In March, the US Securities and Exchange Commission proposed a draft rule requiring US-listed companies to disclose their climate-related risks and greenhouse gas emissions. This was announced in response to investors seeking more guidance on how they should be reporting on their climate impacts. However, some critics have accused the regulator of overstepping its authority and creating a burden for businesses in requiring the data to be disclosed
Is it time to say RIP to ESG? By Emma McGarthy ‘It’s time to say RIP to ESG,’ declared one of its key proponents at a dinner hosted by OMFIF at the House of Lords. Anne Simpson, global head of sustainability at Franklin Templeton, explained that the ESG movement had come of age and would be integrated into the ‘visible hand of stewardship’.
ON DEMAND Integrating ESG risks into investment frameworks Xinting Jia, ESG investment strategist, APAC, State Street Global Advisors, joins Emma McGarthy, head of OMFIF’s Sustainable Policy Institute, to discuss the methods and tools investors use when integrating ESG factors into their decisions and delve into the metrics that should be used to assess risks.
MEETINGS French strategy and the presidential election Tuesday 5 April France elects its next president over two rounds of voting in April 2022 and the incumbent, Emmanuel Macron, faces a tough challenge from candidates on both ends of the ideological spectrum. The outcome of the election will impact France, the European Union and beyond.
Future of capital markets Bankers, issuers and technology companies are scrambling to develop technology to overhaul how capital markets operate, a new report from OMFIF finds. The ‘Future of capital markets’ report also includes a survey of public sector funding teams on their plans for and expectations of digital assets.
