With a view toward promoting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investments and building a more sustainable society, the Japan Financial Services Agency (FSA) has proposed new guidelines that ...

The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) has published its Final Report on the Guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the “Guidelines”). ESMA was provided ...

ESG, or the environmental, social, and corporate governance guidelines set forth by asset managers such as BlackRock, is a refuge for charlatans. The guidelines broadly refer to the goal of achieving ...

President Biden used his very first veto to squash a bipartisan resolution that would effectively ban using environmental, social and governance (ESG) guidelines when investing retirement funds. He ...

This content has been selected, created and edited by the Finextra editorial team based upon its relevance and interest to our community. The guidelines outline how institutions should identify, ...

European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Union's securities regulator, is seeking input as it works on rules for funds calling themselves sustainable or ESG. In a consultation paper ...

In recent years, many ESG rating agencies have been established worldwide to guide investors as to where their money is best spent. They use environment-, social-, and governance-related indicators to ...

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have come to the forefront of investment practices over the years. However, a critical concern for investors is the lack of quantitative standards in ...

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA) has expressed concern around the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA’s) proposed approach to the use of ESG and ...

Seventeen Democrat attorneys general told Congress this week that environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors are critical to understanding the true value of a company, and thus should continue ...