Oct 29, 2021
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 Investments Institute founding executive director Heidi Welsh.
“We've entered a whole new era” of shareholder...
Oct 22, 2021
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 table is Article 6, which involves international cooperation through carbon markets.
In this episode of ESG...
Oct 15, 2021
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 taking place in Glasgow in November 2021, there has been a lot of discussion in the sustainability world about the path to...
Oct 8, 2021
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 instruments that raise money for things like affordable housing, health and education — surged nine-fold to $165...
Oct 1, 2021
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 nebulous or difficult to measure.
In this episode of ESG Insider, we hear how one of the largest financial institutions...