USA & ESG in 2024 February 5, 2024 | Sponsored As ESG awareness and disclosure has been growing in the USA over the past few years, so too has the anti-ESG movement – as detailed by my colleague Kit last year. Just last week, Texas announced it had banned Barclays from participating as an underwriter in the state’s municipal bond market for failure to respond [...]
Empowering Change: The Genesis of Inspiration for All January 31, 2024 | Sponsored In the world of education, where the disparities in quality and access are as vast as the global landscape itself, the story of “Inspiration for All” emerges as a beacon of hope and innovation. Founded on the principles of leadership excellence and the transformative power of education, this organisation’s journey from a nascent idea to [...]
Reflo interview: Harry Kane deal can make our brand a behemoth January 31, 2024 Harry Kane can help sustainable sportswear brand Reflo become a business behemoth, according to the firm’s co-founder, after the England captain became the third largest shareholder in the company. The Bayern Munich striker is one of a number of sporting names, including golfers Tiger Woods and Jason Day, to split with Nike in the past [...]
The business case for corporate social impact January 30, 2024 | Sponsored What it takes to sustain a business over time has radically changed. No longer is it enough to deliver value to customers and turn a profit. Now, companies need to ensure their impact on people and the planet is positive if they want to attract talent, be a top consumer choice, and access funds from [...]
Data: The lifejacket that keeps ESG afloat January 29, 2024 | Sponsored If the year is 1983 and you find yourself in Fiji looking at a notice asking you to reuse your hotel towels for the sake of the environment, then your name is probably Jay Westerveld and you’re about to come up with the term “greenwashing”. Mr. Westerveld was lodging in a beach resort undergoing large, [...]
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Are The Fortune 500 Afraid Of The Dark? Metrikus Is Back With Dark January To Get Companies To Go #LightsOut January 25, 2024 | Sponsored It definitely feels like that when you look up at the skyline of the City of London well after office hours. All these towering skyscrapers are lit up with absolutely no one in. And while the legend of the occasional graduate banker burning the midnight oil and napping in sleep pods may well be the [...]
ESG Backlash: Investors are pulling more cash from sustainable funds than they’re putting in January 25, 2024 Sustainable funds saw their first net redemptions ever in the last quarter of 2023, according to a report from Morningstar, as further questions are asked over the value of ‘ESG’. Environmental, social and governance- focused funds experienced $2.5bn (£1.96bn) of outflows, as US investors pulled a record $5bn from sustainable funds, while European investors still [...]
Mandatory TCFD Reporting – Deadline Approaching January 24, 2024 | Sponsored TCFD reporting is a mandatory reporting requirement – UK investment management firms with over £5bn AUM must publish their first product-level TCFD report by 30 June 2024, while those with over £50bn AUM are already expected to produce quarterly reports. What must this report include? Scope 1, 2 & 3 greenhouse gas emissions; Carbon footprint [...]
Government ‘cannot currently’ tell if £22bn subsidy for biomass plants is genuinely green – watchdog January 24, 2024 The Drax plant in North Yorkshire is the country's primary user of biomass