In an era of various world leaders setting legally binding net zero emissions targets in an attempt to stave off…
ESG Investment and the Amazon
Why is the Amazon of importance? The Amazon Rainforest is vanishing before our very eyes. This is the result of…
Biden Policies to Boost ESG Assets
Although dealing with the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting economic turmoil will most certainly be on the top of the…
The ETF Goldrush
What are ETFs? An ETF stands for Exchange-Traded Fund, which are baskets of stocks and bonds that are invested into…
Universities and Divestment
The Higher Education sector has received significant attention recently as having a major role to play in driving systemic change…
Sustainable Investment: Beyond ESG
Today, sustainable investing is a means of pursuing investment solutions to urgent challenges like climate change in order to make…
Big 4 Accountants Announce Alignment to SASB Standards
In recent times, we have witnessed an exacerbation of various world-wide issues such as climate change, deforestation, lack of diversity…
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Sustainability-Linked-Bonds: An Introduction
What are Bonds? A bond is a financial instrument used by many companies, municipalities and governments to raise liquidity for…
Data: The Missing Piece in the ESG Puzzle
In recent years, Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) issues have become increasingly important considerations in investment decision-making. Why? Because…
ESG Reporting Standards: The Need For Convergence
As companies increasingly add disclosures on sustainability to their reporting, it is clear that the wide array of standards used…
The Dark Side of Renewable Energy?
“Fossil fuels are categorically worse at hurting the environment, and even society, than renewables”, says Benjamin Sovacool – a professor…
Auditing, a Path to ESG Accountability
As environmental, social and governmental (ESG) issues and sustainability become increasingly important to account for when building portfolios, the ways…