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Auditing Body Proposes ESG Data Standards to Match Those for Financial Reports
Data assurance services are forecast to be in huge demand as ESG reporting regulations expand and overseers seek to strengthen confidence in the information used by financial institutions and other stakeholders. Big accounting firms and smaller assurance providers alike are girding for new rules that will require companies to have their regulatory data audited in…
Recorded Webinar: The evolution of enterprise data management for ESG – managing non-standard and unstructured data
The challenges of sourcing ESG data to meet investment and regulatory requirements are well rehearsed. Managing the data to accelerate sustainability performance is another step forward, with the need to evolve enterprise data management and integrate unstructured and non-standard ESG data. A successful solution typically includes a single, trusted data master based on many sources,…
Broadridge Names Mike Sleightholme as President of Broadridge International
Broadridge Financial Solutions has appointed Mike Sleightholme as president of Broadridge International. Sleightholme, who is based in London, will be responsible for delivering the company’s capital markets technology and data solutions throughout the EMEA and Asia Pacific regions. Sleightholme first joined Broadridge in 2022 as president of its Asset Management Solutions business where he was…
Graph Technology Supports Financial Institutions with Indirect Emissions Reporting
Solution Architect Dr. Michael Moore, Ph.D. outlines how graph tech supports financial institutions working to meet Scope 3 carbon reporting requirements. Under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, financial services institutions will soon be tasked to estimate and report their carbon emissions, not just ‘Scope 1 and 2’ activities, but new Scope 3 activities that extend…
New Law May Have Quietly Improved ESG Data Outlook for UK Investors
A little-noticed insertion into the biggest shakeup of UK financial law in generations is expected to bring greater clarity to the way ESG data will be reported and government’s role in green finance. The Financial Services and Markets Act (2023) – known as the FSMB, its initials when the law was a bill awaiting royal…
EthicsGrade Measures the ESG Risks of ESG Technology
Technology is providing companies with the tools to improve their ESG performances. But could that tech itself be undermining some of those gains, could it be having unforeseen negative impacts? When the question occurred to technologist Charles Radclyffe while working on AI for a major London investment firm, he discovered there was no way of…
ISSB Assumption of TCFD Brings a Global Reporting Code a Huge Step Closer
The set of climate reporting recommendations that are regarded as the go-to guideline for national regulators, companies and financial institutions alike has become the latest major piece added to an emerging global sustainability disclosure framework. From next year, companies that align with the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) will be monitored by, and required…
ISS ESG to Update Cyber Risk Score Model
ISS ESG is to tweak the model behind its recently launched Cyber Risk Score to make it easier to identify “good” and “bad” scores. “The ability for this model to differentiate ‘goods’ from ‘bads’ by discerning forward-looking risk, is a key differentiator in the market,” the company said. The new version, 5.0, also updates its…
Webinar Preview: Bringing ESG and Enterprise Data Together
ESG data is of greatest value when it is integrated with other data sets. The challenge is making that happen. With sustainability investors requiring ever-more nuanced and esoteric datasets to give them the most holistic view of their portfolios, the volume of non-standard and unstructured data they absorb into their systems is growing. Standardising, cleaning…
UK Issues Code of Conduct Proposal for ESG Ratings
Leading financial bodies have welcomed a proposed voluntary code of conduct for ESG ratings providers, which has been launched in the UK to improve confidence in a sector that’s growing in importance for financial institutions. The document, published on July 5, suggests a six-principles approach to bringing order to ESG ratings whose providers face criticism…