Despite rising climate risks for businesses, only 46% of organisations report having an enterprise-wide ESG strategy, and ESG data is digitised, yet processes remain largely manual and siloed, ...

Both skeptics and proponents of sustainable business have long decried the lack of universal, mandatory standards governing the measurement and disclosure of companies’ ESG performance. And they ...

The gradual pace of social progress is occasionally punctuated by periods of rapid change. We are undoubtedly amid one of these shifts, as pandemic, climate risks, and economic and racial inequality ...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Following the introduction of PMI’s Sustainability Index, Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) made its ESG KPI Protocol publicly available. This ...

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While companies have made specific commitments to environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, it's turning out to be harder than anticipated to meet these goals. According to the Global ...

LONDON, Mar 19 (IFR) - Key performance indicators for sustainability-linked bonds are facing more scrutiny as debate continues around their ambition and investors push for greater standardisation as ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. Angela Hultberg, global director of sustainability, Kearney, ...

Standard Chartered has launched a new ESG-Linked Cash Account for corporate banking clients that rewards them for meeting targets tied to environmental, social and governance (ESG) priorities.

NEW YORK, Oct 21 (LPC) - Increasing issuance of sustainability-linked loans by top investment-grade companies is boosting lenders’ reliance on independent ratings agencies to score and monitor firms’ ...

Announcement highlights the role of Islamic banking in enabling globally investable businesses and positions the UAE as a hub ...

It’s a field that goes by a variety of names — ethical debt, green finance or ESG (environmental, social and governance) financing. Whatever you call it, it’s become increasingly mainstream: The ...