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Navigating sustainable investments in Sweden and the Nordics: A legal perspective

Understanding the CSRD through its purpose

Marcos Taboada Espiño, Associate ESG As a key part of the EU Action Plan on Sustainable Finance, the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) has been designed in response to investor and stakeholder demand for more abundant, trustworthy, and comparable sustainability information from companies to better inform their decision making. In this blog, we explore how CSRD’s purpose has shaped its design through the main requirements it mandates.

Charting the path to net-zero: A guide to science-based target setting

Simone van den Akker, Senior Consultant As firms look to measure their journeys to net-zero emissions, the Science-Based Target initiative (“SBTi”) can provide a robust framework to track the success of a carbon reduction strategy.

How private equity investors can harness technology for ESG innovation: Q&A with Adams Street Partners

As private companies, asset managers and investors continue to embed environmental, social, and corporate governance (“ESG”) factors across every business function, firms are discovering pioneering methods to use technology and data to implement ESG strategies.

Biodiversity is becoming the next key driver of ESG

Sander Keulen, Director of ESG - Apex Group. Nature is the backbone of life on Earth, maintaining the planet’s ecosystems and keeping our economies ticking. It provides valuable services, from ensuring our food supply to supplying lifesaving pharmaceuticals. Investors are becoming increasingly aware of companies’ positive and negative impacts and are starting to allocate capital accordingly.

ESG is poised for take-off in Asia

Environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) investing has already matured in Europe, while in Asia, with far lower penetration across the market, the boom years are still ahead. Asian regulators are supporting the trend with a wide range of initiatives and the rewards will be worthwhile for those asset managers that can navigate them successfully.

Setting the scene for CSRD, a necessary regulation to help drive positive impact

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (“CSRD”) has broadened the horizons of sustainability reporting stipulations previously outlined in the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (“NFRD”). This presents a significant opportunity for investors.

The ESG landscapes in Europe and the US

Apex assembled a panel of experts from our New York and Amsterdam offices to consider the divergence in ESG regulation between Europe and the United States. Here, we detail the headline differences between the two and the potential for progress.

The real impact of ESG

Despite the growth of environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) funds, assets under management outstripping traditional investing over the past 20 years (growing by circa $40 trillion, per Reuters) environmental and social problems are not going away. In fact, by some measures, the problems are getting worse.