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US banks abandon ‘bare minimum’ environmental standards project, alarming climate groups

  2024-03-05 in The Guardian

Citi, BofA, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo leave framework that assesses environmental, social and governance (ESG) financing

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Finance | USA | Banking


Exxon CEO Shares "Dirty Secret" Keeping Us From Net Zero Goals | Leadership Next

  2024-03-04 (or before) in YouTube

As CEO of the energy giant, Darren Woods is leading the third-largest U.S. company through the energy transition. While Exxon Mobil is investing in low-carbo...

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Finance | Net Zero | Exxon | Carbon Capture and Storage | Renewable Energy


The curious origins of the anti-ESG movement

  2023-08-24 (or before) by in HEATED | Emily Atkin | Substack

The anti-"woke investing" movement was not created by financial experts. It was created by two of the fossil fuel industry's most notorious climate disinformers.

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Shell Joins Fellow Majors In Refocus On Core Oil And Gas Business

  2023-06-15 by in Forbes

The major integrated oil companies are refocusing their budgets on the core business of oil and gas this year. What it means for the future is unclear.

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Shell | BP | Exxon


Documents reveal how fossil fuel industry created, pushed anti-ESG campaign

  2023-05-18 in The Hill

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect that model legislation for an “Energy Discrimination Elimination Act” was submitted by an ALEC member but rejected by ALEC&#8…

  Tagged under: Disinformation and Misinformation | Legislation | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability


Green investment funds pushing money into fossil fuel firms, research finds

  2023-05-02 in The Guardian

BlackRock and L&G among asset managers using funds with ESG label to invest in coal, oil and gas

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Scrap Bank of England’s ESG, Climate Mandate to Focus on Inflation: Architect - Bloomberg

  2023-05-02 (or before) in Bloomberg

Climate goals should be stripped from the Bank of England’s remit to remove any distractions from its focus on inflation and financial stability, according to one of the architects of UK central bank independence.

  Tagged under: Climate Change | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


State leaders taking on climate saw boost from fossil fuel

  2023-04-25 (or before) in CNBC

Republicans have slammed ESG investing platforms and pulled funds away from BlackRock and other firms that have adopted them.

  Tagged under: Joe Biden | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Florida


Munich Re Exits Net-Zero Alliance   - ESG Investor

  2023-04-04 (or before) in ESG Investor – Investing in the Future

Munich Re has left the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA) citing anti-trust concerns. In a statement, Joachim Wenning, CEO of Munich Re, said: “In our view, the opportunities to pursue decarbonisation goals in a collective approach among insurers worldwide without exposing ourselves to material antitrust risks are so limited that it is more effective to pursue […]

  Tagged under: Insurance | Net Zero | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Decarbonisation


The Case For Fossil Fuel Engagement

  2023-03-28 (or before) by in Forbes

Although fossil fuels may have no future in a decarbonized world, fossil fuel firms may still have a role to play in the decades of climate transition ahead. Can responsible financial engagement with these companies support current energy needs and climate goals?

  Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Net Zero | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Finance


Greenwashing 'biggest challenge' facing ESG progress, say infrastructure professionals

  2023-03-20 by in New Private Markets

The backlash against ESG in the US may be making investors rethink how they communicate around sustainability, but it is the spectre of greenwashing that poses the bigger threat, said panellists at Infrastructure Investor Network's Global Summit. .

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability


GOP vs. ESG: Why Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republicans are fighting 'woke' ESG investing

  2023-01-30 (or before) in USA Today

Why red states are pulling billions in pension funds from BlackRock and piling on investigations: ESG or environmental, social, governance principles.

  Tagged under: Florida | USA | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


The weird Republican turn against corporate social responsibility

  2022-12-10 by in Vox

Companies say they want to acknowledge environmental impacts. Republicans are mad about that.

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


How ESG investing came to a reckoning | Financial Times

  2022-06-06 in Financial Times

With allegations of greenwashing at the highest levels, does it still make sense for funds to package together environmental, social and governance factors?

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


ESG Is BS. We Need Climate Impact - Clim8 Invest

  2022-05-30 (or before) in clim8.com

ESG is BS. We need Climate Impact. ESG is a huge distraction in the fight against climate change. Investors need a new category – Climate Impact

  Tagged under: Climate Change | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Over 130 companies implement sustainability reporting metrics

  2022-05-25 (or before) in The World Economic Forum

A coalition of leading firms have co-created a comprehensive corporate system to highlight the need for an aligned and consistent ESG reporting system.

  Tagged under: Coal | Capitalism | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability


HSBC banker who criticised climate ‘nut jobs’ was right about a lot of things

  2022-05-23 (or before) in The Telegraph

The City’s mania for ‘ESG’ is stifling debate and will stop us from solving the world’s problems

  Tagged under: Climate Change | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Analysis: Weak winds worsened Europe's power crunch; utilities need better storage | Reuters

  2022-03-06 (or before) in Reuters

  Tagged under: Wind Power | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Germany aims to get 100% of energy from renewable sources by 2035 | Reuters

  2022-02-28 (or before) in Reuters

  Tagged under: Renewable Energy | Germany | Climate Change | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Nuclear Is Too Risky to Aid Climate Fight, Former Regulators Say

  2022-01-26 (or before) in Bloomberg

Nuclear power is too risky and expensive to address the growing threat of climate change, according to an international coalition of former regulators.

  Tagged under: Nuclear Power | Coal | Climate Change | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


End new oil, gas and coal funding to reach net zero, says IEA | Reuters

  2021-12-22 (or before) in Reuters

  Tagged under: Coal | Net Zero | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Sustainable Investing Is Mostly About Sustaining Corporations

  2021-12-12 (or before) in Bloomberg

Wall Street uses ESG ratings to boost “sustainable” labels on stock and bond funds—but what do these ratings really measure?

  Tagged under: Capitalism | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Finance


DWS rocked by $1trillion SEC greenwashing probe - reports

  2021-08-26 in internationalinvestment.net

Leading brand for international independent financial advisers, wealth management professionals serving expatriate and cross-border clients worldwide.

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


The ESG investing industry is dangerous | Financial Times

  2021-08-24 in Financial Times

A BlackRock dissident speaks truth

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Commentary: Coming of Age – ESG Investing Stands Up to The Critics

  2021-06-17 in insights.issgovernance.com

There is a quote that is commonly misattributed to Mahatma Gandhi: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” At the regular get-togethers in the responsible investment industry, war stories are frequently exchanged about the amused responses to environmental, social and governance (ESG)-related pitches; the confusion; the […]

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


Overselling Sustainability Reporting

  2021-05-01 in Harvard Business Review

For two decades progressive thinkers have argued that a more sustainable form of capitalism would arise if companies regularly measured and reported on their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. But although such reporting has become widespread, and some firms are deriving benefits from it, environmental damage and social inequality are still growing. This article, by Timberland’s former COO, outlines the problems with both sustainability reporting and sustainable investing. The author discusses nonstandard metrics, insufficient auditing, unreliable ESG ratings, and more. But real progress, he says, req...

  Tagged under: Capitalism | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability


World's top emitters a long way from aligning with climate goals | Reuters

  2021-03-23 (or before) in Reuters

The world's biggest carbon-emitting companies are far from aligning with the Paris Climate Agreement, a report by the leading climate-focused investor group showed on Monday.

  Tagged under: Climate Change | Africa | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Japan | Food Production and Consumption | Finance | India


Financial world greenwashing the public with deadly distraction in sustainable investing practices

  2021-03-16 in USA Today

Wall Street is greenwashing the financial world, making sustainable investing merely PR, which is a distraction from the problem of climate change.

  Tagged under: Public Opinion | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


The Big Sustainability Illusion - how a whole crowd of incrementalist ESG progress proponents wants to make us think they support "Sustainability"​

  2021-03-01 (or before) in LinkedIn

Reform of corporate disclosure on sustainability is highly discussed at this moment; triggered by the illusion that stakeholder capitalism is the new horse to bet on (should that not have happened 20 years ago?), pledges made by several networks advocating for further convergence in the last couple

  Tagged under: Capitalism | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability


The Big Sustainability Illusion - how to escape the ESG bubble and finally deliver on sustainability!

  2021-03-01 (or before) in LinkedIn

Part three of a mini-series, see link to earlier parts at the end. When I wrote the first and second part of ‘The Big Sustainability Illusion’ I had little idea what would happen, somewhat throwing myself in the ring here, and ready to expect some punches.

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability


Arabesque - Sustainable Finance

  2021-03-01 (or before) in arabesque.com

Arabesque brings together AI, ESG data and financial technology to deliver sustainable investment and intelligence.

  Tagged under: ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Finance


Guest view: Extinction Rebellion, finance’s friend

  2020-01-24 (or before) in Breakingviews

The radical UK climate movement may sound like the corporate sector’s last idea of a kindred spirit. But spokesperson Rupert Read argues its focus on fast, deep carbon reductions are simple common sense, for financiers too. That’s why he is in Davos this week.

  Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance | Sustainability | Finance


Merkel Issues Warning on ‘Real, Dangerous’ Climate Change

  2019-12-31 (or before) in Bloomberg

Chancellor Angela Merkel called global warming “real” and “dangerous” in her New Year’s address, saying she will do everything in her power to ensure Germany makes a meaningful contribution to tackling it.

  Tagged under: Germany | Climate Change | ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance


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