2021 proxy season marked "new era" of shareholder support for ESG issues
The 2021 proxy season brought a new level of shareholder support for key ESG-related themes ranging from climate change to diversity disclosures. In this episode of ESG Insider, we talk to Sustainable...
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At COP26, why Article 6 matters to companies and investors
At COP26 in Glasgow in the first two weeks of November, government officials from around the world will gather to discuss plans for achieving the Paris agreement on climate change. A key issue on the ...
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Morgan Stanley exec on net zero: 'We can't just wait 30 years and see what happens'
In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we talk to Jessica Alsford, Head of Global Sustainability Research at Morgan Stanley. In the run-up to COP26, the big United Nations climate conference taki...
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How an EU social taxonomy could bring clarity to "S" in ESG
The coronavirus pandemic and a growing awareness of social risks have thrust the 'S' in ESG into sharper focus for many sustainability-minded companies and investors. Issuance of social bonds — debt i...
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Goldman Sachs executive on demystifying, measuring the 'S' in ESG
Over the past year and a half, we've seen companies, investors and regulators put a growing emphasis on the 'S' in ESG. But there is still a common refrain in the ESG world that social issues are nebu...
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How The Big Apple is taking on the carbon footprint from buildings
In this special New York Climate Week episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we explore how the built environment – new building construction plus existing offices, apartment blocks, airports and other s...
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Pulling back the curtain on the promise of low-carbon hydrogen
When we talk about the technologies the world will need to tackle climate change, low-carbon hydrogen is increasingly part of the discussion. Two recent studies raise some big questions about whether ...
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How green banks can accelerate climate finance
There's a massive gap between the amount of investment needed to make the climate transition happen and what is occurring today. In this episode of ESG Insider, we explore the role that green banks ca...
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