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S&P Global Market Intelligence Wins Best ESG Solution for Unstructured Data Award at the A-Team Group ESG Insights Awards 2024
S&P Global Market Intelligence has won the award for Best ESG Solution for Unstructured Data at the A-Team Group ESG Insights Awards 2024. The judges considered the company’s ESG Data Management as a Service as the most innovative offering in a very strong field of entrants. These awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative…
A-Team Group Announces Winners of ESG Insight Awards 2024
A-Team Group has announced the winners of its ESG Insight Awards 2024. These awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative newcomers providing leading ESG solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants. This year’s awards included more than 30 categories ranging from Best Regulatory Reporting Solution for ESG to Best ESG Data and Technology…
RepRisk Chief Hails CSDDD as Good for Investor Decision Making
The European Union’s latest piece of sustainability legislation will provide investors with greater transparency into companies’ climate and human rights performance, giving them crucial information on which to make investment and risk decisions, according to a leading figure in the ESG data space. The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) will enable firms to present…
Data Suggests ESG Integration Burden is Easing in Private Markets
The ESG integration burden on private markets appears to be abating. Two reports this week suggest that one of the largest investment categories for financial institutions are finding it easier to obtaining the data they need to implement a robust sustainability strategy and that the importance of ESG to portfolio companies is increasing. A survey…
ESG Space Has Strengthened Under Pressure, Summit Lead Speaker Says
The ESG space has emerged stronger from a bruising year of criticism, with financial institutions and companies alike taking a more considered approach to integrating sustainability considerations into their operations. That is the message from the lead speaker at this year’s ESG Data and Tech Summit London, who also forecasts that vendors and users will…
FCA Greenwashing Rule Raises Questions Over Data Requirements
The UK will implement its own anti-greenwashing rule at the end of this month but some industry participants are concerned that its data requirements are vague and could be misinterpreted by institutions. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) rule, part of its broader Sustainability Disclosure Requirement (SDR), expects companies to ensure that any sustainability claims made…
Bloomberg Releases Tool for Sustainable Investment Screening
Bloomberg has released a tool that helps investors assess portfolios, funds and indices based on sustainability criteria and thresholds customised by the user. Available on the Bloomberg Terminal and based on the company’s ESG data, the solution facilitates a transparent screening process and can be used for both making investment decisions and to help clients…
A-Team Group Names Winners of Innovation Awards 2024
A-Team Group has named the winners of its prestigious Innovation Awards 2024. The awards celebrate innovative projects and teams across vendor and practitioner communities that make use of new and emerging technologies to deliver high-value solutions for financial institutions in capital markets with a focus on data management, trading technology, RegTech or ESG. This year’s…
Singapore Skills Boost Shines Light on Global Data Talent Gap
The Singaporean regulator’s pledge to spend SGD35 million (US$26m) to upskill and reskill financial industry professionals in sustainable finance has highlighted a global shortage of ESG talent. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said the cash will be spent over three years to support training initiatives that meet the expertise challenges of the novel investment…
Investor Initiative Aims to Improve Corporate Human Rights Data
A plan to improve the human rights data available to financial institutions is close to inauguration, supported a multi trillion-dollar coalition of asset owners and managers. The Investor Initiative on Human Rights Data (II-HRD) is in the process of gathering an alliance of institutions to engage with data providers and proxy advisers to bring clarity…