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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…
Survey Highlights Wide Price Differences for Comparable Data
Some asset managers and financial firms are paying as much as four times more than their peers for the same ESG data, according to research that underlines the immaturity of the market for sustainability information. The huge disparities in pricing for data, ratings and indexes emerged in a survey that also found buy-side and sell-side…
Nature-linked Indexes Added to S&P Sustainability Benchmarks
S&P Dow Jones Indices has added another set of ESG-themed benchmarks to its roster, this time providing a gauge for nature-focused investors. The S&P 500 Biodiversity Index and the S&P Global LargeMidCap Biodiversity Index are intended to provide broad views of the impacts companies are having on nature and vice versa. The new suite follows…
RIMM Chief Sees Brighter Future for EM Sustainability Data
Increasing Western focus on supply-chain disclosures will accelerate the ingestion of emerging-market ESG data into global systems, according to the chief executive of a corporate sustainability services provider. With a large proportion of the world’s manufacturers, suppliers and logistics providers located in developing economies, new oversight rules requiring Scope 3 emissions will increase data flows…
Danish Pension Company Velliv Implements CuriumEDM for ESG Data Management
Velliv, a Danish pension and insurance company, has implemented Curium Data Systems’ enterprise data management solution, CuriumEDM, to manage the processing of its ESG data and ensure it can accommodate expanding regulatory and commercial requirements around ESG datasets. Curium’s initial target at Velliv is to address the ingestion, aggregation, mastering and quality control of ESG…
ESG Integration Hurdles, and Spreadsheets, Worry Data Experts
Resourcing constraints and fragmented business practices are holding back companies from integrating ESG processes into their operations. They are also still relying on manual data management to meet their ESG obligations. These findings, presented in a recent study of corporate ESG preparedness by KPMG, point to potentially dire consequences for financial institutions that use data…
Malaysia Assurance Move Highlights Growing Taste for ESG Data Audit
Malaysia has become the latest country to stress data assurance in its proposal for a broad sustainability reporting framework, highlighting the increasing importance being placed globally on ESG data audits. The government in Kuala Lumpur included assurance support in its touted National Sustainability Reporting Framework for Malaysia (NSRF), consultations on which were launched this week….