COP26 climate commitments send "clear signal" on how banks should finance transition
The 26th U.N. Climate Change Conference, known as COP26, is well underway in Glasgow. A big theme during the first week of the conference was the financial sector's role in addressing climate change. ...
5 Nov 202129min
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...
29 Okt 202117min
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 ...
22 Okt 202124min
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...
15 Okt 202121min
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...
8 Okt 202129min
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...
1 Okt 202129min
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...
24 Sep 202120min
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 ...
17 Sep 202131min
