machine Learning

ESG investing is now integral to financial institutions’ activities, motivated by client demands for sustainable investment options, regulatory obligations and a growing cultural shift towards ensuring that capital is allocated in order to do better for the planet and the people on it. Data is the magic dust that is enabling the translation of that...

Future-Proof Your ESG Data Strategy Across the Enterprise

ESG data is now as important to financial institutions as traditional price and reference data. Ensuring that data is accurate and consistent is critical so that can deploy it in their portfolio and risk management strategies as well as regulatory reporting systems. But ESG data is unlike that they would be used to. It’s often...

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Recorded Webinar: Putting data management processes in place for MiFID II

The January 2018 compliance deadline for Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) is approaching fast, so how ready are financial institutions to meet the directive’s requirements, what data management processes should they be prioritising to ensure compliance, and what outstanding challenges do they face? Also, what do regulators expect firms to have in...

Recorded Webinar: Managing data, research and trading challenges in the countdown to MiFID II

MiFID II is a far-reaching regulatory directive, years in the works, but now just a few short months from taking effect on January 3. The European Union regulation will have global impact, in areas including unbundling payments for asset management research, allowing systematic internalizers latitude to handle more types of instruments, data management methods and...

Recorded Webinar: Artificial Intelligence in the EDM Era

The scope and scale of structured and unstructured data that financial firms must manage continues to grow exponentially, calling for innovative approaches that can deliver automated, accurate and timely decision making. Artificial intelligence (AI) and cognitive computing are prime contenders to ease the enterprise data management burden, but what types of solutions are available, how...

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Congratulations to the winners of A-Team Group’s ESG Insight Awards 2023! The ESG Insight Awards have been designed to shine a light on ESG providers and celebrate innovations that help us make progress with such an important goal for the industry.

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