Pictured: The Lloyds of London building Compiled by ShareAction, the analysis assessed companies across the property, casualty, life and health insurance spaces. It looked at the strength of the companies’ overall governance structures and their engagement with clients on ESG-related topics. It also looked at whether each firm had […] Click here to view original […]

Get Daniel Murray’s ESG newsletter to your inbox each Wednesday to read the ESG stories that matter to Irish business. EDITOR’S NOTE All is not well in the world of electric vehicles. As reported last week by my colleague Liam Coates , there has been a 16 per cent […] Click here to view original

A key Labor Department rule on the use of ESG considerations in retirement investing is currently being challenged before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Appeals court will consider 30-year-old tiebreaker standard Red state attorneys general may question fiduciary loyalties An obscure, 30-year-old test retirement plans […] Click here to view original

BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink’s 2020 letter to CEOs stated “climate risk is investment risk”. It felt like a pivotal moment. The $10tn asset manager had been under fire for years to use its scale and influence to tackle climate change, and had finally shifted its stance. But four […] Click here to view original

West Virginia is banning four more banks from state contracts over their ESG policies and “boycotts” of fossil fuel companies. Riley Moore, the West Virginia state treasurer, made the announcement on Monday. The firms, which include Citibank, TD Bank, Northern Trust, and HSBC Holdings, had all been notified in […] Click here to view original

Hmong, Asian American histories made mandatory in Wisconsin schools Jurors to deliberate against ex-DEA agent held for taking Mafia bribes UK airports given more time to install new scanners for liquids Thailand plans to contain monkey mayhem in tourist town of Lopburi In recent years, sustainable investing has gained […] Click here to view original