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2023 in Review: The Rise of the Machines
Artificial intelligence (AI) seemed to take on a life of its own in 2023. ChatGPT, the large language model-based (LLM) generative AI (GenAI), grabbed headlines with horror stories of hallucinations and doomy sci-fi predictions of lost jobs and machines running wild over humanity. Most ignored the fact that AI in its various forms had been…
CUSIP Global Services Partners BeZero to Create Unique Identifiers for Carbon Credits
CUSIP Global Services, a provider of securities identification across capital markets, has partnered ratings agency BeZero Carbon to create identifiers for carbon credits. Unique CUSIP identifiers will be assigned to carbon credit projects listed on the major registries across the voluntary carbon market (VCM). This will make carbon credit trading more efficient as the market…
UK’s SDR Puts Data and Governance at Heart of Compliance
Asset managers and manufacturers of financial products sold in the UK have been told they must have adequate data, governance and technology in place to comply with the national regulator’s sustainable disclosure recommendations (SDRs), published this week. The requirement from Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) puts data, metrics and ratings at the centre of the highly…
Clarity AI to Expand ML and GenAI Product Development on AWS
Clarity AI has expanded its presence in the cloud to take advantage of new capabilities that will enable it to better develop artificial intelligence (AI) products and services. The US-based sustainability tech company will increase its presence on AWS and harness more of its tools to develop and test applications that Clarity AI can then roll out…
Bloomberg ESG Tool Assesses Potential Impact of Company Business on UN SDGs
Bloomberg has launched a tool that investors can use to assess the potential impact of a company’s business on any of the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is a response to increasing demand for objective SDG-related data and provides data mapping and materiality assessment to offer more clarity to investors seeking to…
Europe’s Insurance and Pensions Firms Back EU Ratings Regulation
European plans to regulate ESG ratings providers has won backing from the region’s pension and insurance industries. PensionsEurope and Insurance Europe, which represent companies across the bloc, said the European Commission’s (EC) proposed Rating Regulation would “lead to a significant enhancement in the transparency of ESG ratings”. The EC wants to bring ratings providers under…
FCA Criticism of Funds’ SDR Approach Stirs Controversy
The UK regulator has criticised fund managers for failing to abide by interim guidance on ESG disclosures just days before it’s expected to announce details of a formal regulation. But the comments have been met with frustration and caution within the ESG data and technology community, with one practitioner arguing that the Financial Conduct Authority…
Data Benefit of CSDDD at Risk as FIs Seek Exclusion, Experts Warn
The anticipated exclusion of financial companies from the EU’s sustainability due diligence law has stung ESG professionals, with some arguing that an opportunity to improve data quality would be missed. The EU’s executive body, the European Commission (EC), is reportedly ready to cede to requests from parts of the financial sector to be left out…
Novata Expands, Streamlines SFDR Reporting Platform
Novata, an ESG data provider to private markets and investors, has enriched and simplified its Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) compliance tools. The New York-based company said it has made it easier for clients to integrate their SFDR-aligned data with its platform and has created in-platform tools for reporting on the regulation’s Principle Adverse Indicator…
ISS ESG to Provide Sustainability Data to Southern German State
ISS ESG will provide sustainability data that will help drive investment decision making by Germany’s Baden-Wurttemberg state government. The sustainability arm of ISS STOXX said the contract will see the financial research and technology company support the state’s mandate to invest its public funds in sustainable assets. That will include supplying data and metrics on…