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 ...

Proxy advisory firm ISS will no longer default to endorsing shareholder requests for company climate and diversity ...

The ESG Fund Names Guidelines apply to Undertakings for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (“UCITS”) Management Companies and Alternative Investment Fund Managers (“AIFMs”) (together ...

The rules are designed to create guardrails for the growing — yet largely unchecked — market of socially conscious investing. The Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to deliver some tough ...

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 ...

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Joo Sang-don] The government has decided to establish a 'Korean-style ESG Guideline' by the end of this year to spread ESG (Environment, Social, Governance) management, ...

The European Parliament has voted to dramatically wind back the bloc’s ESG rules following intense pressure from US business associations and state attorneys general.

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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 ...

As governments, industries and institutions worldwide navigate an era defined by artificial intelligence and ethical scrutiny ...

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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 ...