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14 October 2024

Three ways AI will help ESG in private markets, and three ways it will not

Aileen Sartor, ESG Product Manager ESG requirements for companies are increasing, whether due to changing regulations, demands from investors, or calls for transparency to mitigate greenwashing. This trend is causing a growing workload for ESG and sustainability professionals. Such demands require considerable time for gathering and understanding information, and this is before one even considers the more interesting and impactful work related to strategy and implementation. Rapidly developing AI models will be able to support ESG professionals by providing the data they need to collect, gathering the relevant data points, and ensuring auditability is maintained.

Regulatory Tracker

20 September 2024

Australia passes law to begin mandatory climate reporting in 2025 – ESG Today

Australia's new Treasury Laws Amendment Bill mandates medium and large companies to report climate-related risks and emissions from January 2025.

Blog

30 July 2024

The evolution of SFDR: one step closer to SDR, one step further from defining impact

Madeleine Kelly, Larissa Machiels, and Cristian Echavarria Quiroga As sustainability has become a growing area of focus for regulatory bodies, legal frameworks have taken on an unparalleled level of importance in shaping the financial landscape. In the European context, the two leading legal frameworks carving out the responsible investment market are the EU's Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) and the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (“FCA”) Sustainability Disclosure Requirements (“SDR”).

Blog

08 July 2024

HKEX adopts new climate disclosure rules for transparency

Douwe Muller, Associate, and Cristian Echavarria Quiroga, Principal The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“the exchange”), a subsidiary of Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (“HKEX”), has adopted the new climate requirements (“the requirements”) proposals on the enhancement of climate-related disclosures into law under its environmental, social, and governance reporting code (“ESG code”) on Friday, April 19 2024.

Blog

08 July 2024

ADGM’s ESG Disclosures Framework

Nicole Balarezo Urteaga, Associate In June 2023, the Abu Dhabi Global Market (“ADGM”), the financial regulator of the United Arab Emirates, published its ESG Disclosures Framework. Through this regulation, ADGM introduced reporting requirements for environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) information for certain companies and financial institutions registered in this financial hub.

News

08 July 2024

Holtara targets European growth with Northern Europe Director

Holtara, one of the world’s foremost ESG and Sustainability businesses and part of the Apex Group, is targeting further growth in core European markets with the appointment of Daan Schipper as Senior Director, Northern Europe

Blog

25 June 2024

The ESAs publish a joint opinion on the future shape of the SFDR

Madeleine Kelly, Consultant The European Supervisory Authorities (“ESAs”) have published their joint opinion report regarding the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) and recommendations on the framework. The key recommendations are laid out below.

Event

13 June 2024

Webinar on workforce reporting: Holtara and Diversio unveil ESRS solutions

Holtara and Diversio are partnering to ease the burden of diversity and inclusion-related reporting, such as those required by the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive’s (“CSRD”) new European Sustainability Reporting Standards (“ESRS”) on workforce reporting. This collaboration is designed to help companies navigate the complexities of reporting requirements that apply to large publicly listed companies as of 2024 and to smaller publicly listed and unlisted companies by 2026. 

Blog

12 June 2024

The illusion of integrity: Confronting governance washing in sustainable investing

George Lampridis, Senior Associate Governance, alongside environmental and social factors, is a crucial component of ESG criteria. Governance washing intersects with ESG investing, as fund managers may manipulate governance-related disclosures to inflate ESG ratings and attract investors with an ESG focus. This deceptive practice undermines the integrity of ESG frameworks and compromises the effectiveness of responsible investment strategies. Governance washing has wider impacts: misled investors may invest in poorly governed companies, putting their returns at risk, and further undermining trust in ESG investing, slowing progress towards sustainability and ethics.