ESG funds are popular, but research has found the sector is rife with greenwashing. Lawyers warn a reckoning is coming. When Lucy Carraz moved her investment account to online wealth platform Nutmeg in November, she wanted her money invested in…
BloombergNEF’s annual investment report records a 27% rise from 2020 to 2021, with almost half of all investment occurring in Asia London, January 27, 2022 – Global investment in the energy transition totaled $755 billion in 2021 – a new record…
The European Commission is preparing to table a proposal on 30 March that will force companies to substantiate their environmental claims, using an EU-wide methodology that has been in the making for nearly ten years. The Commission will table its…
Scrutiny helps us to create stronger methods for assessing and validating corporate climate targets. By Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Managing Director of the Science Based Targets initiative. At the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), it is our core mission to drive…
Multi-stakeholder demands for transparency on sustainability impacts can’t be ignored What does adopting ‘stakeholder capitalism’ really mean, and why should companies be accountable for their impacts on society and the environment, and not only the interests of investors? These key…
By the end of 2021, over 80 countries — representing almost 75% of global emissions — announced commitments to achieve net-zero emissions. Setting a net-zero target is a necessary step to cut global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 to keep the world’s…
COP26 focused the attention of governments and businesses on a key target: limiting global temperature rise to 1.5C by halving global emissions by 2030. The Glasgow Climate Pact made clear that the days of coal and fossil fuels are numbered, that…
Handing a muted victory to proponents of nuclear and gas, the European Commission (EC) on Feb. 2 adopted a measure that labels some nuclear and gas energy activity as climate-friendly investments. However, it set out strict, potentially limiting technical screening…
The planetary boundaries concept presents a set of nine planetary boundaries within which humanity can continue to develop and thrive for generations to come In 2009, former centre director Johan Rockström led a group of 28 internationally renowned scientists to…
Which companies earned a spot on Corporate Knights’ index of the world’s greenest firms? Corporate Knights’ 2022 ranking of the world’s 100 most sustainable corporations is based on a rigorous assessment of nearly 7,000 public companies with revenue over US$1…