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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…
TNFD Signals Launch of Free Nature-based Data Repository
Investors could soon have access to two free, centralised repositories of sustainability data following the announcement by a leading biodiversity standards setter that it is mulling the creation of a publicly accessible knowledge store. The plan was announced as heads of state, bankers and environmentalists gathered in Paris to discuss ways of making the global…
Industry Veteran John White Sets Up Data Management Advisory Firm, Watchdog Data Services
John White, former CEO of 3d Innovations, the market data products and consultancy organisation, has left the company to establish a new data management advisory firm, Watchdog Data Services, LLC, whose goal is to collaborate with key partners in offering clients a broad level of market data consulting and services. White is a long-term veteran…
ISSB Rules Hailed for Bringing Data Clarity, Comparability
The first fruits of the International Sustainability Standards Board’s (ISSB’s) 18 months of work hammering out a set reporting rules that could be applied globally has been welcomed by participants in the financial data and technology industries. The body’s first two sets of disclosure standards, described as “ground-breaking” by the board’s chair Emmanuel Faber, have…
Finastra, Green RWA Launch Free-to-Use Climate Risk Tool in Development Sandbox
Finastra has lent its FinTech expertise and capabilities to an initiative that’s building a model to help banks boost their resilience to climate risks. The London-based company has devised an interface that enables financial institutions, regulators and the public to access the Climate-Extended Risk Model (CERM) risk framework. Users, by their participation, also contribute ideas…
GLEIF Signals Intent to Join Global Project Designed to Digitise ESG Credentials of MSMEs
The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) have signed a statement of intent to embark on a collaborative initiative to develop digital Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) credentials for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) worldwide. The initiative, Project Savannah, hopes to lower the…