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A key piece of EU legislation setting mandatory obligations for companies to address their negative impacts on human rights and the environment was dealt a significant blow today, failing to achieve final approval by the European Council, following objections from countries including Germany and Italy, despite a provisional agreement on the regulation reached earlier by […]

The new rules were announced today in the Parliament of Singapore by Second Minister for Finance Chee Hong Tat, with details of the new mandatory reporting requirements subsequently released by Singapore’s business reporting, accounting and corporate services and markets regulators the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA) and Singapore Exchange Regulation (SGX RegCo).

Wer in nachhaltig investierende Fonds investiert, handelt in guter Absicht. Doch bei der Fondsauswahl sollten Anleger sehr genau hinsehen. Eine wissenschaftliche Studie zeigt, dass ESG-Anleger sonst große Risiken eingehen.

We recently set out five themes that could dominate the discourse on sustainability in 2024. Here we explore the third of these themes – how ESG is going back to its original purpose.

Bei Eigenkapitalrendite und Kosten-Ertrag-Verhältnis ist die österreichische Kommunalkredit deutschen Adressen haushoch überlegen. Dabei bringt sie nachhaltige Projekte auf den Weg, auch in Deutschland.

Eine neue Studie von Scientific Beta, dem Research-Arm von EDHEC, mit dem Titel „From ESG Confusion to Return Dispersion: Fund Selection Risk is a Material Issue for ESG Investors“ untersucht die Performancestreuung einer Reihe von ESG-Fonds, die in US-Aktien investiert sind.