The news that Harvard University, with USD 42bn AUM will divest from the Oil & Gas sector, has attracted a lot of media attention. This year has seen many significant ESG related responses from the global institutional asset managers…
Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM or popularly known as Norges Bank) has 12 trillion NOK or 1.4 trillion USD of Assets Under Management, which makes it the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund…
Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy) is a Danish multinational power company and as of 2020, the company is one of the world’s largest developers of offshore wind power…
The last week has been tumultuous for the DWS group. On Thursday, 26th of August, there were reports that one of the largest global asset management firms is being investigated by the U.S. and…
There is an important role of power politics in the development of the proposals of the EU Taxonomy. For example, there are questions regarding whether ‘scientific truth’ took a backseat to…
It has been a phenomenal year so far for the initial public offerings (IPOs) in India. Zomato Limited, the food-delivery start-up, went public in July 2021 and, despite no profitability in sight…
There is currently a giant ESG squeeze at play and it is impacting companies from two different but equally powerful stakeholders. As sustainability issues are getting intensely scrutinized for the issuers…
In the last few decades, since ‘climate change’ and ‘environmental impact’ became important topics of discussion for the international community, the focus has been more on cooperation among countries…
EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) has already become a major driving force for how the sustainable finance industry grows in Europe…
In 2019, Amazon, to bring more transparency to its brand, decided to release its carbon footprint stemming from its massive operations. In the same year, it also co-founded The Climate Pledge…