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GRESB Launches Real Estate Tool to Benchmark Individual Buildings
A new suite of tools has been launched to help investors and fund managers assess the sustainability of real estate assets in their portfolios. REAL Benchmarks, one of several new services created by real estate ESG-data provider GRESB, enables the identification of individual buildings with poor performance compared with peers to encourage owners to begin…
ESG Data Keeps on Evolving, but are Financial Institutions Keeping Pace?
By Yann Bloch, head of product and pre-sales Americas at NeoXam. Earlier this month, Bloomberg published their much-anticipated annual European ESG Data Trends Survey report, carrying with it some fascinating findings on the current state of the market. The survey, taken by respondents from London, Stockholm, Geneva, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, and Milan throughout 2023, posed questions about…
UK Moves Dial on ESG Data Assurance and Regulations
The UK has moved further along the dial of sustainability and reporting regulations with a slew of developments that suggest new rules are imminent. Announcements covering data assurance and biodiversity disclosure standards were announced a week after the Chancellor of the Exchequer signalled in his annual budget speech that ratings companies will come under the…
Confluence Adds MSCI ESG Research Data into Style Analytics
Confluence Technologies, a solutions provider to the investment management industry, has integrated MSCI ESG Research data into its factor investing analytics solution, Style Analytics. The data will help asset managers and fund selectors by offering in-depth analysis, comparison, and enhancement of portfolios. Damian Handzy, managing director, analytics, at Confluence, comments: “Style Analytics’ integration of MSCI’s…
Vendor Strategy: Impact Cubed Has a 3D Vision for ESG
The novelty of the ESG data space has inspired many innovations to help financial institutions build their sustainability investment and risk programmes. Most have sought to fill gaps in the nascent data market. Impact Cubed, however, found its impetus in a very different experience: disenchantment with what was already on offer. The investment solutions company was…
‘Idiosyncratic’ Data Keeps Lazard ESG Tech Chief on His Toes
Lazard Asset Management’s (LAM) director of ESG data and analytics Gregory Van Droogenbroeck received a baptism of fire when he shifted to the investment giant from technology behemoth Bloomberg. The day he joined the company Russia invaded Ukraine, catalysing an existential rethink of some of the assumptions that had been built into the ESG project….
Surveys Highlight Two Sides of ESG Market Evolution
Regulatory demands are expected to help boost spending on ESG data to a record this year but a significant part of the institutional space remains concerned that those same rules will limit the choice of sustainable investments. Two recent surveys suggest that investors continue to champion sustainable markets. One, by management consultancy Opimas estimates that…
ESG Data &Tech Summit London 2024 to Shine Light on Changing Industry
What a difference a year makes. As A-Team Group prepares for its third annual ESG Data and Tech Summit London in May, we find ourselves at a pivotal moment in the evolution of sustainable market data. In March 2022, we were anticipating momentous change. After years of growth in sustainable markets, participants were braced for a slew…
SEC Disclosure Rules Welcomed but Unlikely to Fill Data Gaps
In finally announcing its long-awaited code on corporate reporting of climate-related data, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has both delighted and annoyed participants in sustainability markets. While SEC chair Gary Gensler’s announcement last week of the US’s first-ever rule on ESG disclosures will help fill a gaping chasm in the global regulatory landscape, many…
Bloomberg ESG Data Supports Hong Kong Greenhouse Gas Emissions Elimination Tool
Bloomberg ESG data is supporting development of the recently released greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions estimation tool of Hong Kong’s Green and Sustainable Finance Cross-Agency Steering Group (Steering Group) and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The tool is part of key initiatives to facilitate sustainability reporting by corporates and financial institutions in…