Sustainable Development Goals

UK behind in efforts to meet Sustainable Development Goals

The government’s Voluntary National Review, which outlines its progress towards the SDGs, showed it only received a satisfactory rating in one of the 11 areas on which it was assessed.

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LGC Investment & Pension Summit

Minerva backs key industry Summit

Minerva Analytics has sponsored this year’s flagship LGC Investment and Pensions Summit.

As Europe’s best-known independent provider of global research and proxy voting solutions, Minerva will sponsor the summit’s end of conference podcast …

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sustainable world

Investors looking for consistent sustainability reporting

Investors are calling for an overhaul of sustainability reporting standards following concerns that current guidelines prevent accurate and informed investment decisions.

A major survey by consultancy McKinsey & Co, published this week, revealed …

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Fed claims climate risks

Fed claims climate risks are outside of current scope

The warnings have been coming thick and fast. From the world’s central banks, to leading academics and regulators – many believe the global financial system faces a serious and potentially catastrophic

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Minerva ESG Event - Helping Asset Owners Survive the ESG Wave

Climate Change, Shareholder Voting and ESG-factor awareness are clearly(!) topics close to our heart. With the recent DWP changes to Occupational Pension Scheme legislation in the UK, and the introduction Europe-wide of the Shareholders Rights Directive II, there’s …

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Dubai’s stock exchange eyes Middle East sustainability crown

Dubai’s stock exchange eyes Middle East sustainability crown

The Dubai Financial Market has launched a blueprint to promote environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues among listed firms, pledging to become the region’s leading sustainable financial market by 2025.

The Sustainability

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ESMA pulls back from ESG legislation for rating agency methodology

ESMA pulls back from ESG legislation for rating agency methodology

On July 18, the European Securities and Markets Authority published technical advice to the European Commission outlining its reluctance to compel these firms to include ESG factors in their analysis, …

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Industrial companies largely ignoring climate risks

Corporate climate ignorance poses threat to pensions

Nearly half of major companies in the highest polluting sectors worldwide are failing to weigh up how climate change will affect their businesses. The findings come from the State of the Transition report

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London Climate Action

UK funds braced for tougher regulatory stance on climate

UK pension funds and listed companies are to be handed a new list of reporting requirements, following publication of the UK government’s Green Finance Strategy at the start of July.

The …

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ESG factors emerging markets

The European Commission’s Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, launched last week, was broadly welcomed by responsible investment groups and those representing the financial sector. The Commission’s intention is to develop a financial system that supports the EU’s climate and …

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