ESG Investing Has a Blind Spot That Puts the $35 Trillion Industry’s Sustainability Promises in Doubt: Supply Chains
There's some discrepancy in how such rating agencies as Bloomberg, MSCI and Sustainalytics are measuring the ESG risk in the performance of supply chains. To accurately measure a company’s ESG risks, also its end-to-end supply chain operations must be considered. The EU's new Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ...
Posted on 16/11/21
SDG-Related Initiatives
PRI lists 25 SDG reporting initiatives according to focus. Some are a mechanism for disclosure and reporting on SDG investments or impact financing. Others allow for measuring and reporting on the implementation of the SDGs by businesses and their alignment with corporate sustainability benchmarks. United Nations Gl ...
Posted on 15/11/21
Will the EU Taxonomy Regulation Foster a Sustainable Corporate Governance?
EU securities regulation has established a taxonomy of environmentally sustainable financial activities that potentially supports sustainable corporate governance. This paper argues that including environmental sustainability in EU mandatory disclosure aligns the incentives of institutional investors with the interest ...
Posted on 14/11/21
COVID-19, Environmental Impacts, and Implications for Tourism
Tourism in many countries, particularly in developing economies, depends largely on such natural assets as forests, coastlines and wildlife and are linked to such environmental conditions as clean air and water. Given the interdependency of tourism and the environment, the environmental impacts of COVID-19 have short- ...
Posted on 10/11/21
EU Prepares to Include Nuclear and Gas in Green Investment List
EU countries have been arguing for three years whether to include nuclear and gas as green investments in the taxonomy. The decision will shape EU climate and energy policy for decades and have effects far beyond the financial sector. France, the UK, and Eastern European countries threatened to veto the EU taxonomy ...
Posted on 09/11/21
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