SustainabilityHQ.com Weekly Highlights

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Events, Media & Communications

TCFD Publishes Final Status Report and Next Steps
The sixth and final status report prepared by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) was released in October.

Events, Media & Communications

Banks and Institutional Asset Owners Aim for Net Zero Emissions
The UN-Convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance (NZAOA), formed in 2019, is a member-led initiative of institutional investors committed to transitioning their investment portfolios to net-zero GHG emissions by year 2050 – a tall order.

Events, Media & Communications

Asking Stakeholders for Their Opinions – Will This Help To Shape ISS ESG Ratings?
Corporate executives and board members may wonder what specific factors are shaping the scores and ratings assigned to their companies by the major ESG ratings agencies.

Events, Media & Communications

California Moves First on Mandating Corporate GHG Emissions Disclosure
Critics have often called it “the Californication of America” when CA lawmakers move to address an important issue head-on. The good news is that across the land progressive thinkers celebrate many such developments in the “Golden State”.

Events, Media & Communications

Asset Managers Increase Spending for ESG Data While Opponents Push Back on ESG Practices
Such is the state of the anti-ESG movement as we enter Fall 2023: The State of Florida’s legislature recently passed, and Governor DeSantis signed, an “anti-ESG” law that they hope will ensure Florida’s position as the “standard bearer” for the anti-ESG crowd.

Events, Media & Communications

The “Future” of the Climate Change Crisis Is Here Today – Whether U.S. Politicos Agree or Not
As we prepare this issue of the Sustainability Newsletter, we cannot look away from six facts.

Events, Media & Communications

As We Await SEC’s Final Climate Risk Disclosure Rule…Any Hints?
Can you read tea leaves? No doubt that is what both corporate sector and capital markets leaders are doing as they peruse the possible meanings of SEC Chair Gary Gensler’s recent comments at the FSOC (Financial Stability Oversight Council) regarding the pending "Final Rule"

Events, Media & Communications

Challenges for Corporate Managers in the Changing ESG Reporting & Disclosure Environment
Today, organizations and their leaders find themselves attempting to navigate in a complex and fast changing environment for ESG and Sustainability.

Events, Media & Communications

Anti-ESG Attacks Continue at State & Federal Government Levels
In our Top Story this issue, as reported in ESG Today, anti-ESG critics continue to work to undermine the use of ESG factors by various public sector fiduciaries – such as state and city pension fund managers, comptrollers, treasurers.

Events, Media & Communications

New York State’s Common Fund and ESG Principles at Work
And as described in our Top Story below, New York is positioned as a power center for promoting responsible ESG practices through its sustainable investment and activism, led by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli

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