( MENAFN – Mid-East) Only 18% of Middle Eastern companies had an ESG strategy in place in 2022. Dubai, UAE: Green Future Project (GFP), a B-Corp providing end-to-end solutions for organizations to develop and implement a corporate sustainability strategy, has observed an increase in the number of UAE-based companies […] Click here to view original […]

Sir Tom Hunter believes long-term commitment brings rewards (Image: Colin Mearns) Scottish business leaders have questioned whether organisations could be in danger of falling out of love with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) after a study of 235 stocks found the metrics not only make a portfolio less profitable […] Click here to view original

ESG-momentum matters when it comes to outperformance according to new research by Pictet Asset Management’s head of sustainability Eric Borremans who says investors should sharpen their ESG lens and use active ownership to trigger positive change. Speaking at Sustainability in Practice at Oxford University he highlighted the new research […] Click here to view original

Dike Onwuamaeze The KPMG Partner and Africa ESG Lead, Mr. Pieter Scholtz, has sounded a warning to the Nigerian private sector that it is in their own logical interest to embrace the implementation of the Environment, Sustainable and Governance (ESG) to avoid loss of profitability and waves of stringent […] Click here to view original

LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Corporate loans whose costs are linked to environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals are being redesigned by banks in response to rising regulatory pressure and to inject more credibility into a market they hope to grow. FILE PHOTO: Signage is seen for the FCA (Financial […] Click here to view original

Companies based outside Europe are reviewing securities they’ve listed in the bloc, as the implications of an overlooked clause in new ESG reporting rules sink in. International companies that have issued stocks and bonds in the EU may need to comply with Europe’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) as […] Click here to view original