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Gender Diversity and Equality in Corporate Leadership, An ESG Imperative Table of Contents A growing emphasis on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors has been observed in recent years across the corporate landscape. Consumers, stakeholders, and investors are placing greater emphasis on the need for [...]

ESG: What’s right and What’s in Highlight In today’s world, the cover is more important than the contents of the book. That is, everything should look good, no matter what’s inside. That’s what is here in this blog. I will start with ESG, which stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. [...]

AI Outlook in ESG Research Table of Contents Introduction Sustainability concerns are making noise in a post-COVID world, but the difficulties involved in extracting and analysing the non-financial information to facilitate informed decision making in ESG investing and sustainable finance present a challenge. Artificial intelligence [...]

AI Outlook in ESG Research Table of Contents Introduction Sustainability concerns are making noise in a post-COVID world, but the difficulties involved in extracting and analysing the non-financial information to facilitate informed decision making in ESG investing and sustainable finance present a challenge. Artificial intelligence [...]

EU Taxonomy must address two key concerns to create long-term impact Table of Contents Introduction While the EU Taxonomy augurs well for a green future, concerns around the availability and measurement of the data needed for disclosures coupled with the confusion to issuers and [...]

ESG to SDGs: Connected Paths to a Sustainable Future Table of Contents Quick Read: The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals are increasingly being viewed as an opportunity to usher in a new and refined age of affirmative action through responsible investing. A broader level [...]

Uncluttering the reporting landscape with TCFD recommendations Quick Read: Growing investor scrutiny continues to push businesses into a chaotic and convoluted reporting landscaped with no clarity on the what’s and how’s of strategic discussions on their approach towards climate change reporting; The TCFD recommendations are a universal set of financial disclosure guidelines designed [...]

Mirror mirror on the wall (street), how fair are the ESG ratings, after all! Table of Contents Quick Read: Inadequate understanding of ESG Rating approaches fuels cynicism on its merits and validity to steer sagacious investment decisions. For integration of ESG issues into ratings [...]

The ubiquitous influence of ESG factors has been present in the investment world for a long time now. However, the recent spur in the awareness and acceptance of the importance of ESG factors for companies and investors has led to a surge in ratings and thematic benchmarking. Some of the most valued benchmarks are [...]

An increased focus on corporate sustainability performance has led to the development of many ESG/thematic indexes, benchmarks, and ratings. The information required for such indexes, benchmarks, and ratings, may not be publicly available, therefore the index or benchmark providers send “information requests” to the companies. As a result, companies receive plenty of “information requests”. [...]