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Recorded Webinar: From Data to Impact: Empowering Asset Managers and Owners with ESG Solutions for Net Zero Transformation
Duration: 50 minutes As asset managers and owners embark on their net zero journey, aligning with the Net Zero Asset Managers (NZAM) and Net Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA) initiatives, they will encounter various challenges. One of these revolves around effectively managing and using data, as the volume and complexity of data related to emissions,…
ESG Ratings Regulation Proposal Questioned Over Green Deal Alignment
An EU proposal to regulate ESG rating agencies has been criticised for failing to align with the bloc’s broader green finance laws. While the European Commission’s (EC) proposed regulation has been widely welcomed, critics including the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) say several shortcomings would render it ineffective. An ESG ratings experts…
A Powerful Voice for the ESG Data and Ratings Industry
The rapid maturity of the ESG data space had threatened to create a void in the policy and regulatory response that should be filled by industry participants. Three years ago, the Future of Sustainable Data Alliance (FoSDA) was founded to fill that very hole. Created at Davos by Sherry Madera, then an executive at Refinitiv, and the World Economic…
Future of ESG Ratings in Doubt as S&P Withdraws from Scores
S&P Global has made the surprise decision to stop issuing alphanumeric ESG scores with its credit ratings, raising questions about the continuing use of such metrics by financial institutions. The world’s leading provider of rankings on sovereign and corporate debt said it would cease providing scores on listed entities’ ESG performance with immediate effect. Instead,…
Model Behaviour: Testing the Tools that Underpin ESG Decisions
The quality of data and technology used in ESG systems is of growing importance to investors and regulators as they seek to do more with the information available, to comply with regulations and to arm themselves against accusations of greenwashing. Last week we discussed the emerging body of work that’s bringing accountancy-level assurance to ESG…
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,…
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…
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…
Recorded Webinar: ESG standards and taxonomies – A progress report
The development of ESG reporting and disclosure standards and taxonomies has progressed rapidly over the past few years, yet there is still no certainty on whether there will ever be measures that can be applied on a global basis. The EU leads the way in terms of ESG investment and regulation, ahead of Asia-Pacific and…
GaiaLens Uses AI to Bring Transparency to Sentiment Data
Alternative ESG data provider GaiaLens has harnessed the AI technology behind headline-grabbing app ChatGPT to revamp its news sentiment feed to investors and asset managers. UK-based GaiaLens, which was formed three years ago, said the use of large language technology has helped the company turbo-boost its Momentum product, which scrapes trusted news sources for sentiment…