Sustainalytics Launches its Principal Adverse Impact Data Solution
AMSTERDAM, March 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/
Sustainalytics, a Morningstar Company and a globally-recognized provider of ESG research, ratings and data, today launched its
Principal Adverse Impact (PAI) Data Solution, an ESG dataset with rich corporate- and sovereign-level research that aligns with the current PAI indicators. The European Union s Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR), which takes partial effect on March 10, 2021, introduces new rules for how investment managers need to incorporate and disclose sustainability risks and factors. With Sustainalytics PAI Data Solution, investment managers can identify and understand the adverse sustainability impacts of their investments to fulfill the SFDR requirements.
Ben Goss on risk: What is sustainability’s impact on risk?
As the measurement of sustainability improves, the market will become more accurate in its assessment of risks
Over the last 12 months or so, extreme weather events, fires, floods and droughts have increased around the world. Consumers have seen the impact of climate change not only in their daily news feeds but in their portfolios too.
Clean power stocks have charged ahead as governments and investors back decarbonisation, while some fossil fuel companies have struggled as a result of a combination of the pandemic and investor sentiment moving towards sustainable stocks and bonds.
Key Points - Mandatory ESG requirements could be an early priority for SEC chair nominee Gary Gensler, with increasing calls from within the SEC to require material ESG.
Here are MSCI’s five ESG trends to watch in 2021
From demand for Paris-aligned investments to financial innovation that aims to address social inequality, MSCI’s annual ESG trends to watch look at what investors can expect in 2021.
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Demand from investors to decarbonize their portfolios coupled with a shrinking pool of investments that align with the goals of the Paris Agreement may leave investors in the year ahead with little choice but to call on companies to exit some businesses altogether, according to MSCI’s 2021 environmental, social and governance (ESG) trends to watch report.
Investors in 2021 can also expect a more nuanced understanding of when and how ESG delivers financial benefits, alarm bells on biodiversity, a deluge of ESG disclosure, and a focus on addressing social inequality.
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In late November 2020, we published a high-level review of insurance regulatory developments relating to climate change, available here. In the six weeks since, regulators and industry participants on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean have been keeping up the pace and there will be more to report in early 2021.
This brief update piece will focus first on a December 16, 2020, Sustainable Finance Roundtable from the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), then on upcoming comments (due on January 12, 2021) on the International Association of Insurance Supervisors’ (IAIS) “application paper” about managing climate change risks. Next, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) held the second in a series of climate change briefings in early December and has another session scheduled for January 15, 2021. The DFS has also published some guidance for industry in the form of FAQs and right b