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BLOG, Coronavirus, Positive impact cases / 28.03.2020

Is de-globalising the world a way to prevent global catastrophes?

Amid growing concerns regarding the role of globalisation on the COVID19 outbreak, Professor Y.N. Harari explains why long-term political isolationism does not offer real protection against infectious diseases, and other global threats. The devastating effect of world's biggest ever flu outbreak While people blame globalisation for having facilitated the spread of...

Climate change, Oil and Gas / 16.03.2020

Coronavirus reducing CO2 emissions

The global health crisis, COVID-19, is reducing carbon emissions more than any policy as ever done before. The COVID-19 viral disease that has swept into at least 114 countries, killing approximately 30,000 people and infecting more than 600,000, is now officially a pandemic. According to a study by...

Climate change / 26.02.2020

The populist version of Sustainability

Populism and the challenges of a just transition to mitigate climate change. The language of politics is not straightforward, this is why politicians aim at oversimplifying it and making it appealing for voters. This approach to politics leads to a misrepresentation and a misinterpretation of key concepts...

Corporate Governance, ESG / 26.02.2020

The EU and the US are rethinking their non-financial disclosure requirements and announcing a series of new ESG-related interventions

As announced under the bold European Green Deal, the European Commission has launched a public consultation on the review of the Non-Financial Reporting Directive (NFRD). The NFRD sets out the rules for disclosing non-financial information by large companies as required by the Directive 2014/95/EU. The...

ESG Rating / 24.02.2020

Bain & Co buys a minority stake in EcoVadis, leader in Supply Chain Sustainability Ratings

As of February 24, 2020 Bain & Company (Bain & Co) announced it has acquired a minority stake in EcoVadis. Bain & Co will integrate EcoVadis’ sustainability ratings into its approaches to corporate strategy, supply chain and procurement. They will also seek to develop a...

Climate change, Financial Institutions, Oil and Gas / 18.02.2020

BlackRock’s Sustainable Investing Push

BlackRock CEO recently announced he will take action towards a more sustainable investment. Whereas, in the early stages, responsible investing meant excluding from portfolio highly controversial and problematic stocks, such as gunmakers. Nowadays, responsible investment means selecting carefully the assets in portfolio and constantly monitoring to...

Climate change, Economics, Industrials / 23.01.2020

The world economy is only 8.6% circular. This delay impacts climate change

The Circularity Gap Report 2019 finds that the global economy is only 9% circular - just 9% of the 92.8 billion tonnes of minerals, fossil fuels, metals and biomass that enter the economy are re-used annually. Climate change and material use are closely linked. Circle Economy...

Climate change / 20.01.2020

The Green Swan: central banks and financial stability in the era of climate change

A new book written by Luiz Awazu Pereira de Silva, Patrick Bolton, Morgan Després, Frédéric Samama and Romain Svartzman and published by the Bank of International Settlements as of January 20, 2020 states how climate change poses new challenges to central banks, regulators and supervisors. Traditional...

Climate change, Oil and Gas, Tech / 16.01.2020

Big Tech unveils ambitious climate pledges but expands their AI in oil and gas market

According to a report by Zion Market Research, the global AI in oil and gas market was around USD 1.75 billion in 2018 and is expected to reach around USD 4.01 billion by 2025. On January 16th 2019, Microsoft announced the company will be carbon...

Climate change, Deforestation / 15.01.2020

Fires in Australia connected to climate change, despite denial by Prime Minister

Climate scientist Michael Mann is on sabbatical stay in Sydney, Australia where he studies the correlation between climate change and catastrophic weather events. Home to one some of the greatest natural wonders of this planet, like the Great Barrier Reef and lush temperate rainforests, Australia has...

Climate change, Economics, ESG / 15.01.2020

EU Green Deal: €1 trillion investment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050

"The transformation ahead of us is unprecedented," said EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, announcing the investment plan. The European Green Deal Investment Plan will mobilise EU funding and create an enabling framework to facilitate and stimulate the public and private investments needed for the...

Climate change, Deforestation / 11.01.2020

Worlds’ biggest Asset Managers are urged on climate change accountability

World's biggest asset managers are facing enormous pressure over the role they (do not) play on climate change. Public opinion, shareholders and governmental institutions are urging JPMorgan, Vanguard and BlackRock to substantially change their strategies over climate change. What the last two months of 2019 showed...

ESG Rating / 09.01.2020

EcoVadis secures c.$200m investment from CVC Growth Partners

As of January 9, 2020 Private Equity CVC announced it is going to acquire a participation in EcoVadis through a c. US$200m investment from its CVC Growth Partners II Investment Fund. EcoVadis is a French provider of corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings and scorecards. For further information,...

Corporate Governance, ESG Academic Research / 08.01.2020

Proxy adviser’s downgrades cost companies 1% of market value

Evidence demonstrates that investors' behaviours change when the largest proxy advisory firm downgrades public companies' rating on governance ground. Professor Paul M. Guest and PhD student Marco Nerino of King's Business School at King's College London empirically demonstrate that Institutional Shareholder Services' (ISS) announcement of corporate...