ESG archive

The week in GRC: New York voters approve $4.2 bn environmental bond and ISSB chair hopeful on aligning its standards and EU rules

Nov 11, 2022

7 min read

– Reuters reported that the US Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases that may make it easier to challenge the regulatory...

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Listed companies failing on climate plans, MSCI says

Nov 07, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

2 min read

Just one third of public companies have measures in place to achieve or fall below the 2°C by 2100 target set by the Paris climate...

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Institutional investor support for ESG proposals drops in 2022

Nov 01, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

3 min read

Amid a sharp rise in ESG shareholder proposals at US companies, a new report finds that average support for environmental...

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Climate-related disclosures increasing but more transparency needed, TCFD says

Oct 17, 2022

By Noemi Distefano

3 min read

The number of companies that disclose information compliant with the TCFD framework has increased but their disclosure levels...

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Proxy season 2022: The story behind falling support for ESG proposals

Sep 27, 2022

By Ben Maiden

4 min read

The 2022 proxy season has had a touch of the Rorschach test about it, based on some of the headline figures from voting on the...

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The week in GRC: NYC comptroller presses BlackRock on climate commitments and senator questions ESG raters

Sep 23, 2022

By Ben Maiden

7 min read

– The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that, according to people familiar with the matter, Instacart doesn’t intend to raise...

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ESG Integration Awards: Energy Recovery on getting its ESG message across

Sep 16, 2022

By Sarah Welsh

3 min read

Energy Recovery was the winner in the best ESG communications category at Corporate Secretary and sister publication IR Magazine’s...

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ESG Integration Awards: Gilead Sciences’ work on diversity

Sep 14, 2022

By Sarah Welsh

3 min read

Foster City, California-headquartered Gilead Sciences was awarded the best diversity, equity & inclusion (DE&I) prize at Corporate...

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How JLL approaches its ESG strategy

Sep 12, 2022

By Sarah Welsh

3 min read

The inaugural ESG Integration Awards – celebrating the ESG work of governance and investor relations teams – were presented in...

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Apple faces workers’ rights shareholder proposal

Sep 08, 2022

By Ben Maiden

3 min read

A coalition of investors including representatives of New York City and union members has filed a shareholder proposal with Apple...