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Data named the biggest ESG challenge, Sionic and Clearwater Analytics survey finds
16 June 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“Sustainable investment is increasing the challenges on data functions that are dealing with disparate, incomplete ESG data sets which are being used as inputs to internal modelling, exclusion checks and reporting," says Clare Vincent-Silk

EFAMA calls for ESAs to address data costs associated with SFDR
18 May 2021 Belgium
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

This issue was listed among six other key issues in EFAMA’s response to the joint ESAs consultation on taxonomy-related sustainability disclosures in SFDR

Alveo launches ESG data management solution to help meet SFDR requirements
04 May 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“ESG is the biggest data management requirement to hit the buyside for some time. We see clients requiring access to multiple ESG data sources and increasing volumes of data," says Mark Hepsworth, CEO of Alveo

AFME calls for consistent ESG reporting requirements
15 April 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

A central component to unlocking change at the scale needed is for the regulatory framework to enable the procurement and disclosure of high-quality, comparable ESG data, says AFME

BNP Paribas promotes sustainable investments with new partnership
29 March 2021 France
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

This partnership arrives as the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation comes into force in 2021, requiring asset managers to disclose the ESG risks in their portfolios for the first time

ALFI: 2021 will be the year of sustainable finance
18 March 2021 Luxembourg
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

During the ALFI European Asset Management Conference, Corinne Lamesch, ALFI chairperson discussed sustainability with Marco Zwick, director, Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier

Companies to face rising pressure to improve ESG behaviours, new report predicts
17 March 2021 The Netherlands
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

Companies will face rising pressure to improve their ESG behaviours as investors deploy new tools to influence them, according to NN Investment Partners’ latest Responsible Investing Report

ESG funds have soared in the UCITS market over the past five years, EFAMA finds
15 March 2021 Brussels
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

EFAMA reveals that the number of environmental, social and governance funds grew at more than double the rate of non-ESG funds during the past five years

BNY Mellon collaborates with YISF to expand ESG research
10 March 2021 US
Reporter: Becky Bellamy

YISF is a joint programme between the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment

SFDR goes live
10 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

“We believe that if done correctly SFDR will help focus efforts more towards sustainable investments,” says Jag Alexeyev, head of ESG insights at Broadridge Financial Solutions

US SEC creates new ESG disclosure enforcement division
09 March 2021 US
Reporter: Alex Pugh

The new task force will work closely with other divisions in the agency to protect investors and the market

Element22 and Agility Sciences launch ESG data solution
09 March 2021 UK
Reporter: Maddie Saghir

The solution will initially enable fund managers to source the mandatory ESG data needed to comply with the imminent SFDR, the European Union’s harmonised rules on sustainability-related disclosures to end investors