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Meet our regional director @Ng_Eleanor and @CapitalMonitorA senior editor @lizzieameager at the Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2023. Don’t miss this opportunity to explore the future of investment in the transition era adgm.com/events/abudhab…

@CapitalMonitor is thrilled to announce our partnership with Abu Dhabi Finance Week 2023, powered by #ADGM. Join us from November 27th to 30th for this immersive 4-day event and come meet our regional director @Ng_Eleanor and @lizzieameager in Abu Dhabi. adgm.com/events/abudhab…

As the world takes stock of progress towards the Paris Agreement goals, @AngelaHultberg says that concerns remain about the gap between promises made and actions taken @kearney capitalmonitor.ai/opinion/empty-…

A raft of legislation and reporting requirements imposes duties on companies, but @pghwrites asks what actions are being taken to prevent modern #slavery from happening in the first place capitalmonitor.ai/asset-class/eq…

@EDHEC_BSchool's Noel Amenc and Frederic Blanc-Brude argue that physical risks caused by climate change already threaten #infrastructure investments and could cause massive losses before 2050 capitalmonitor.ai/asset-class/al…

As the GOP-led "War on Woke" seeks to dismantle ESG investing, @MarkTulayESG writes that there needs to be a reinvention of investment norms capitalmonitor.ai/asset-class/al…

A new analysis of proxy voting records by @MorningstarInc shows that the big three mutual funds have an outsize influence on the fortunes of shareholder resolutions capitalmonitor.ai/asset-class/al…

Incredible growth in the ESG bond market has presented the bond market with a new systemic risk due to the presence – or not – of a #greenium capitalmonitor.ai/asset-class/fi…

.@LBS’s @iioannoulbs is quoted in @CapitalMonitorA which references a recent @FT article that described ESG as “born in sanctimony, nurtured with hypocrisy and sold with sophistry”. Dr Ioannou said the article “bypasses [a] wealth of empirical evidence". ow.ly/veHc50Q3xAr

Unilever’s CEO dismissed corporate purpose as an “unwelcome distraction”. Is the rejection of ESG an attempt to deflect from the company’s performance? #unilever capitalmonitor.ai/opinion/unilev…

Asset managers accept the energy transition is both an investment opportunity and a fiduciary duty. But trouble lies ahead in Europe capitalmonitor.ai/sector/real-es…

'Banks failing on human rights, says BankTrack' via @CapitalMonitorA

BankTrack finds the 50 largest banks are largely failing on their human rights record indicating poor progress on disclosures. @pghwrites notes that investors are watching capitalmonitor.ai/institution/ba…

Banks know they must partner with peers to tackle climate change, so why don’t we have better ways to see if they are? capitalmonitor.ai/opinion/we-nee…

Transition plans, if suitably ambitious and delivered with appropriate actions and with proper accountability, can support the allocation of capital to companies contributing to meeting the aims of the Paris Agreement, and away from those that aren’t. capitalmonitor.ai/institution/go…

How the TPT Disclosure Framework can support net-zero ambitions. @bencaldecott writes that climate transition ambitions are meaningless if there’s no action or accountability capitalmonitor.ai/institution/go…

How to restore confidence in the voluntary carbon market capitalmonitor.ai/asset-class/al…

@akvonfumetti explains how transition finance is shaping the path to a net zero economy #MUFG capitalmonitor.ai/opinion/how-tr…

As the ESG wars continue in the US, a steady drip feed of anti-ESG legislation and legal actions continues capitalmonitor.ai/regions/americ…

🙌I spoke with @CapitalMonitorA on the topic of Equal Pay Day. 📄In the article I discuss what is being done to generate greater equality in pay. 💻Find out more about what I had to say, by reading the article here: capitalmonitor.ai/sdgs/sdg-5-gen…