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Financing of tar-sands oil production in Alberta undermines PFA’s carbon emissions pledge
Plus: FedEx chief calls offsets a near ‘sham’; SEC ‘means business’ on ESG; antimicrobial resistance
Only 49% published a policy compared to 69% of companies in the S&P 500
The ESG stock frenzy of today, however egregious, may yet translate into a better tomorrow
‘Reverse greenwashing’ hinders progress to clean energy solutions
UK follows European governments in launching funding for environmental projects — but few details emerge
Government faces complaints that measures have too many loopholes or put country’s business at a disadvantage
Plus: why ‘net zero’ isn’t enough, the need for more ambitious corporate climate plans, and Asia gets litigious
European activist investor’s warning comes as sustainable investing rises quickly up the asset manager agenda
Conglomerate pulls out of landmark divestment of vinyls business
Investor demand for sustainable funds accelerated sharply in 2020
The FT'S Gillian Tett looks at the big issues influencing corporate governance
Activists plan more green resolutions at annual meetings after ‘corporate-friendly’ Trump years
Plus: food companies shift their thinking on systemic risks, AI’s environmental problem and new SEC climate disclosure rules
Savers are offered a growing range of sustainable funds, but the choice is tricky
Even an expert struggled to make meaningful comparison between different funds
The Moral Money Forum examines important issues from the Environmental Social Governance debate and highlights the macro and philosophical questions involved, as well as identify and explore the solutions organisations are developing.
There is more agreement about the damage short-termism is doing than about how to defeat it. But the evidence is piling up on how long-term thinking need not sacrifice returns now
Campaigners urge asset managers to divest from fossil fuels to help fight climate change
Plus: Deloitte pushes companies further on racial equity, Kirin prepares to leave Myanmar over coup, a green bubble and more
Investment Association warns it will flag inadequate reporting on global warming to asset managers
‘Dark secret’ of the sustainable strategy is its unintentional support of intangible assets over humans, analyst argues
For all the claims made by corporations, sceptics still believe shareholders — not stakeholders — will win out
Limited enthusiasm on central bank’s governing council for green asset purchases
Investors have piled in to clean-energy shares, driving up valuations
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